VOA标准英语2010年-New Zealand Begins Post-Earthquake Cle
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(九)月
New Zealand's second-biggest city, Christchurch, is facing an enormous clean-up after being struck by the country's worst earthquake in 80 years. The magnitude 7 quake devastated 1 parts of Christchurch early Saturday.
Christchurch awoke Sunday to another grim day as shell-shocked residents assess the damage inflicted 2 by one of the country's most powerful earthquakes.
Mayor Bob Parker is urging residents to stay indoors.
This is not a good time to go out, as curious as you may be, and have a look around if it means driving out onto the streets because we need to keep them free for emergency services," Parker advised. "Use common sense; emergency services are flat out at the moment. The assessment 3 is underway. Take sensible precautions, but don't go out sightseeing. Check on your neighbors. Do the things that communities do so well at times like this."
Authorities say it is a miracle no one was killed after disaster struck Saturday before dawn, when most people were still asleep. A small number of serious injuries have been reported.
Roads and bridges have been left in ruins and troops are expected to be deployed 4 to help in the emergency effort. Power and water supplies have also been disrupted. Authorities say the clean-up will be long and expensive. The damage bill is estimated at about $1.5 billion.
A night time curfew was imposed in parts of Christchurch, while schools offered emergency shelter to those left homeless.
A series of aftershocks have unnerved a wary 5 population.
New Zealand sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a vast area of unpredictable seismic 6 activity. The South pacific country of more than 4 million people experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes each year. Most are minor 7 but occasionally nature displays its destructive power.
This weekend's earthquake is among the 10 strongest the country has ever recorded.
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
- Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
- Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。
- Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves.地震产生两种地震波。
- The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。