VOA标准英语2009年-Wildfires Plague Southern Europe, Mediterr
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(七月)
Summer wildfires continue to rage across forests on the Mediterranean 1 islands of Corsica and Sardinia. Spain and Greece are also dealing 2 with blazes.
Italian and French authorities have detained a number of people suspected of starting the forest fires that have ravaged 3 Sardinia and Corsica. Hundreds of firefighters, using helicopters and aircraft, continue to fight blazes that are being fueled by record-high temperatures and summer winds.
In Sardinia, between 15,000 and 25,000 hectares of vegetation have gone up in smoke. Residents are devastated 4.
This man said the results of the fires are a wound that will not heal for the next 20 years.
Sardinia's governor said he would ask the government to declare a state of natural disaster on the island after he surveyed damage by helicopter.
Ugo Cappellacci said the fire damage presented a ghostly scene that showed an appalling 5 tragedy.
A plane drops water over a forest fire in Segorbe, near Valencia, Spain, 25 Jul 2009
He added that he felt extreme anger at the possibility the fires may have been lit intentionally 6. The fires in Sardinia are believed to be the worst since August 1989 when 13 people lost their lives in Gallura.
Dozens of people had to be hospitalized for smoke inhalation, tourists were reportedly forced into the sea to avoid the flames, scores of residences had to be evacuated 7, and a prison was emptied with inmates 8 taken to the beach under escort.
In Corsica, helicopters and aircraft are busy in the areas of Aulenne and Peri, about 30 kilometers from Ajaccio.
Spain has been hardest hit. Active fires are consuming forests around the ancient town of Aliaga, in Aragon, 180 kilometers north of the Mediterranean port of Valencia. Six firefighters have been killed and the country is on maximum wildfire alert.
In Greece, firefighters are still battling blazes that have hit the southern Peloponnese region and island of Evia.
- The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
- Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
- The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
- 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。
- The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
- Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。
- I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
- The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。