Mudslide 泥石流
mudslide-stricken region 泥石流受災地區
geological disasters 地質災害
secondary disaster 次生災害
barrier lake 堰塞湖
upper reaches 上遊河段
the water level of the lake 湖水水位
範文一：
One Joozone”s possible version：
On Aug 7, 2010,a powerful mudslides damaged houses in the landslide-hit Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China”s Gansu Province.
2010年8月7日，甘肅甘南藏族自治州舟曲縣發生特大泥石流。
I fell very distressed that when I saw the pictures about mudslide-stricken region.The whole villages were wiped out by the terrible Mudslide. Hundreds of people lost their lives or were rendered homeless.
當我看到泥石流受災地區的那些圖片的時候，心裡非常難過。整個村子都被泥石流夷為了平地(泥石流使整個城鎮破壞相當嚴重)。成百上千的人失去了生命和自己的家園。
Soldiers carry out rescue efforts in mudslide-hit Zhouqu county, Northwest China”s Gansu province, Aug 7, 2010. Now The death toll from the disaster rose to 338, with 1,148 still missing on Friday night. About 45,000 residents have been evacuated, as mudslides destroyed more than 300 homes and damaged another 700. Moreover, 3,000 homes have been flooded. More than 10,000 troops, police and firefighters are still working to search for survivors in the debris of the town flattened by mudslides.More InfoFor Zhouqu mudslides.
官兵已經在2010年8月7日開始就一直往舟曲縣城運送物資。儘管現在死亡人數已經上升到338人，並且截至星期五晚上還有1148人失蹤。由於泥石流沖毀了300座房屋並且另有700座不同程度的破壞，大約有四萬五千位居民已被疏散到安全地帶，此外，還有3000多房屋被淹沒。有近10000官兵(troop部隊官兵)、警察以及火警一直奮戰在搜救第一線。
But fortunately, millions of people home or broad have given freely in response to the appeal for the mudslide-stricken region.
但幸運的是，(這一句話翻譯比較活,可能跟原文意思有些不一致，但直譯出來不大順口，所以小J在這裡就活用了，希望理解)，數以百萬記的來自世界各地的人們都伸出了他們的援助之手，大家攜手一起為泥石流受災地區。
I hope all of us can try our best to help the victims out of this terrible disaster as soon as possible.
我想我們每一個人都要盡自己的一份力，讓那些深處災區的人們儘快從陰影中走出來。