THE fall of the Berlin Wall was not big news in Russia. Neither was it a surprise.
柏林墙的倒塌在俄罗斯算不上重大新闻，也没有人对此事感到惊奇。Local media said the cave-in may have been sparked by work on an underground train line, though authorities could not confirm this.
当地媒体称，倒塌与地铁施工有关，但尚未得到有关部门证实。The moment the earthquake started, buildings collapsed, water mains broke, and a huge fire broke out that spread rapidly across the city.
地震开始的那一刹那，房屋倒塌、自来水管破裂，再加上一场快速蔓延至全城的大火。"A large crack appears in the wall of the Yushu Hotel, and part of a government office building also collapsed, " he said.
玉树酒店的墙壁上出现一道大裂缝，并且部分的政府办公大楼也倒塌了。eg. People were asked to leave the building at once lest the wall should collapse.
人们被告知立刻离开这幢大楼惟恐墙壁倒塌。The day before, at Hanwang, he found an elderly man still in the ruins of his collapsed home, weeping as he tried to dig out objects.
前一天，在寒旺（译音），他找到一名老者留在他倒塌的家中，边落泪边试图挖出自己的东西。Tons of paper had flown through the air when the towers collapsed. Some of it had been blown through the broken windows of nearby buildings.
双子塔倒塌时，碎纸张如雪片般纷纷散落。有许多是从附近建筑的破碎的窗户里飞出。The wind load characteristics comprise one of the major reasons for the collapse of industrial buildings during construction.
在施工过程中建筑物所受风荷载的特殊性是导致该在建厂房倒塌的主要原因之一。He said rocks were strewn all over the place, and theravine was "just full of collapsed walls and rubble and barbed wire" .
他说，到处都散落着岩石，那处山沟里“满是倒塌的墙壁、碎石和带刺的铁丝网。”