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假設你是一名記者，請根據以下提示，用英語向China Daily寫一篇有關臺灣大地震的報道．

時間：1999年9月21日凌晨1時47分

震級：7.6級

人員損失：到當晚22時，已有1670人死亡，3924人受傷，2000多人被困，數百人失蹤，許多人無家可歸．

設施破壞：停電，房屋橋梁倒塌，交通受阻．

嚴重性：是臺灣百年未遇的強烈地震．

注意：1．詞數100左右．可以My first experience is…為題．

2．生詞提示：7.6級 magnitude 7.6

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解析：

At 1∶47 a.m．on September 21st 1999，a terrible earthquake of magnitude 7.6 shook Taiwan．By 22∶00 p.m．the number of people who were killed in the earthquake had reached 1670．As many as 3924 people were injured．Over 2000 people were trapped in the fallen buildings and hundreds of people were still missing．A great number of people had lost their homes．The earthquake had the electricity cut off, the traffic stopped and a great many buildings and bridges were destroyed．It is the strongest earthquake that has ever hit Taiwan in a century．