5月份得四川地震为全国人民带来了严重考验。这场地震过后，有很多值得我们去思考和记忆得事情

亲历者？这样写可以吗？
At about 6 AM on Monday (5/12) morning I was waken up by a few loud phone rings. I was wondering who would call us so early. I answered the phone and my wife's sister in Shenzhen told me that there was a big earthquake in Dujiangyan, thousands of people may have died, and she did not know if all relatives are OK...

I checked CNN. The web site said there was an earthquake in Sichuan, but only a few hundred people died. I felt relief a little bit--maybe it is just a small earth shaking. I told my wife there was an earthquake, and ask her to call China as soon as possible.

I was trying to call relatives in Dujianyan for several hours, but never had any luck--"all circuits are busy now, please call again later". I thought maybe there was really not available circut for my VoIP account.

A few hours later, most web sites reported that there was a 7.8M earthquake-- a big earthquake--as big as the Tangshan earthquake.