Three months before the Olympics China suffered its worst natural disaster in 30 years when a massive earthquake rocked the province of Sichuan, killing some 70, 000 people and leaving 5m homeless.

在奥运会前的三个月，中国遭受了其三十年来最严重的自然灾害——四川大地震。这次地震导致大约70000人死亡，500万人无家可归。

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Three months before the Olympics China suffered its worst natural disaster in 30 years when a massive earthquake rocked the province of Sichuan, killing some 70,000 people and leaving 5m homeless.

在奥运会开幕三个月前，中国遭受了30年一遇的自然灾害——发生在四川省的特大地震，七万人丧生，五百万人无家可归。

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Many people are malnourished and some have died from famine-related illnesses in the past three years, as drought and floods have added natural calamity to the man-made disaster of mismanaged farming.

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