A:Hello.
你好
B:Hey,Marco.It's Drew.Are you watching TV now?
嘿，是我Drew.你看电视呢吗？
A:No why?
没有，怎么了？
B:Just turn it on and switch to CCTV channel 9.There's a striking news
赶快打开电视，拨到中央九台，出大事儿了。
A:What is it?
什么事儿啊？
B:Earthquake
地震
A:In china?
在中国吗？
B:No ,in Africa,It's such a serious quake,measured 8.2 on the richter scale.Lots of people died and that includs 8 Chinese
不，在非洲。非常严重的地震。里士8.2级。死了很多人。还包括8个中国人
A:I already knew it.And there're still lots of aftershocks
我已经知道这事儿了。还有很多余震呢
B:Yes,that's horrible,You know you may survive the quake.But die in the aftershocks
是的，真可怕。你知道你可能躲过地震，但可能死于余震。
A:No worries.Drew.That's in Africa,which is really far from China.
别担心，Drew.那是非洲。离中国很远呢。
B:Are you sure there're no earthquakes in Beijing?
你肯定北京没有地震吗？
A:So far as I know,there're no so-called earthquakes in the foreseeable future in Beijing
就我目前所知。北京在可预见未来没有地震。
B:Are you sure?
你肯定？
A:Absolutely.In my 29 years of living in China.I have only experienced one earthquake and that's like 28 years ago,when I was only 1 year old.
完全肯定。我在中国29年来只经过一次地震。还是28年以前的事儿。我当时才一岁大。
B:Did anyone die?
死人了吗？
A:I don't know.I was like a 1-year-old baby,Drew..don't try to make a mountain out of a molehill.
不知道。我才一岁而已。Drew.别大惊小怪的。
B:I do?
我是吗？
A:You do.China ,esp Beijing is the safest place.There's no such thing as terrorism or earthquakes in here.
是啊。中国是最安全的地方。这儿没有恐怖主义或是地震之类的事儿。
B:I guess I'm overworried
我可能是有点儿杞人忧天了。
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[1] It's such a serious quake,measured 8.2 on the richter scale地震总是难以避免。发生地震时，只有寄希望于自己不是在震中了[epicenter]
[2] Don't try to make a mountain out of a molehill.别小题大做。Molehill在这里是小土敦儿的意思。
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