中国深圳山体滑坡 90多人失踪
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(十二)月
AS IT IS 2015-12-22 More Than 90 Reported Missing in Landslide 1 in China 中国深圳山体滑坡 90多人失踪
Officials in China say 91 people are missing after a landslide in the southern city of Shenzhen Sunday morning.
The Ministry 2 of Land and Resources said heavy rain soaked a 100-meter tall pile of construction waste and dirt. The pile was too big and too tall, which caused “instability and collapse 3.”
Witnesses say huge waves of mud swept into the area. Thirty-three buildings were destroyed or damaged. They include 14 factories, two office buildings and three buildings where workers lived. More than 1,500 emergency workers are searching for survivors 4.
The landslide also caused an explosion at a natural gas pipeline 5 in the area.
The country’s official news agency Xinhua says 59 men and 32 women are missing. About 900 people were removed from the area before the landslide happened.
Shenzhen is in Guangdong province, near the border with Hong Kong.
Words in This Story
mud – n. soft, wet dirt
pile – n. a group of things that are put one on top of another
soaked – adj. made completely wet by water or another liquid
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者