Chinese premier pledges all-out effort to rescue quake victims

　　中国总理承诺全力营救灾民

　　Devastation and chaos in southwestern China as a 6.6 magnitude earthquake leaves more than 150 people dead and thousands injured. The earthquake hit at 8.02am local time in China's Sichuan province, reducing houses to rubble and leaving residents dazed, state television showed. Tents were set up in the compound of a hospital to serve as emergency facilities for fear of aftershocks.

　　中国西南地区发生6.6级地震造成150人死亡，数千人受伤，灾区废墟一片混乱不堪。国家电视台报道称地震发生在中国四川省当地时间早上8点2分，房屋被摧为废墟，居民茫然不知所错。因担心余震的影响，医院在外面的院子里搭起了帐篷以作应急场所。

　　TV footage showed people holding up quilts or umbrellas to provide shade for the injured on the ground. This woman says falling rubble from the roof hit her husband who was trying to rescue their daughter from their home. State TV showed footage of Chinese Premier Li Keqiuang flying to Chengdu, the provincial capital of the quake zone. He has urged that all efforts be put into rescuing victims to limit the death toll. The state news agency said rescuers had so far pulled 32 survivors out of the rubble. Six thousand troops were also heading to the area to help with rescue efforts.

　　电视画面显示，人们举着棉被或伞为地上的伤者遮住太阳。这名妇女说她丈夫为了从家里把女儿救出来被从屋顶掉下的碎石砸中。国家电视台播放了国家总理李克强抵达震区省会成都的画面。他督促尽一切努力营救受害者，将死亡人数降至最低。国家新闻机构称，截至目前为止，救援人员已经从废墟中救出32名幸存者。六千名部队也正赶往灾区帮助救援工作。