Myanmar earthquake affects China

时间：2007-06-25 06:29:19

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Kunming, June 24 - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale that hit Myanmar on Saturday has seriously affected1 China's border province of Yunnan, damaging and destroying houses in the Xishuangbanna area, according to the Ministry2 of Civil Affairs.

 

The earthquake affected 66,000 people in Xishuangbanna and 16,000 local villagers have been moved to safer places. With landslides3 a real possibility, some 6,100 other villagers should be moved to safer places.

 

So far, there are no reports of casualties in Xishuangbanna.

 

The earthquake occurred on Saturday at 16:17 p.m., with the epicenter at N.21.6 and E.99.9, followed by a series of aftershocks, according to China's seismological network.

 

The provincial4 government has sent an expert team to the affected area, while the provincial department of civil affairs has distributed 500 tents to villagers. The local government of Menghai County has allocated5 500,000 yuan (about 65,600 US dollars) as emergency relief funds.

 
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1 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
2 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
3 landslides 5a0c95bd1e490515d70aff3ba74490cb     
山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数
参考例句：
  • Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
  • The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
4 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
5 allocated 01868918c8cec5bc8773e98ae11a0f54     
adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
  • More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。

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