主题：关于四川地震，做了份东西，准备放到公司 home page 上 -- 煮酒正熟

时间匆忙，特别是英语水平有限，希望大家多提修改意见。

这个东西很多内容和措辞都是从洗心MM下面的贴里来的。这里对洗心MM表示感谢。

关于地震，针对西方朋友写的，欢迎大家提意见

我们公司也算是全美乃至全球前十银行了，公司里大陆、台港同事也不少，但这次公司上层对四川震灾方面的关注却不太够，美国同事也没人关心。我这样一个西西河里的落后分子，公司里刚满两月的新人，现在却成了公司里的 General Coordinator... 不过，有人稍稍推一下，公司里面的大陆同事们的热情还是非常非常的高，这几天午餐时间的话题全部集中在四川灾区方面，大家对政府和子弟兵竭尽全力的救援努力高度称赞，对国内国外同胞们的团结坚韧也是深深感动。MM们不约而同地说，现在关于灾情报道的文章基本都不敢看了，怕哭，因为已经流了太多眼泪...

下面是我整理的这份东西，(同时附上我仔细挑选的几张图片) 有很大希望放到公司的主页上，停留时间至少有两周。请大家多提宝贵意见。谢谢。

At 2:28 p.m., May 12, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan province in southwest China. The massive quake was felt through a large part of China. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes. So far the death poll amounts to over 55,000, and more than 247,000 people have been injured.

Soon after this tragedy occurred, China undertook an all-out rescue and relief effort, with ordinary people joining the Chinese government in a coordinated response. Less than 90 minutes after the earthquake, the Premier of China, Wen Jiabao, was on a plane to the disaster area to coordinate on-site rescue efforts. Though most of the roads to the epicenter were destroyed and under constant threat of mudslides and aftershocks, a division of soldiers arrived to help in 15 hours after marching for 60 miles.

Additional assistance has been provided by local, provincial and military authorities as they continue to pour into the disaster areas by planes, trucks and, where roads were damaged, by walking. Men and women lined up in many cities to donate blood. In cities nearby, thousands of taxi drivers and car owners organized themselves to bring supplies into the disaster area and take the wounded out without any thought of compensation.

In this devastating time, ordinary people demonstrated great humanitarianism and altruism. A 21-year-old kindergarten teacher shielded a toddler from tons of falling concrete, saving the kid with her own life. A 25-year-old elementary school teacher rushed in and out of the collapsing classroom Thirteen times to rescue her students, and in the very last second of her life she sheltered a boy with her own body. The boy was finally rescued. CNN reported a touching story about a local authority leader:

Perhaps the most poignant experience came while we were talking

to the local party secretary in Che Jia Va, who gave us directions and

pointed out various landmarks -- all the while keeping a stoic face.

The town was once home to 13,000 people, and 3,000 are still missing,

he says. As he shows me the damage to his community, I ask how

many have died. Tears flow down his cheeks, and he makes no effort

to wipe them away. He says that as many as 500 are dead, including

his parents, his wife and their two children.

In the midst of his anguish, there is a call over his radio. He's needed

again, and he runs off -- with apologies -- to go back to work.

In this time of profound anguish, we hope everyone will keep those who lost their loved ones in the earthquake in your prayers and thoughts.

Below are three charity organizations whose donations will be used exclusively for China earthquake relief purposes.

• 【集锦】英文版宣传抗震救灾的材料
• 花赠好文
• 行动

记得你LD是成都人......

(1) 这份东西的重点不在于煽情，(事实上任何刻意的煽情都会大落下乘) 而是希望让同事们知道中国政府和人民在地震造成的巨大伤亡面前所表现出的人文主义情怀和奉献牺牲精神。

(2) 这份东西有意淡化了对我国政府和军队的称赞，只是一笔带过，而把重点集中在具有更广泛认同基础的普通人表现出的那种崇高的人文主义情怀和互助牺牲精神上。

(3) 这份东西刻意避免比较中美政府应对灾情之优劣那种刺激性文字。毕竟大家是同事，我们也需要兼顾在公司中的双重身份 --- 作为中国人 和 作为具有高度职业素养的公司人。(这与洗心MM那篇文字的初衷 and target audience 是不同的。当然，我个人非常认同洗心MM对中美应对灾情时的优劣分析，并且以自己是个中国人而深感自豪)

(4) 最后， We're not begging for money. 提供了捐款链接，但没有什么倡议捐助的文字。

一句话：我们的主要目的是要借助这次震灾，提升公司华人同事们的国家民族认同感，提升我们作为一个文化群体 在普通美国人心中的的地位和影响力，树立我们中国人坚韧、自尊、善良、拥有高贵灵魂的形像。

