26/04/2015
R.I.P.
Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN)--Rescue(v/n. 救援) crews and residents in Nepal(尼泊爾) early Sunday began the desperate(adj. 拼命的） search for survivors(n.生存者) after a magnitude(n.震度)-7.8 quake near the capital of Kathmandu(加德滿都) a day earlier flattened(v.夷平) homes, buildings and temples, causing widespread damage across the region and killing more than 1,800 people.
Whole streets and squares in the capital of more than 1 million people were covered in rubble(nu.瓦礫). Stunned(adj.目瞪口呆的) residents stared at temples that were once part of their daily lives and now were reduced to nothing.
Locals and tourists ferreted(v.搜尋) through mounds(n.堆) of debris(nu.瓦礫) in search of survivors. Cheers rose from the piles when people were found alive -- but mostly bodies turned up(ph.出現). The injured(=injured people 傷者) ended up(ph.最後+ving) being treated outside overflowing(adj.擠滿的) hospitals, where(關係副詞的用法) crowds of people gathered looking for relatives.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/25/asia/nepal-earthquake-7-5-magnitude/index.html
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake has struck Nepal less than 50 miles from the capital, Kathmandu, the U.S. Geological Survey said Saturday.
