Strong earthquakes jolt SW China's Yunnan 強烈地震震撼中國西南雲南

English:

A series of earthquakes, the strongest with a magnitude of 6.4, jolted Yangbi Yi Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday night, according to China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The magnitude-6.4 quake hit with a depth of 8 kilometers at 9:48 p.m., followed by another magnitude-5.0 quake with the same depth at 9:55 p.m.

Chinese:

根據中國地震網絡中心（CENC）的數據，週五晚上，一系列強烈的地震襲擊了中國西南部雲南省的仰壁彝族自治縣，震級為6.4級。

下午9:48發生6.4級地震，深度為8公里，下午9:55發生另一次5.0級相同深度的地震。

Useful Translations: 有用的翻譯:

earthquake 地震

magnitude 震級

southwest China 中國西南

Yunnan Province 雲南省

China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) 中國地震台網中心

depth 深度

natural disaster 自然災害

Nouns:

地 ground, land, place, earth, field

土 earth, dust, terra

泥土 soil, earth, dirt, clay

球 ball, sphere, globe, earth, bolus

塵 dust, dirt, earth, this world

Verb:

培土 earth, ridge, hill up

Extreme weather in China kills at least 21 in ultramarathon 中國的極端天氣導致至少21人在超馬拉鬆比賽中喪生

English:

21 people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon in rugged Gansu province in northwestern China, sparking public outrage on Sunday over the lack of contingency planning. 21 runners died during the 100-kilometer (62-mile) race on Saturday.

As cold temperatures dropped, runners started reported suffering from hypothermia. Some runners went missing.

A shepherd in northwest China has been credited with saving 6 trail runners from dangerously extreme weather, according to state media. According to China National Radio, Zhu Keming was grazing his sheep near the high-altitude Huanghe Shilin Mountain in Gansu Province when the weather turned sour. He sought refuge in a cave where he had stored some firewood and clothes near the running trail.

Chinese:

在中國西北部崎Gan的甘肅省舉行的超級馬拉鬆比賽中，由於極端寒冷的天氣襲擊，造成21人喪生。由於缺乏應急計劃，週日引發了公眾憤慨。 在周六的100公里（62英里）比賽中，有21名運動員死亡。

隨著低溫的下降，跑步者開始遭受體溫過低的困擾。 一些跑步者失踪了。

根據官方媒體的報導，中國西北部的一位牧羊人從危險的極端天氣中拯救了6名越野跑者。 據中國國家廣播電台報導，天氣轉酸時，朱克明正在高海拔的甘肅省黃河石林山附近放牧綿羊。 他在一個山洞裡避難，在那裡他在跑步小徑附近存放了一些柴火和衣服。

Useful Translations: 有用的翻譯:

cold weather 寒冷的天氣

ultramarathon 超級馬拉松

northwestern China 中國西北

contingency planning 應急計劃

100-kilometer track 100公里賽道

temperatures dropped 溫度下降

runners 跑步者

hypothermia 低溫

shepherd 牧羊人

state media 國家媒體

cave 洞穴

firewood 柴

clothes 衣服

running trail 跑步徑

China reports rover's first drive on Mars 中國報導火星車首次在火星上行駛

English:

China certainly said that the Martian rover took a first drive on surface of Red Planet. A remote-controlled Chinese motorized rover drove down the ramp of its landing capsule on Saturday and onto the surface of planet Mars, making China the first nation to orbit, land and deploy a land vehicle on its inaugural mission to the Red Planet.

Planet Mars is certainly the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, being larger than only Mercury. In English, Mars carries the name of the Roman god of war and is often referred to as the "Red Planet."

Chinese:

中國當然表示，火星探測器在"紅色星球"的表面上率先駛過。 星期六，一架由中國遙控的機動漫遊車沿著著陸艙的坡道駛下，到達了火星行星的表面，使中國成為第一個向紅色星球發射任務的軌道，著陸和部署陸地車輛的國家。

火星行星無疑是太陽的第四行星，也是太陽系中第二小的行星，比水星還要大。 火星用英語命名為羅馬戰爭之神的名字，通常被稱為"紅色星球"。

Useful Translations: 有用的翻譯:

