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我朋友做了一个接受512地震的英语网站，想向西方展现真实的地震中的中国。以下相关内容： 1. Dear all： Recently, Zheng Wei, one of our brothers, has been building a website, providing the English reports on the great persons in the earthquake in Wenchuan. As media abroad always take negative, critical reports on us, even when we need help eagerly, it's necessary for us to introduce our efforts and love to foreigners. There are some articles in the website now, most of which are rewritten from domestic reports. However, as you know, translating stories into English isn't very easy—he needs heip.I think it's a meaningful project, I'd like to invite you to join in if you are have free time.Your classmates are also welcome if they are interested in it. Detailed requests can be known from the mail below and attachments he sent to me. 2. ou can take a look at the website on www.512story.com where you can find the examples you need for this kind of story. So the help I'm wanting from you is that you take a lead in helping collect rewritten stories from your classmates or your schoolmates. In this regards, I guess you will have some of those responsibilities if you don't mind: Choose one or two good and touching stories at the individual level either from what you read from the news or blogs or what you heard from others and rewrite them by yourself! Your rewritten stories will also be revised by our native language advisor which can help you improve your English writing ability. Promote this among your groups and invite them to rewrite stories: I strongly advise you to send out the invitation on a one-to-one basis which means you directly talk with those who you might know to ask them for the favor; also you can ask your classmate to ask their network. Consistently communication with our project team here in Beijing and have all those already rewritten stories in mind so that you can monitor those volunteers within your network not to do overlapped work; it would be much a pain if they have to call me here in Beijing; so I suggest you can help us do this to regularly check articles and coordinate volunteers' work. More responsibilities to come…… Regards, Zheng Wei 3.Dear all: We know currently everyone wants to help in this earthquake but sometimes we would feel powerless to in finding the channels but only through donations. And here is another way for every one of you to help by recording those effected individuals’ life story before, during and after the earthquake. This recording is a good way to memorize those who passed away and to encourage those who live strong; also it’s a great way to connect us with people from all nations who care us and want to understand more on an individual basis. Never before, has us been feeling so close with the people from other nations by overcoming this tremendous challenge all together; and it’s when comes to the life and death point that we begin to understand each other within nations on a common humanity basis. Please rewrite in English all the great stories you’ve read from the news or heard from people through their blogs/ or maybe just send us the original stories if you don’t have much time, and we’ll publish a collection of those great ones on the website www.512story.com to share with people from over all the place. Please note: your recomposition is still based on the facts but intends to create a better reading experience in another language; also we’d strongly advise you contact us before you are ready to do any rewriting so that we can ensure there is no overlap efforts. Your effort will help all of us to memorize and encourage those individuals affected by this trauma and will further help enhance the understanding between Chinese and other citizens by sharing stories about many common but great Chinese individuals in the earthquake. But for your great help, we’d also hope you would enjoy the following things: 1. All the rewritten stories adopted will be published on our website with your name as the rewriter along with original source and we’ll also try to find a volunteer artist to match your rewritten story with an illustrated picture; or you can also directly send related photos along with the rewritten story. Your rewritten story will potentially be spread among readers from many countries. 2. We are still actively seeking sponsorship opportunities for the project which means your great rewritten story might be able to get awards which we could help further divert to help the disaster relief according to your voluntary intent. 3. We’ll create a community for all contributors and help them connect with each other as we believe that all of us would enjoy being part of a group which cares and compassionates. We eagerly awaits your response at 512story@gmail.com ; and please feel free to write us if you have any further enquiries. May 17, 2008 512 Story Project Team 亲爱的朋友们：抗震救灾已进入关键时期，我们知道大家都很想为抗震救灾做些贡献，可是除了捐款，似乎找不到其他的方式。现在我们倡议大家发起这样一个活动，通过讲述你所知道的在抗震救灾中发生的感人故事来为抗震救灾尽自己的一份心意。这既是对地震中失去生命的同胞们的纪念，也是对那些从困难中走出来的幸存者的鼓励。而且，通过分享那些感动的瞬间，这还可以成为连接我们与所有关心帮助我们的国际友人的一个很好的纽带。在抗击这场巨大灾害的过程中，在生与死的紧要关头，他们的关心和救助让我们感受到了全世界人民共有的人性光辉和伟大友谊，也让我们对彼此有了更深的认识和理解。在这个活动中，你所要做的是将你从个人博客和电视报纸上看到的或从别人那里听说的各种感人的故事改写成英文发给我们。如果你没有太多的时间和精力，你也可以直接发送中文原文。我们将用英文把它们发表在网站www.512story.com上，让世界各地的人们来分享。请记住：你的改编应该基于真实的故事，只不过是换另一种语言来描述，你也可当尽量把这个故事讲述得清晰动人。我们建议你在改写一个故事之前先与我们取得联系，以免与他人改编的故事重复。我们还希望你能知道： 1 、所有被我们采用的故事都将在我们的网站上发表，以你的名字为改编作者并注明出处。如果你有与故事相关的图片请一并发过来，没有的话我们会努力请志愿者为配上插图。你的故事很有可能在许多国家的读者之间广泛传播。 2 我们还在积极地为抗震救灾募捐，因此你的改编工作很有可能取得意想不到的实际回报，为我们争取到更多的捐助。相信这和你为抗震救灾尽自己一份力量的初衷是完全一致的。 3 我们将为所有的贡献者创造一个相互交流的平台，我们相信所有人都会非常乐意成为这个充满关爱和热情的集体的一员。我们真诚地希望能得到你的响应。我们的邮箱地址是512story@gmail.com；如果你们还有其他的想法，欢迎来信和我们探讨。 . 512 Story 项目组 2008年5月17日 About 4. 512 Story is big but small: it’s a life and death story of more than 200,000 people who are further related to one fifth of the world’s population and even more to all the brothers and sisters from all over the world; yet it’s also a story about each solo common individual: their story before, during and after the earthquakes as a common Chinese individual who has strong tolerance, lives strong and knows sacrifice. The story is not about politics or propaganda; it’s about 50,000 individuals who have passed away and another 150,000 who are living strong. It’s through each one of them that we saw how vulnerable human beings are in front of nature and how strong they are by showing their love and courage to each other. The recording aims to enhance the understanding between us and other nations through those many but unique individuals’ life story through all periods beside the earthquake; and it’s through both vulnerability and strength, fear and courage, commonness and greatness from those individuals that we find the common ground on a humanity basis and this common ground will bring us closer on a person to person level which goes beyond borders, races and stereotypes. 这里讲述的，是关于二十万人生与死的故事。他们与这个世界上五分之一的人口血肉相连，他们的命运牵动着全世界所有充满爱心的人。这里讲述的，是一个个生命在面对灾难危急存亡时的感人瞬间。这些平凡的生命用他们的行动向我们阐释了什么是容忍，牺牲和坚强。这些故事无关政治。它们是对五万个逝去生命的挽歌，也是对十五万幸存者的赞歌。在大自然强大的破坏力面前，人类是何等的脆弱和无奈，但在希望和爱心的照耀下，人类又是何等的勇敢和顽强！我们记录这些故事，既是对逝者的纪念，也是对生者的勉励。我们希望通过分享这些共同的感动，增进我们和其他国家和民族的相互理解。这些故事虽然发生在一些特定的个体身上，但他们的脆弱与顽强、恐惧和勇气、平凡与伟大交织在一起，折射出的是全人类共有的人性光辉。它超越了国界、种族和偏见，把我们的心紧紧地连在一起。

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