这次发生在中国四川境内的7.8级大地震，究竟外国人有何评论？

从BBC的报道来看，似乎对于中国政府的救灾反应速度和行动力相当惊讶，主持人不断用rapid efficient response（快速有效的反应）来评价中国救援部队。同时认为，和缅甸政府的毫无作为相比，中国政府明显好多了。BBC的报道这次算是比较正面的。而 外国民间的声音又是怎样的呢？从一个有名的美国论坛www.freerepublic.com摘录了一些美国人的留言，从中大致可以看到他们的态度，基本 还是友好的。

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014814/posts
表示同情关心的：
Terrible. Prayers for all those affected.真糟糕，为所有灾民祈祷

Prayers for the afflicted in Myanmar and China, and a pox on the corrupt and nasty governments of both.为缅甸和中国的灾民祈祷，并诅咒两个国家中政府的贪污腐败

My sincere prayers up for the entire region.对所有受灾地区送上我衷心的祈祷

How awful. I can only hope that the death toll doesn’t rise much higher.太可怕了。我只希望伤亡人数不要再上升了

This is a great tragedy. All we can do is join our prayers with those of the Chinese people to save as much life as possible.这是一个巨大的悲剧。我们所能做的是和中国人一起祈祷，希望更多的生命得到救援

对没有出现趁乱抢劫者感到欣慰的：
Compare and contrast ... were this a big city in the U.S., there would probably be looters running rampant in the streets. Just saying.... 对比一下，假如地震发生在美国的一个大城市，街上很可能会有人趁火打劫，我只这么说说。。。

Sure. What happens to looters in China?那当然！中国对抢劫者会怎么处置？

Um yeah...I'm sure the average Chinese person knows that they would have a guaranteed bullet in the head if they tried looting in the wake of a disaster (much less in any event) and Lord help them if they were spared a bullet and ended up in a Chinese prison.
是的。。。我相信普通中国人都知道，如果他们在灾难发生时竟敢抢劫，他们将得到一颗子弹的惩罚。假如他们不是被击毙而是被关进监狱，上帝已经对他们开恩了

They get shot, and then their families are charged for the price of the bullet. 抢劫者会被击毙，而他们的家庭则必须为子弹付费（美国人的幽默可见一斑）

也疑惑为什么倒塌的多数是校舍？
why is it that schools seem to collapse more notably and terribly than other public buildings- not just in China but elsewhere in the 3rd world.为什么看上去学校比其他公共建筑倒塌得更多？这个现象不止在中国而且是在第三世界的任何地方。Corrupt contractors cutting corners during construction, using inferior materials? My guess. I hope it never happens here.贪污的建筑承包商在工程中偷工减料？使用劣质材料？我的猜测。我希望这种事在我们这里永远不要发生

Many schools collapsed badly in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake (70 destroyed) Fortunately, it was at 6PM and only a few students were killed. 在1993年长岛地震时也有很多学校(70所）倒塌。幸运的是，地震发生在下午6点，只有少数学生罹难。It led to the Field Act which mandated strict school construction standards in California. 后来加州就通过了法案强制规定学校建筑工程的标准

I'm impressed by how modern the city is -- in engineering, dress, social order. Looked very capable, compassionate and advanced.那座现代化城市在各个方面让我印象深刻，包括工程，人们的穿着以及社会秩序。那里的人看上去都很能干，富有同情心，很文明。
I can see why Jim Rodgers, the mega-investor, loves China and doesn't India. A similar quake in a major Indian city would have killed fa, far more and left utter third-worldian social chaos in the ground.我现在明白为什么 Jim Rodgers这位大投资家喜欢中国而不是印度。如果一场类似的地震发生在印度的大城市，死去的人将多得多，并且社会秩序会大乱。
Still -- the Chinese need to improve their quake-proofing in their building codes by a few orders of magnitude. 话虽如此，中国人很有必要把建筑物的防震标准提高几个数量级

对中国政府的快速反应表示赞许:
At least the Chinese are far more responsive to disaster than the Burmese, who could only just sit around and pick with sticks while its government fiddled. 至少中国人对灾难的反应比缅甸人快速多了，后者只知道坐在那里等救援，而他们的政府则在浪费时间


对救护人员表示好感：
isn't it nice to see nurses who take some pride in their appearance?那些护士显得很有自信，看着让人高兴
In fact, those nurses are so attractive that it makes me wonder whether the pictures were staged -事实上，这些护士显得很有魅力，并让我几乎猜测这些照片是不是故意摆拍的 they look like they just walked off the set of a 1950's movie or television show in America. 她们就像从50年代的美国电影和电视里走出来一样

The nurses in China really dress like that. 中国的护士平时就是那么穿的。Pride in presentation for EVERYONE. 每个人的外表都充满自信。Even the street-sweepers dress cleanly.就算是街道清洁工也穿得很整洁