Nouns:

surface of Red Planet 紅色星球的表面

remote-controlled 遙控的

land vehicle 陸地車輛

fourth planet 第四行星

Sun 太陽

Stars 星星

Moon 月亮

Solar System 太陽系

廢墟 ruins, ruin, debris, remains, wreckage, wasteland

瓦礫 rubble, debris

廢物 waste, refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish, debris

穢土 dirt, rubbish, debris, dust, mud, refuse

火箭 rocket

飛船 spaceship, airship, vehicle, dirigible, aeroboat

宇宙飛船 spacecraft, spaceship

空間站 Space Station

地球 Earth

外太空 Outer Space

軌道 Orbit

大量的 Mass

建造 Construction

科學 Science

實驗 Experiment

技術 Technology

實驗室 laboratory

宇航員 astronaut, cosmonaut

太空人 astronaut, cosmonaut

航天員 astronaut

泰科諾 taikonaut (a Chinese astronaut)

勘探 exploration, prospecting, found

飞船 spaceship, airship, vehicle, dirigible, aeroboat

宇宙飞船 spacecraft, spaceship

行星 planet

地球 Earth, planet, globe

空间 space, room, void, airspace, interspace, vacuum

间隙 gap, space, interval

场地 site, space, place

间距 spacing, space

篇幅 space, length

空地 space, clearing, area, vacancy, lung

Verb:

發射火箭 rocket

Adjective:

宇宙的 cosmic, cosmical, mundane, space

China 中國

land 土地

spacecraft 飛船

Mars 火星

Earth 地球

Outer Space 外太空

rover 流浪者

Chinese rover 中國流浪者

Red Planet 紅色星球

Mission 使命

Scientific Objectives 科學目標

geology of Mars 火星地質

presence of water 水的存在

internal structure of the planet 行星的內部結構

identification of minerals 礦物鑑定

rock types 岩石類型

surface 表面

atmosphere of Mars 火星的氣氛

Utopia 烏托邦

parachute 降落傘

triumph 勝利

China Aerospace and Technology Corporation 中國航天科技集團公司

asteroid 小行星

frozen water 冷凍水

Tianwen ("questions to heaven") 天問

China spacecraft lands on Mars 中國航天器降落在火星上

Debris from China’s largest rocket 來自中國最大火箭的碎片

Guardian News on Youtube shows the remnants of China’s largest rocket plummeted back to Earth, plunging into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives, according to Chinese state media and people in Oman and Jordan who captured footage of its light in the sky. Most of the rocket debris burned up in the atmosphere, according to the China Manned Space Engineering Office.

Useful Translations: 有用的翻譯:

Nouns:

廢墟 ruins, ruin, debris, remains, wreckage, wasteland

瓦礫 rubble, debris

廢物 waste, refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish, debris

穢土 dirt, rubbish, debris, dust, mud, refuse

火箭 rocket

飛船 spaceship, airship, vehicle, dirigible, aeroboat

宇宙飛船 spacecraft, spaceship

空間站 Space Station

地球 Earth

外太空 Outer Space

軌道 Orbit

大量的 Mass

建造 Construction

科學 Science

實驗 Experiment

技術 Technology

實驗室 laboratory

宇航員 astronaut, cosmonaut

太空人 astronaut, cosmonaut

航天員 astronaut

泰科諾 taikonaut (a Chinese astronaut)

勘探 exploration, prospecting, found

飞船 spaceship, airship, vehicle, dirigible, aeroboat

宇宙飞船 spacecraft, spaceship

行星 planet

地球 Earth, planet, globe

空间 space, room, void, airspace, interspace, vacuum

间隙 gap, space, interval

场地 site, space, place

间距 spacing, space

篇幅 space, length

空地 space, clearing, area, vacancy, lung

Verb:

發射火箭 rocket

Adjective:

宇宙的 cosmic, cosmical, mundane, space

China 中國

land 土地

spacecraft 飛船

Mars 火星

Earth 地球

Outer Space 外太空

Chinese rover 中國流浪者

Red Planet 紅色星球

Mission 使命

Scientific Objectives 科學目標

geology of Mars 火星地質

presence of water 水的存在

internal structure of the planet 行星的內部結構

identification of minerals 礦物鑑定

rock types 岩石類型

surface 表面

atmosphere of Mars 火星的氣氛

Utopia 烏托邦

parachute 降落傘

triumph 勝利

China Aerospace and Technology Corporation 中國航天科技集團公司

asteroid 小行星

frozen water 冷凍水

Tianwen ("questions to heaven") 天問

China spacecraft lands on Mars 中國航天器降落在火星上

China: New Space Station 中國：新空間站

Nouns:

