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时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：2001年听力资料
Mexico City Attempts to Protect Squatters
Greg Flakus
Mexico City
19 Jun 2001 02:20 UTC
In Mexico City, authorities are trying to prevent loss of life and property in high-risk areas occupied by 1)squatters. This follows the death of two children on Saturday when a 2)boulder 2 fell on their home.
Storm clouds are gathering 3 over a large part of Mexico and heavy rains are likely to take a large toll 4 on many 3)hillside communities in the coming months. For this reason, Mexico City officials are trying to 4)relocate squatters from some of the riskiest 5 zones, which include hillsides and areas close to 5)ravines that fill with water during heavy rains.
Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says his government has been hesitant to take action against poor people living in squatter 1 camps, but that something must be done. He says the city government is working little by little to deal with the problem and that nobody wants to see another tragedy in which children die in a landslide 6.
Mr. Lopez Obrador says the city is trying to persuade squatters to leave some areas through dialogue. The city has offered hundreds of families 6)temporary shelter and rent 7)coupons in an effort to convince them to move. So far only about 100 families have agreed to move from the risky 7 areas. Mr. Lopez Obrador says, as an ultimate measure, force, may be necessary to remove families from dangerous home sites.
There are hundreds of thousands of people living in squatter camps all around Mexico City. In many cases, they have cut trees from hillsides thereby 8 increasing the danger of flash floods and soil 8)erosion. Social workers say most of these people have no other place to live. As the city's population has grown past 18 million 9)inhabitants, housing has become scarce and even land that can be used for squatter huts is hard to come by.
In the accident Saturday, a boulder of about two meters in diameter slipped from a muddy hillside 10)perch and fell on a small shack 9, killing 10 two boys, ages one and seven. The hill is part of a protected area where building was prohibited, but, as often happens here in Mexico, poor people have invaded the area and built 11)shacks all over the hill and in the nearby ravine. As the rainy season intensifies 11, authorities are worried that more such 12)landslides will come and more 13)tragedies will occur.
(1) squatter[5skwRtE(r)]n.蹲着的人vi.涉水而过
(2) boulder[`bEJldE(r)]n.大石头, 漂石
(3) hillside[`hIlsaId]n.山坡, 山腹
(4) relocate[ri:lEJ5keIt; (?@) ri:lEJkeIt]v.重新部署
(5) ravine[rE5vi:n]n.沟壑, 峡谷, 溪谷
(6) temporary[5tempErErI; (?@) -pErerI]adj.暂时的, 临时的, 临时性
(7) coupon[5ku:pRn]n.息票, 商家的优待券
(8) erosion[I5rEJV(E)n].腐蚀, 侵蚀
(9) inhabitant[In5hAbItEnt]n.居民, 居住者
(10) perch[p:tF]n.栖木, 人所居的高位v.(使)栖息, 就位, 位于
(11) shack[FAk]n.小室
(12) landslide[5lAndslaId]n.[地]山崩, 崩塌的泥石
(13) tragedy[5trAdVIdI]n.悲剧, 惨案, 悲惨, 灾难
- The squatter settlements originally came into being through illegal land invasions. 违章建筑区最初是通过非法的土地占有而形成的。
- Squatter control is maintained by regular patrols and hut-to-hut checks. 当局定期逐户视察所有寮屋，以收管制之效。
- We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
- He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- 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。
- With markets lately rising, the riskiest investments are finding takers. 他说，在周期高峰时，投资者会追逐风险最高的资产。
- The riskiest subprime securitieshave almost no takers. 风险最高的次级证券几乎没有人持有。
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
- It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
- He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。
- I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
- He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。
- He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。
- The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- A clear atmosphere intensifies the blue of the sky. 纯净的空气使天空变得更蓝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Blowing on fire intensifies the heat. 吹火使热度加强。 来自《简明英汉词典》