迈阿密德郡救援队伍将帮助搜寻幸存者
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2001-国际风云（5）
440 迈阿密德郡救援队伍将帮助搜寻幸存者
Miami-Dade Rescue Team to Search for Survivors 1 of Terror Attacks
Michael Bowman
Miami
12 Sep 2001 16:38 UTC
Emergency efforts in New York and Washington will soon get a 1)boost from south Florida. Miami-Dade County is preparing to 2)dispatch search and rescue teams to aid the search for survivors in the 3)rubble of the World Trade Center complex and the Pentagon
Tuesday, federal emergency officials issued an urgent plea to Miami-Dade's crack 4)rescue squad 2. The county immediately dispatched an advance team to Washington and 5)mobilized its units, according to Fire Department Lt. Louis Fernandez. "This is a contingent 3 of men and women and specialized 4 canines 5 that will help in the rescue and 6)recovery effort," he said. "We realize that this is going to be an effort that is going to take weeks. Given the scope of the 7)atrocities that took place in New York, I estimate that this will entail 6 60 days of search and recovery operations that will take place there."
Miami-Dade's search and rescue teams are among the most experienced in the country, having pulled survivors from some of the worst natural and man-made 8)disasters the world has seen in recent years. Once again, Lt. Fernandez. "The Miami-Dade team is one of the most experienced," he said. "Our experience dates back to 1985 during the Mexico City earthquake. We have been to dozens of places around the world, including Armenia, the Philippines, and, in another terrorist attack on the United States, Oklahoma City. These are tri-lingual rescuers that serve as regular firefighters and 9)paramedics. When a disaster strikes, they are able to respond within four hours."
The Miami-Dade teams are on stand-by and could be sent north as early as today.
(1) boost[bu:st]n.v.推进
(2) dispatch[dI5spAtF]vt.分派, 派遣n.派遣, 急件
(3) rubble[5rQb(E)l]n.碎石
(4) rescue[5reskju:]vt.援救, 营救n.援救, 营救
(5) mobilize[5mEJbIlaIz]v.动员
(6) recovery[rI5kQvErI]n.恢复, 痊愈, 防御
(7) atrocity[E5trRsItI]n.残暴, 暴行, 凶恶
(8) disaster[dI5zB:stE(r); (?@) dIz5AstEr]n.灾难, 天灾, 灾祸
(9) paramedic[pArE5medIk]n.伞兵军医, 护理人员
- 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
- The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
- A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
- The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
- Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。
- There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
- These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。