飛船 spaceship, airship, vehicle, dirigible, aeroboat

宇宙飛船 spacecraft, spaceship

空間站 Space Station

地球 Earth

外太空 Outer Space

軌道 Orbit

大量的 Mass

建造 Construction

科學 Science

實驗 Experiment

技術 Technology

實驗室 laboratory

宇航員 astronaut, cosmonaut

太空人 astronaut, cosmonaut

航天員 astronaut

泰科諾 taikonaut (a Chinese astronaut)

The Tiangong Space Station (Chinese: 天宫 'Heavenly Palace') or Chinese large modular space station is a space station placed in low Earth orbit between 340-450 km above the surface. The Tiangong Space Station will be roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station and about the size of the decommissioned Russian Mir space station. The Tiangong is expected to have a mass between 80 and 100 t (180,000 and 220,000 lb). Operations will be controlled from the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center in China. The core module, the Tianhe ("Harmony of the Heavens"), launched on 29 April 2021.

The construction of the station will manifest the 3rd phase of the Tiangong program. It builds on the experience gained from its precursors, Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2. Chinese leaders hope that research conducted on the station will improve researchers' ability to conduct science experiments in space, beyond the duration offered by China's existing space laboratories.

The Chinese large modular space station is designed to be used for 10 years which could be extended to 15 years and will accommodate 3 astronauts.

With the core module deployed and stocked, China will launch 3 taikonauts to live on the CSS. The launch is expected to take place in June 2021. This crewed mission, named Shenzhou-12, will be China's 7th, and the first since the Shenzhou-11 mission in 2016.

China is seeking to enhance its capacity for scientific and technological innovation by building the large modular space station.

Tornado in Wuhan, Hubei 湖北武漢的龍捲風

Useful Translations: 有用的翻譯：

Nouns:

龍捲風 tornado

自然災害 natural disaster

風暴 storm, windstorm

暴風 storm, storm wind

暴風雨 storm, tempest, rainstorm

風浪 storm, stormy waves

龍卷風 cyclone, hurricane, typhon, storm

波 wave, ripple, surge, storm

瀑 waterfall, falls, storm, cataract

颶風 hurricane

狂飆 hurricane

颱風 typhoon, hurricane

颶 hurricane

暴風驟雨 hurricane, tempest, violent storm

龍卷風 cyclone, hurricane, typhon, storm

急風暴雨 hurricane, violent storm

波 wave, ripple, surge, storm

波浪 wave, surge, billow, fret

浪 wave, billow

浪潮 wave, tide

浪頭 wave, trend

裊裊 wave

陣 front, burst, battle array, position, wave, spell

蕩 swing, sway, marsh, pond, pool, wave

汰 wave

漪 ripple, swell, wave, wrinkle

天氣 weather

天 day, sky, God, heavens, weather, nature

氣 gas, air, breath, spirit, weather, vital energy

Verbs:

強攻 storm

攻陷 capture, storm

破壞 damage, destroy, undermine, sabotage, wreck, decompose

摧毀 destroy, smash, wreck

銷毀 destroy, ruin

滅 destroy, put out, extinguish, turn off, exterminate, be out

毀滅 destroy, ruin, perish, exterminate, havoc, extirpate

摧 destroy, break, devastate, ravage, repress

毀 destroy, ruin, damage, slander, defame, destroy by fire

摧殘 destroy, devastate, ruin, ravage, wreck

殲滅 destroy, wipe out, annihilate, eliminate, blot out

擊毀 wreck, destroy, shatter, smash

搗毀 destroy, smash up, demolish

破 break, destroy, split, get rid of, lay bare, expose the truth of

隳 destroy, wreck, break, ruin, raze, collapse

擊破 break up, destroy

僨 ruin, destroy, instigate

殲 annihilate, destroy, exterminate, blot out, delete, consume

殘 damage, ruin, injure, spoil, destroy, raze

墮 fall, go bad, break, destroy, send down, send out

隳脞 break, destroy, ruin, wreck

波動 wave, fluctuate, surge, undulate, flux, popple

揮動 wave, brandish

揮舞 wave, wield, brandish

招手 wave, beckon, beck

搖 shake, wave, rock, sway, wag, turn

揮 command, wave, wield, scatter, disperse, wipe out

飄舞 wave

舞動 wave, brandish

搖動 shake, swing, rock, sway, wave, flutter

擺動 swing, oscillate, sway, flap, vibrate, wave

擺 put, swing, place, set, sway, wave

擺手 wave, beckon

飄揚 fly, flutter, wave

飄蕩 drift, float, flutter, wave, lead a wanderer's life

舞弄 brandish, wield, wave

發抖 tremble, shake, shiver, shudder, jitter, wave

鼓翼而飛 flap, flash, flop, flutter, swing, wave

擺晃 oscillate, sway, swing, vibrate, wave

經受 withstand, undergo, experience, stand, endure, weather

侵蝕 erode, corrode, encroach, weather, corrade, gnaw

Adjective:

