Just as everyone's anxiety reached its peak, the apartment buildings began to rock. Within a few seconds, with a great whooshing roar, the first two stories of the five-story building nearest the slope were buried. The upper three stories were left leaning precariously against the building behind them.
就在大家心裡七上八下的同時，房子搖動了起來，短短的幾秒鐘時間，只見在轟然巨響中，最靠近山坡的那一排五層樓房舍，只剩下三層樓高，一、二樓已塌陷到地底，危巔巔地倚在隔壁棟上。