2006年VOA标准英语-Survivors Recall the Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshi
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（八月）
By Deborah Block
Washington, DC
07 August 2006
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The Enola Gay on display
Sunday marked the 61st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. During World War II, a United States plane nicknamed the Enola Gay flew over Hiroshima and dropped a nuclear bomb, causing widespread destruction and thousands of deaths. Several survivors 1 of the blast recently saw the Enola Gay for the first time at the Air and Space Museum in Virginia.
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Yoshio Sato
Yoshio Sato was a teenager when the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima. He fled with his family when their house caught fire. Soon after, his hair fell out from the effects of the radiation from the blast. "On my pillow I found much hair," he recalls.
As a young man he painted pictures that became part of a book -- showing the suffering of young people who were burned, their skin peeling off. "I do not hate the American people. But the American government has to apologize."
The Hiroshima bomb produced a mushroom-shaped cloud
U.S. President Harry 2 Truman said he made the decision to drop the atomic bomb to bring a quick end to the war, hoping Japan would surrender. After three days, when Japan did not surrender, another nuclear bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Less than a week later, the Japanese leaders surrendered, marking the end of World War II.
Sato's illustration of people burned by the Hiroshima bombing
Shotaro Kodama vividly 3 remembers the day the bomb fell over Hiroshima. He saw people roaming the city with blackened skin, no hair, and naked - their clothes torn off from the blast. He was a teenager working in a factory where part of the building collapsed 4, lucky to be alive.
"When the atomic bomb blasted, I saw a big flash, a very bright one,” he says. “But I didn't hear the blasting sound because the factory was full of machines, motors and so forth 5."
Kadama says it is difficult to look at the bomber 6 that destroyed Hiroshima and he does not think it should be on exhibit.
He says he can't imagine another atomic bomb ever being used again.
- 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
- Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
- Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
- The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly.演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。
- The characters in the book are vividly presented.这本书里的人物写得栩栩如生。
- 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 wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
- He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。