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The ice bucket challenge — "raising awareness" of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — has gone viral among China’s celebrities from tech executives to movie stars.
冰桶挑战—一项旨在让更多人知道“肌肉萎缩性侧索硬化症”（ALS）的活动在中国风靡，从科技大佬到电影明星都纷纷响应。

The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games opened in east China’s Nanjing on August 16 with more than 3,700 athletes from around the world taking part in.
第二届夏季青年奥林匹克运动会8月16日在南京开幕，来自世界各地的3700多名运动员参加了开幕式。
 

Ye Peijian, a senior adviser of the China Academy of Space Technology(中国空间技术研究院) said, "Firstly, it requires an initial velocity from the carrier, and secondly, it can be accelerated by the spacecraft’s own fuel. There are many other ways to do it as well, such as taking advantage of the gravity of other planets(行星). In a word, they can achieve such velocity by combining both external and internal forces,"

Rescuers are battling frequent aftershocks(余震) and heavy rains to search for survivors(幸存者) in the rubble(瓦砾) after a 6.5-magnitude(震级) earthquake rattled southwest China’s Yunnan Province Sunday, killing at least 398 people and injuring 1,801 others. More than 12,000 houses have been toppled and 30,000 damaged in the quake zone(地震灾区). The quake has also cut(切断) traffic(交通), electricity(电路) and telecommunications(通讯) in Ludian County.