2006年VOA标准英语-Israeli, US, UK Experts Join in Rescue Eff
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（一月）
By Cathy Majtenyi
Nairobi
24 January 2006
Injured man is carried away from rubble 1 on stretcher
Efforts are continuing in Kenya to rescue survivors 2 trapped inside a five-story building that collapsed 4 Monday in the Kenyan capital. Fourteen people are known dead.
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Experts from the United States, Israel, and Britain worked side-by-side with Kenyan rescuers to free people still trapped in the rubble of the building, which had been under construction at the time of its collapse 3.
Some 200 people, mostly construction workers, were believed to have been inside the building when the accident occurred.
"We have experts here. We have the Israelis and they are working on it. They are working very hard together with our people here. We have the military, we have St. John's Ambulance, we have the Red Cross. They are working very hard to ensure that we get to those people in a safe manner," police spokesman Jaspher Ombati described the professional collaboration 5 at the scene.
Kenyan media is appealing to their audiences to donate blood, water, food, and other items to help those injured in the accident and to aid rescue efforts.
President Mwai Kibaki returned early from the African Union summit being held in Sudan to visit the accident scene. He offered his condolences to the victims and praised rescue efforts.
Kenyan authorities are investigating the cause of Monday's accident. Officials suggest the developers ignored regulations, making the structure unstable 6. They have been asked to report to the police.
- After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
- After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
- 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
- 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。
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
- He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。