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在地震发生后,人口密集的尼泊尔首都加德满都也受到震动,据报道,超过2200人死亡~~

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Nepal's capital became a city of whispers and rumors Sunday as residents hunkered down outdoors in tents and cars, and recurring aftershocks from Saturday’s earthquake kept everyone on edge, fearing another big quake.
Food and water supplies ran low. Price gouging began. Electricity was intermittent. Rescuers battled to make it to residents of remote villages — as well as climbers on Mount Everest — to save those still stranded more than 24 hours after the catastrophe. They continued clawing victims out of the rubble, sometimes with their bare hands.
The death toll kept climbing throughout the day and by early Monday it stood at more than 3,600 in Nepal and dozens more in neighboring countries.
 
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Nepal 尼泊尔,南亚国家
whisper 悄声说话
hunker down 蹲下,蹲坐
recur 再现
aftershocks 余震
on edge 紧张不安
Price gouging 哄抬物价
intermittent 间歇的,断断续续的
Rescuer 救助者
Mount Everest 珠穆朗玛峰
strand 使滞留
rubble 瓦砾
death toll 死亡总数
            
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参考译文1:

当尼泊尔首都居民都坐在户外的帐篷和汽车里时,首都成了一个充满流言蜚语的城市,周六地震后的余震使人们提心吊胆,担心发生另一场大地震。
食物和水的供应量很少。哄抬物价的现象开始发生。电力供应断断续续。救援人员努力将电力送达遥远村庄的居民以及珠穆朗玛峰的登山者们,以便救援在灾难发生长达24小时之后扔被困在现场的遇难者。他们继续挖出在瓦砾下面的遇难者,有时是赤手去挖。
伤亡人数整天都在攀升,截至周一早上,尼泊尔有3600多人遇难,周边国家也有很多人伤亡。

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