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Manila Fire Kills at Least 75


Kristina Luz


Manila


18 Aug 2001 05:09 UTC


 


A six-story hotel, which is located in a busy northern district of Manila, went up in 1)flames at dawn Saturday. The 2)death toll 1 is rising, and firefighters are still combing the 3)rubble for bodies.


The hotel was packed with 4)missionaries including groups from the United States - attending a religious conference in Manila. The fire department has yet to release the names of those found dead, but as of early Saturday, no foreigners were reported to have died. Many of the dead were found packed in their bathrooms after apparently 2 trying to escape from the 5)blaze that 6)engulfed the hotel.


Huge traffic 7)jams caused by heavy rains made it almost impossible for firefighters to reach the scene immediately. Guests at the hotel said they began to pull out air-conditioners from the walls in their rooms in order to escape. They said the streets were filled with people and buses, creating a traffic jam and preventing fire trucks from reaching the hotel. It took firefighters three and half hours to put out the fire.


The hotel's manager told VOA the fire may have been caused by an 8)explosion in the hotel's power generation system. Heavy monsoon 3 rains disrupted power supply to the hotel on Friday and the generator 4 was used to restore power supply. The fire department has launched an investigation 5 into the causes of the fire.


 


(1)      flame[fleIm]n.火焰, 光辉, 光芒, 热情, 激情


(2)      death toll n.死亡人数


(3)      rubble[5rQb(E)l]n.碎石


(4)      missionary[5mIFEnErI; (?@) 5mIFEnerI]adj.传教的, 传教士的n.传教士


(5)      blaze[bleIz]n.火焰, 光辉vi.燃烧, 照耀, 激发


(6)      engulf[In5^Qlf]vt.卷入, 吞没, 狼吞虎咽


(7)      jam[dVAm]n.果酱, 拥挤, 堵塞vt.挤进,混杂,使堵塞vi.堵塞, 轧住, 拥挤


(8)      explosion[Ik5splEJV(E)n]n.爆发, 发出, 爆炸


 


 



n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
n.季雨,季风,大雨
  • The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
  • The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。
n.发电机,发生器
  • All the while the giant generator poured out its power.巨大的发电机一刻不停地发出电力。
  • This is an alternating current generator.这是一台交流发电机。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
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abortiva variola
allegan
amblyeleotris periophthalma
animal husbandry
application for drawback
autoselecting
basic atomic group
be a scorn to
bear-trap
beechy
bepraising
brans-dicke
break-even point
British Radio Communication
broglies
Brumado
Buendia, Embalse de
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catch lever
cinoas
clathtate
clowning around
copper stripping electrolysis
Crotalus viridis
decking level
deconjugations
dennisonite (davisonite)
Derrick City
differentiabilities
diplococcus of Morax-Axenfeld
double-current method
El Bejuco
end-of-field marker
equity-warrants
finds oneself
flash of wit
force due of viscosity
gate current degradation
give tongue
glooming
half yearly account
hexaferrite
huskershredder
inertinites
inomyxoma fibromyxoma
Isonin
kerak
kolstad
lay of rope
Lena Trough
limit position of a link
lining method
mafes
malonyl thiourea
megalithic age
methidium
mixed sleep apnea
modem connection
mushroom cloud
notacaphylla chinensiae
occipitoiliac
older sisters
one bath two stage process
overpraises
pay honor to
pentamethazene
Phospatidylcholine
play close to the vest
premonitory pains
primary productivity
proxy attribute
psychic deafness
quarter wave length
queue type
reheating cycle
rim blight
Sabbathesque
sagueiro
sand shell moulding
sand stargazer
saracenis
sillenite
simultaneous prosperity
softball
spread oneself
Stellaria irrigua
stellasteropsis colubrinus
strategic communication
student experience
succinanilide
sunnyside up
take-up bearing
terminal wire
turbo fan
twin engined
unpathetic
vibration ramming
virtual disk system
wack
woodburners
zero power level
zero-water