看了那么多他的文章（华岳和其他左派/毛派网站），一直以为是蓝的呢。

不好意思，又得尊称您一声：酒爷！

1。看新闻，国家地震局已经将地震震级修正为8级；

2。引述的那个CNN记者的报道，电视报道有那位当地党委书记受访的镜头，这里有网友贴过视像链接，如能加上链接则效果会更直观。

首先说明，自己的英文也不好。不过，本着“众人拾柴火焰高”的想法，希望老酒的帖子更有效地让其他人了解四川地震的情况，提供一些自己的建议。

在英文修改过程中，自己参考了新浪网http://news.sina.com.cn/z/08earthquake/index.shtml，确认目前的死亡人数；参考了VOA 对四川地震的报道 http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2008-05-16-voa2.cfm，确认一些英文表达（包括摘录了几个句子）。

The word "ask" is changed to "Hope".

At 2:28 p.m., May 12, a 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan province in southwest China. The massive quake was felt through a large part of China. Around 10 million people in the province were directly affected. Hundreds of thousands of people are without homes. So far the death poll amounts to over 34,073. Officials say the number of dead is expected to rise to more than fifty thousand.

Soon after this formidable tragedy occurred, China undertook an all-out rescue and relief effort, lead by the government and immensely involved by civilian volunteers. In only 90 minutes, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was on the plane to the disaster area to coordinate on-site rescue efforts. Though most of the road to the epicenter was totally destroyed and under constant threat of mudslides and aftershocks, a division of soldiers managed to arrive in mere 15 hours after walking 60 miles. Other rescuing forces from local, provincial and military authorities poured into the disaster areas by planes, trucks and, where roads were damaged, by walking. Victims helped themselves and others where they could. People lined up in many cities to donate blood. In cities nearby, thousands of taxi drivers and car owners voluntarily organized themselves to ship supplies into the disaster area and ship the wounded out, without anybody paying or giving an order…

In this devastating time, ordinary people demonstrated great humanitarianism and altruism. A 21-year-old kindergarten teacher shielded a toddler from tons of falling concrete, saving the kid with her own life. A 25-year-old elementary school teacher rushed in and out of the collapsing classroom Thirteen times to rescue her students, and in the very last second of her life she sheltered a boy with her own body (the boy was finally rescued). CNN reported a touching story about a local authority leader:

In this time of profound anguish, we hope everyone to keep those who lost their beloved ones in the earthquake in your prayers and thoughts.

Below are three charity organizations that will use donations exclusively for China earthquake relief purposes.

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Soon after this formidable tragedy occurred, China undertook an all-out rescue and relief effort, lead by the government and immensely involved by civilian volunteers. In only 90 minutes, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was on the plane to the disaster area to coordinate on-site rescue efforts. Though most of the road to the epicenter was totally destroyed and under constant threat of mudslides and aftershocks, a division of soldiers managed to arrive in mere 15 hours after walking for 60 miles. Other rescue forces from local, provincial and military authorities poured into disaster area by planes, trucks and, where roads were damaged,by foot. Victims helped themselves and others where they could. People lined up in many cities to donate blood. In cities nearby, thousands of taxi drivers and car owners voluntarily organized themselves to ship supplies into the disaster area and ship the wounded out, without being paid or given an order.

In this devastating time, ordinary people demonstrated great humanitarianism and altruism. A 21-year-old kindergarten teacher shielded a toddler from tons of falling concrete, saving the kid with her own life. A 25-year-old elementary school teacher rushed in and out of a collapsing classroom Thirteen times to rescue her students, and in the very last second of her life she sheltered a boy with her own body. The boy was finally rescued. CNN reported a touching story about a local authority leader:

In this time of profound anguish, we hope everyone will keep those who lost their loved ones in the earthquake in your prayers and thoughts.

Below are three charity organizations whose donations will be used exclusively for China earthquake relief.

http://www.sc.xinhuanet.com/topic/2008dz/20pmzb/index.htm

建议给出具体亡（nearly 40k)、伤（235k)、无家可归(about 5 million)人数,这样比较直观，而且西人一向有看数据说话的习惯。

NPR记者的blog里有不少感人的现场报道，可以附上链接:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/chengdu/

并且把配捐的额度又提高了一千美元

真不多，亏的在中国还赚了那么多钱

煮酒这时候在公司出头协调，真是好样的!

你们自己放到公司主页上？一定是和公司事先沟通过了。让公司也出头表态也许更好。

地震死伤人数一直在更新。现在全国总死亡人数已经超过40K。

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-20-voa5.cfm

The latest government figures confirm more than 40,000 people have died and more than 247,000 people have been injured.