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国务院今天发布公告宣布,为表达全国各族人民对四川汶川大地震遇难同胞的深切哀悼,国务院决定,XX年5月19日至21日为全国哀悼日。在此期间,全国和各驻外机构下半旗志哀,停止公共娱乐活动,外交部和我国驻外使领馆设立吊唁簿。5月19日14时28分起,全国人民默哀3分钟,届时汽车、火车、舰船鸣笛,防空警报鸣响。
China'snationalflagfliesathalf-mastaftertheflag-raisingceremonyonTian'anmenSquareinBeijingMondaymorning,May19,.ChinaonMondaybeginsathree-daynationalmourningforthetensofthousandsofpeoplekilledinapowerfulearthquakewhichstruckthecountry'ssouthwestonMay12.[Xinhua]
TheStateCouncil,theCabi,yesterdayorderedflagstobeflownathalf-mastandallpublicentertainmentsuspendedforthreedaysasthecountrybeginsanofficialmourningperiodforvictimsoftheearthquake.
CondolencebookswillbeopenedattheForeignMinistryandChineseembassiesandconsulatesaroundtheworld.
Peopleareaskedtostandinsilenceforthreeminutesfrom2:28pmtoday,whileautomobiles,trains,andshipswillsoundtheirhornsorsirens.
Also,theOlympictorchrelaywillbesuspendedtillWednesday,anizerssaid.
Meanwhile,themagnitudeoflastMonday'squakewasyesterdayrevisedfrom7.8to8bytheChinaSeismologicalBureau.
Thedeathtollfromthepowerfulearthquakeroseto32,477nationwideasof2pmyesterday,whilethenumberofinjuredreached220,109,aordingtotheemergencyresponseofficeoftheStateCouncil.
Rescuersyesterdaypulledoutmoresurvivors.AwomanworkerofthelocalpowerplantwasrescuedlastnightinYingxiutown,Sichuanprovince,150hoursafterthequake.Therescueteamspent56hourssavingYuJinhua.
Yesterdayafternoon,a53-year-oldmanwasalsorescuedinYingxiu,148hoursafterthetremor.Theman,ShenPeiyun,wasconsciousandwastakentohospitalbyhelicopter.
Inthemorning,amannamedTangXiongwasrescuedfromacollapsedhospitalinBeichuancounty139hoursafterthequake.
AlsoinBeichuan,anothermanwasrescuedSaturdaynightfromacollapsedbuilding.WuJianpingwasthentakentohospital.
(Xinhua)
Vocabulary:
half-mast:(表示哀悼的)半旗