玉树地震英语课堂演示.ppt

A sleepless night in Yushu A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has occurred in Yushu，Qinghai province in April 14,2010. It is not long away from the Wenchuan earthquark , Haiti earthquark and all the scenes made us feel close but sorry. Ended on 10p.m. April 19.Earthquake has caused 2039 deaths,195 missing and 12135 injured. At first,some people have set up about 40 tents for survivors in the Giegu Town(结古镇), near the epicenter(地震中心) in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture(西藏自治区) of Yushu in southern Qinghai. But the effort seems far less than enough for the area inhabited by some 100,000 population. The town is located in a remote area in Qinghai and the quake are ensuing landslides have damaged roads, causing great difficulties for rescuers, especially machines from outside to enter the region. The Tibetan plateau(高原 ) is regularly shaken by earthquakes, but casualties(人员伤亡)are usually minimal because so few people live there. Troops have been dispatched to the area. Thousands of rescuers and medical staff are rushing to Yushu from many regions of China, bringing machines, disaster-relief materials and medicines to the quake-hit town. Governments, organizations, enterprises and individuals are offering donations of money and materials to the region. In addition, rescuers may easily get exhausted working at a place with an altitude of above 4,000 meters. Most of the survivors have to stay in the open area overnight after a 7.1-magnitude quake toppled houses, cut off power and first-aid materials supply while rescuers face difficulties in searching for the buried. Many residents of the remote area could be left without shelter in temperatures that hover(徘徊)near freezing in Yushu, and even colder in the high mountain villages. The National Meteorological Station forecast Wednesday that temperatures at night may hit minus 3 degrees Celcius at night and 15 degrees Celcius in the daytime in the coming days. President Hu Jintao flew to Chinas remote and ruined Yushu co