2006年VOA标准英语-Aid Reaching Indonesian Town Hit by Tsunami
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Kate Pound Dawson /Michael Coren
Hong Kong / Pangandaran, Indonesia
18 July 2006
Destroyed fishing boats are seen after a tsunami 1 swept past the beach in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 18, 2006
A major earthquake off the Indonesian coast created a tsunami Monday that slammed into beach communities on the western shores of Java island. More than 300 people died in the waves, and more than 100 are missing. This was the fourth major earthquake Indonesia has suffered in less than two years, just a month ago in Yogyakarta an earthquake killed more than 5,800 people. Michael Coren traveled to the town of Pangandaran, one of the worst hit areas in this latest disaster, and spoke 2 with VOA's Kate Pound Dawson in Hong Kong about conditions there.
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DAWSON: "Michael, can you describe the scene there in the community? What are conditions like for the survivors 3?"
COREN: "When you drive in, the first thing you see is one of the largest mosques 4 in the community and it is filled with perhaps more than a 100 people who obviously sought shelter there after the waves hit. Most of the things that were not made of concrete have been swept away, at least across the way and into a residential 5 neighborhood. And most of the small fishermen's boats also are piled up on the other side or destroyed."
DAWSON: "Has anyone come to help this community? Are aid workers there, have there been deliveries of food, water and emergency supplies?"
Indonesian soldiers search tsunami victims at a river in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 18, 2006
COREN: "The Red Cross has a pretty strong presence here. The U.N. has a special response team. They were sent in earlier today, however, they had trouble actually arriving late this afternoon. There has been some trouble for some vehicles getting through this afternoon due to all the traffic. Now it seems there's quite a strong presence of aid vehicles and military."
DAWSON: "Michael, you also have been on the scene of the May 27th earthquake in Yogyakarta. How do conditions in Pangandaran compare?"
COREN: "The damage here doesn't quite compare with the scope of the devastation 6. Yogyakarta, something along the order of 150,000 homes were destroyed. It does not seem to have flattened 7 as many buildings [in Pangandaran]. The death toll 8 has certainly been less."
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- 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
- Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
- The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。
- The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
- The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
- I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。