Powerful earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador prompting people to evacuate
A bilingual German story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: BEGINNER (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
Ein starkes Erdbeben erschüttert Kolumbien und Ecuador.
A powerful earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador.
Die Menschen haben große Angst und verlassen ihre Häuser.
People are very scared and leave their homes.
Das Erdbeben beginnt am Montagmorgen.
The earthquake starts on Monday morning.
Das Zentrum ist in einer Region namens Choco.
The center is in a region called Choco.
Viele Gebäude haben jetzt schwere Schäden.
Many buildings have serious damage now.
Die Gouverneurin sagt, dass einige Menschen verletzt sind.
The governor says that some people are injured.
Familien bleiben draußen auf den sicheren Straßen.
Families stay outside in the safe streets.
Alle hoffen, dass die Gefahr bald vorbei ist.
Everyone hopes that the danger is over soon.
Vocabulary (German)
- Earthquake
- das Erdbeben
- To shake
- erschüttern
- To evacuate
- evakuieren
- Damage
- der Schaden
- Injured
- verletzt
- Danger
- die Gefahr
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