The one-two punch toppling buildings and trapping thousands of people.

接连而来的地震震塌了许多建筑物并把成千上万的人困在废墟下。

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The earthquake originated here in the lush farm fields and river valleys of Sichuan Province, killing almost 10,000 people and trapping thousands more.

地震于发源这里，毁坏了四川境内大量的农田河谷，造成几乎10,000人的死亡还有数以千计的人仍然被困。

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The quake, the worst to hit China since 1976, also toppled school buildings in several other parts of Sichuan and the neighboring Chongqing Municipality, trapping thousands.

这场1976年以来重创中国最严重的地震，也造成很多四川其他地方和重庆地区的学校楼层坍塌，被困师生数千。

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