CNN News:尼泊尔发生7.8级大地震

CARL AZUZ, HOST: Parts of Southeastern Asia are reeling from a natural disaster that struck over the weekend.

亚洲东南部部分地区在周末的时候受到自然灾害的袭击。

It`s where we start this Monday on CNN STUDENT NEWS.

这就是我们周一的CNN学生新闻要说的首要新闻。

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake violently shook the region on Saturday. Its epicenter, the point on the ground directly above the quake, was 50 miles northwest of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and it was relatively shallow, which made it more damaging.

周六的时候该地区发生了严重的7.8级大地震。震中距离尼泊尔首都加德满都西北部50英里，并且震源深度较浅，所以破坏性极大。

Journalists say there`s rubble everywhere in Kathmandu. Landscapes, cityscapes have been altered. The quake and a strong 6.7 magnitude aftershock that hit on Sunday, killed at least 2,500 people. Most of the victims were in Nepal, though dozens also died in India and Tibet.

记者称加德满都到处都是破瓦残垣。当地风景风貌和城市面容都已经完全被损毁。地震发生之后在周日的时候又发生了6.7级的余震，造成至少2500人死亡。大多数为尼泊尔境内居民，但是在印度和西藏也有数十人死亡。

The tremors shook boulders and snow on Mount Everest, causing avalanches, killing at least 17 climbers there and stranding some others.

地震也带动珠峰积雪震动导致雪崩，目前至少造成17名登山者死亡，和一些人滞留。

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world. International aid and rescuers were headed there from neighboring China and India and from as far away as Australia and the US.

碧波儿是世界上最贫困的国家之一。来自邻国中国和印度还有从澳大利亚和美国赶来的国际援助和救援人员已经前往尼泊尔进行救援。