VOA标准英语2009年-Rescue Workers Search for Survivors from A
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By Daniel Schearf
Bangkok
02 October 2009
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Indonesian youth clean up rubbles in their home destroyed by earthquake in Pariaman, coastal 2 town about 40 miles northwest of Padang, West Sumatra
Authorities say the death toll 3 from an earthquake in Indonesia is likely to pass 1,000 as underequipped rescue workers dig through rubble 1 for survivors 4. And the Philippines is on alert as a new typhoon heads toward the islands days after Typhoon Ketsana killed more than 400 people there and in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.
Indonesian rescue workers are digging by hand Friday, trying to find survivors among the hundreds of people believed trapped under piles of concrete.
Wednesday's earthquake struck off the coast of western Sumatra, with most of the damage in the city of Padang.
VOA's Jakarta correspondent, Brian Padden, has just arrived in Padang. He says the streets are busy with people and aid workers are pouring into the city.
"Just from the airport itself, it's like every third or fourth building we passed, there's serious damage, many have collapsed 5 completely," he said. "Electricity is out everywhere. … There are long lines at gas stations, people are lined up with containers waiting to get the limited supply of gasoline that's here in the area."
Padden says the damage from Wednesday's quake is much worse than that from an earthquake in early September.
"In the last earthquake that hit Java, damage there was scattered 6, there'd be little pinpoints 7 of damage. Here it seems everywhere, it's everywhere you look," he said.
Indonesia has asked for foreign aid to help with rescue efforts and support those affected 8 by the 7.6 magnitude quake.
Numerous countries have offered assistance, including the United States, which pledged $3 million to help the quake victims.
Washington has also pledged aid for victims of a tropical storm that struck the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos this week. The storm killed more than 400 people in the region.
Typhoon Ketsana made landfall in the Philippines on Saturday, flooding parts of the capital, Manila and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
The Philippines is warning people to leave low-lying areas as another powerful typhoon nears.
In other natural disasters, the death toll from tsunami 9 waves that hit the pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga is nearing 200.
- After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
- After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- 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。
- 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
- 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。
- Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。
- The bombs hit the pinpoints at which they were aimed. 炸弹精确地击中了目标。
- There's really no point in arguing about pinpoints. 为芝麻绿豆般的小事争论实在毫无意义。
- 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。