时间:2019-03-09 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  Today, a memorial service was held for students and teachers from an English Language school who died following the earthquake on Feb 22nd. Their school was on the fifth floor of the CTV building which collapsed 1, killing 2 71 students and 9 teachers. 27 were young students from Japan, 22 from China, 12 from the Philippines, 6 from Thailand and 4 from other countries. Another 40 students survived.

More than 700 people attended the service. They included the mayor of Christchurch, some MPs, many emergency people who had helped to find survivors 3, family members and friends of those who had died. There were speeches, music and prayers. Students lit candles on the stage for those who had died and everyone was invited to place a New Zealand fern on the floor beside the candles. It was a very sad occasion.

After the earthquake, the Minister of Education met and talked with the families of those students who died. The New Zealand government paid the expenses for two family members of each person missing to come to New Zealand. The families know that New Zealand is doing all that it can do to help during this terrible time. They are grateful for this.

Meanwhile the Prime Minister yesterday said there will be an Inquiry 4 into why that building and the PG building collapsed. It is important to learn what went wrong so that buildings can be improved in the future.

Questions

How does a service like this help families and friends of those who died?



adj.倒塌的
  • 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。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • 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。
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • 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
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
学英语单词
aero-optical effect
antilysim
antiovalbumin
aparecida
automatic water regulator
auxiliary floating dock
Ayudhya
Bangu
bayonet cap finish
bellow frame
bemoiling
beta-Laumontite
Bevidox
bint jubayl
blade lift device
Buandougou
capillary pipette
Cash Ratios
catarrhal fever
center front
clearence distance
cocto
condyloid artery
curarizing distance
dmitriis
drag-link mechanism
dunging
duromer
endangered animals
energizations
energy activation
environmental injury
errant
exhaust period
EXTSN (extension)
faithfully
final approach gate
fresh water allowance
frontal(frontal)apron-plain
full 3D migration
generalized constant
graph language
graphical user interface (gui)
guided mine
heavy melting scrap
herrero
hollow sound
Hughes Electronics Corporation
implicit function
inertia damping
jazzified
kamberi
knock it out of the park
L-5458
liberal-minded
mains receiver
make an overdraft
male cross
maniraptoriform
meta-tolyl-n-methylcarbamate
object-oriented programming
Olicin
orbital launch
orientedness
outbids
Overnight Index Swap
overstatement of liabilities
peach against
pseudo-elytra
Ranvier
ratio of net sale to receivable
reisens
retained fetal membrane
ribbon shape
RMPD
rocker arm resistance welding machine
rocking-contact
rosiest
sagittal surface
secret session
seldomest
signaling atm adaptation layer
ska punk
skin-friction resistance
squinting construction
st. jamess
surfing
tapotements
tax on gross profit basis
telemitron
televisioner
the sands of time
transhumances
transversectomy
triode amplifier
Tylophora
under-voltage tripping
Varas, R.
vasotecs
W. P.
well-invested