四川汶川地震带来了很多悲痛，经历者谈谈当时发生了什么
 
来听今天的讲解:
 
A: so far, the quake in Sichuan has killed about 69,172 people and has left 374,159 people injured, 17,420 missing.
 
到目前为止,四川汶川地震已造成69172人遇难,374159人受伤,17420人失踪.
 
B: I feel so sorry for those victims. It's the scariest thing that I have ever seen.
 
真为那些遇难者感到惋惜.这是我所见过的最恐怖的事情.
 
A: did you feel the quake?
 
你当时感受到地震了吗?
 
B: yes. Actually, I was traveling in Sichuan then.
 
感受到了,事实上,我当时就在四川省内.
 
A: oh,really? I didn't know that. Tell me what it was like.
 
是吗?我之前没听你说过啊.跟我说说当时怎么回事?
 
B: well, it was on a Monday afternoon, a little after two o'clock, and I was reading some magazines when there was horrible grinding sound and the floor started bouncing and shaking.
 
嗯，那是在一个星期一下午，两点刚过，我正在看一些杂志，突然传来可怕的研磨声，地板开始跳动。
 
A: oh, my dear! What did you do?
 
哦,天哪,你当时怎么办的?
 
B: well, it took me a second or two to figure out what was going on. Then I called my colleague. It's unbelievable that she was still asleep and didn't feel a thing.
 
我过了一会儿才明白是怎么回事,之后我赶快打电话给我的同事.不可思议的是,她当时还在睡觉,什么都没感觉到.
 
A: incredible.
 
太不可思议了!
 
B: as she realized what was happening, she panicked.
 
后来明白了怎么回事后,她慌得不知所措.
 
A: that must have been horrifying.
 
一定很恐怖吧!
 
B: oh, it was. Then I managed to open the door and we finally made our way to safety.
 
是啊.随后我用力打开门,我们拼命跑到了一个安全的地方.
 
A: oh, thank God. Was anyone hurt?
 
哦,谢天谢地!有人受伤吗?
 
B: three people were killed and about fifty people were injured.
 
死了三个人,受伤的大约有50个人.
 
A: what a tragedy!
 
太惨了!
 
B: it was terrible. I hope it will never happen again!
 
是很可怕,真希望不要再发生这种事了!