双语畅销书《我是马拉拉》第8章:地动之秋(6)
Some 6,400 Schools were turned to rubble and 18,000 children lost their lives.
We remembered how scared we had been that morning and started raising money at school. Everyone brought what they could.
我们都还记得那天早晨我们有多么惊惧，并开始在学校举办募捐筹款活动，鼓励大家有钱出钱，有力出力。
My father went to everybody he knew, asking for donations of food, clothing and money, and I helped my mother collect blankets.
父亲去拜访了他所有的亲友，希望他们能帮忙捐献食物、衣服及金钱，而我则帮助母亲收集毛毯。
My father raised money from the Swat Association of Private Schools and the Global Peace Council to add to what we had collected at school.
除了在学校募捐到的款项之外，父亲另外还从斯瓦特私校联盟及环球和平议会募到一些钱。
The total came to more than one million rupees.
最后，我们总计募到了超过100万卢比的救济金。
A publishing company in Lahore which supplied our schoolbooks sent five trucks of food and other essentials.
一家位于拉合尔，负责为我们提供教科书的出版公司则捐赠了五大卡车的食物及其他民生必需物资。
We were terribly worried about our family in Shangla, jammed between those narrow mountains.
我们都非常担心身处香拉县的亲友们，他们都被困在狭长的山谷中。
Finally we got news from a cousin.
最后，我们从一名堂兄弟那里得到了消息。
In my father’s small village eight people had been killed and many homes destroyed.
父亲的小村庄里共有八人死亡，许多房舍都倒塌了；
