CCTV9英语新闻:超过一百万人四个县受强烈地震影响
时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:CCTV9英语新闻2014年08月
By 6 p.m. Tuesday, four of the five blocked main roads leading to the epicenter had been cleared, making it easier for rescuers to distribute materials and transport the injured.
Three days after the magnitude-6.5 quake struck Ludian county in Zhaotong city the death toll 1 is now 410, and is expected to rise. 12 people are confirmed as missing and more than twenty-three hundred people are injured. Over a million people in four counties have been affected 2. Nearly 230-thousand have been relocated to safer areas.
The government has launched its highest level emergency response and allocated 3 600 million yuan to Yunnan province as an emergency relief fund. 100 rescuers from the Chinese International Search and Rescue Team have entered the hardest-hit villages. Some 10-thousand troops are joining forces with local rescuers in Ludian, Qiaojia and Huize counties.
So far, the central government has sent over 33-thousand tents, 10-thousand quilts, and 60-thousand coats. Relief materials from cities including Beijing, Zhengzhou and Chengdu are expected to arrive some time today.
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1
toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
参考例句:
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
2
affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
3
allocated
adj. 分配的
动词allocate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。