露天的 weather

Vulnerability on Youtube shows the video of the Natural Disaster in China on 14 May 2021. An Awful night for China! Hundreds of houses are destroyed by the tornado in Wuhan, Hubei.

Tornadoes have been recorded on all continents except Antarctica and are most common in the middle latitudes where conditions are often favorable for convective storm development. The United States has the most tornadoes of any country, as well as the strongest and most violent tornadoes. A large portion of these tornadoes form in an area of the central United States popularly known as Tornado Alley. Canada experiences the second most tornadoes. Ontario and the prairie provinces see the highest frequency, particularly with southward extent. Other areas of the world that have frequent tornadoes include significant portions of Europe, South Africa, Philippines, Bangladesh, parts of Argentina, Uruguay, and southern and southeast Brazil, northern Mexico, New Zealand, and far eastern Asia.

China spacecraft lands on Mars 中國航天器降落在火星上

Useful Translations: 有用的翻譯:

China 中國

land 土地

spacecraft 飛船

Mars 火星

Earth 地球

Outer Space 外太空

Chinese rover 中國流浪者

Red Planet 紅色星球

Mission 使命

Scientific Objectives 科學目標

geology of Mars 火星地質

presence of water 水的存在

internal structure of the planet 行星的內部結構

identification of minerals 礦物鑑定

rock types 岩石類型

surface 表面

atmosphere of Mars 火星的氣氛

Utopia 烏托邦

parachute 降落傘

triumph 勝利

China Aerospace and Technology Corporation 中國航天科技集團公司

asteroid 小行星

frozen water 冷凍水

Tianwen ("questions to heaven") 天問

China spacecraft lands on Mars 中國航天器降落在火星上

Nouns:

勘探 exploration, prospecting, found

飞船 spaceship, airship, vehicle, dirigible, aeroboat

宇宙飞船 spacecraft, spaceship

行星 planet

地球 Earth, planet, globe

空间 space, room, void, airspace, interspace, vacuum

间隙 gap, space, interval

场地 site, space, place

间距 spacing, space

篇幅 space, length

空地 space, clearing, area, vacancy, lung

Adjective:

宇宙的 cosmic, cosmical, mundane, space

DW News shows that China has landed a spacecraft on Mars. This is the latest step in its ambitious space program. The Chinese rover will stay in its lander for a few days of tests before  exploring the Red Planet. The rover has yet to send back any images from Mars, but here's the story of how it got there - and what the mission aims to find out.

The name Tianwen means "Heavenly Questions" or "questions to heaven" or "quest for heavenly truth", and comes from the long poem of the same name written by Qu Yuan (c. 340-278 BC), a poet of ancient China.

Tianwen-1 (TW-1; simplified Chinese: 天问; traditional Chinese: 天問 ) is certainly an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to send a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of an orbiter, deployable camera, lander and the Zhurong rover. The spacecraft, with a total mass of nearly 5 tons, is one of the heaviest probes launched to Mars and carries 13 scientific instruments.

The scientific objectives of the mission relate to the geology of Mars, the current and past presence of water, the internal structure of the planet, identification of minerals and rock types on the surface, as well as characterization of the space environment and atmosphere of Mars.

At 23:18 UTC, on 14 May 2021, the Tianwen-1 lander successfully landed in the preselected landing area in the southern part of the Mars Utopia Planitia. The planet landing phase began with the release of the protective capsule containing the lander/rover. The capsule made an atmospheric entry followed by a descent phase under parachute, after which the lander used retro-propulsion to soft-land on Mars.

The lander had a "treacherous journey" through the Martian atmosphere.

This is certainly a major triumph for China's space ambitions, and the culmination of years of hard work.

This is a key event for the China Aerospace and Technology Corporation.

This is the China's first rover landing on another planet.

The icy area of Mars known as "Utopia Planitia" was formed by the violent impact of an asteroid about 4 billion years ago. Past space probes have discovered large amounts of frozen water under the surface here.