At my home in Colorado, I received David's E-mail early Tuesday morning, as the news about the earthquake in southwestern China worsened.

周二早晨在科罗拉多的家中，我收到了戴维的电子邮件。此时关于中国西南地震的新闻变得越来越糟。

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Four days after a devastating earthquake, emergency workers in central China are still pulling out survivors. At least 10 more people have been rescued.

中国中部的大地震已经过去四天了，紧急救援人员仍在搜救生还者，至少10人获救。

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The world has marveled at the derring-do of rescuers in the wake of southwestern China's killer earthquake and been heartened by the degree of official willingness to let outsiders share in the national grief.

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The quake struck at 08:02 local time (00:02 GMT) on Saturday, with the China Earthquake Administration categorising it as a 7.0 magnitude, and the US Geological Survey (USGS) reporting it as 6.6.

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