Hundreds Dead and Injured in Iran Freight Train Explosion
时间：2019-01-04 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2004（上）--各类新闻
Hundreds Dead and Injured in Iran Freight Train Explosion
Kerry Sheridan
Part of a runaway 1 freight train exploded in northeastern Iran Wednesday. The full explode blast killed at least 200 people - mostly firemen and rescue workers - and cost significant damage.
Officials say rescue workers were attempting to put out a fire on freight cars carrying fuel and industrial chemicals when the explosion occurred. The train cars had rolled away from a station and traveled out of control for some distance before they derailed, causing a fire and an explosion.
According to Iran's state-run news agency, the force of the blast caused serious damage to five villages near the town of Neyshapur, some 650 kilometers east of the capital, Tehran.
The news agency said the freight cars were carrying fuel oil, sulphur and fertilizer.
Among those reported killed by the blast were the town's governor, mayor and fire chief.
Television footage showed fires burning in several mangled 3 train cars, and black smoke billowing above the wreckage 4. The explosion was heard 75 kilometers away and was reported to have shattered windows within a radius 5 of 10 kilometers.
Hundreds of injured people were transported to local hospitals.
Investigators 6 are trying to determine the cause of the tragedy.
注释：
runaway [5rQnEweI] adj. 失去控制的
freight train 货运车
rescue [5reskju:] n. 援救，营救
put out 扑灭
derail [di5reil] v. 出轨
Tehran [teE5rAn] 德黑兰，伊朗的首都和最大城市。
sulphur [5sQlfE] n. 硫磺
fertilizer [5fE:ti7laizE] n. 肥料（特指化肥）
billow [5bilEu] v. 翻腾，汹涌
shatter [5FAtE] vt. 粉碎
radius [5reidjEs] n. 范围
determine [di5tE:min] v. 测定
- The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
- He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。
- New shoes don't cut,blister,or mangle his feet.新鞋子不会硌脚、起泡或让脚受伤。
- Mangle doesn't increase the damage of Maul and Shred anymore.裂伤不再增加重殴和撕碎的伤害。
- His hand was mangled in the machine. 他的手卷到机器里轧烂了。
- He was off work because he'd mangled his hand in a machine. 他没上班，因为他的手给机器严重压伤了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
- We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》