CCTV9英语新闻：强台风威马逊肆虐南中国

A race against time. Rescuers are working around the clock to clear roads, after a mudslide on Monday blocked the only link to Huna Village in Yunnan province. The mudslide crushed and damaged dozens of houses and caused power outages.

 

"Now we are using excavators to change the route of the road. This section is expected to be opened on Wednesday," Yang Jisheng, division chief of Mangshi Municipal Road Department, said.

 

But the rescue work hasn’t been easy...Due to a lack of equipment, aid workers have only shovels 1 and their bare hands to dig through the debris 2. As Yunnan enters its annual flood season, the mountainous province faces additional mudslides and other disasters in the weeks to come.

 

In Hainan province, Rammasun almost destroyed all traffic lights in Haikou. The city’s power authorities have mobilized some 2,000 workers to repair them. The provincial 3 government has also appropriated 100 million yuan for disaster relief.

 

Xuwen county in Guangdong province also bore the brunt of the storm, which destroyed agricultural crops and countless 4 homes. Rescue and relief operations started Monday, as water and power supplies slowly got back online.

 

In the city of Fangchenggang in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous 5 Region, the typhoon wreaked 6 havoc 7 on local infrastructure 8. The city’s main roads have been submerged, with fallen trees and billboards 9 seen lying everywhere.

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1
shovels

  
 


n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份


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workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人
In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天，我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。 来自辞典例句












2
debris

  
 


n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片


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After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。












3
provincial

  
 


adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人


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City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。












4
countless

  
 


adj.无数的，多得不计其数的


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In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。












5
autonomous

  
 


adj.自治的；独立的


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They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。












6
wreaked

  
 


诉诸（武力），施行（暴力），发（脾气）( wreak的过去式和过去分词 )


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The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city. 地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
They have wreaked dreadful havoc among the wildlife by shooting and trapping. 他们射杀和诱捕野生动物，造成了严重的破坏。












7
havoc

  
 


n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱


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The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。












8
infrastructure

  
 


n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施


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We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。












9
billboards

  
 


n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 )


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Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上，却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号