时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年10月


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Sulawesi is an island of Indonesia whose northwest region was hit hard by an earthquake in Tsunami 1 last week.


In total, the disaster left at least 70,000 homeless, and it killed more than 1,400, though that number is expected to increase as rescuers come through the rubble 2. According to the Red Cross, one village near the quake's epicenter was obliterated 3.


Locals say the ground turned to liquid, during the disaster, with homes collapsing 4 in the mud. And to give you a sense of how volatile 5 that ground still is, an ongoing 6 volcanic 7 eruption 8 on Sulawesi seemed to increase in intensity 9 after the quake hit. Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who visited the affected 10 area earlier this week, says that basic services have to be restored before rebuilding can be a priority.


Deliveries of supplies, everything from water and clothes to gasoline are coming in by sea to places that inaccessible 11 by land. One aid worker says the survivors 12 have lost relatives, homes and livelihoods 13. They can't be allowed to lose hope. Many of them are lining 14 up to catch a boat or a plane to parts of their island county that are still intact.



1 tsunami
n.海啸
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
2 rubble
n.(一堆)碎石,瓦砾
  • 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。
3 obliterated
v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 );涂去;擦掉;彻底破坏或毁灭
  • The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
  • He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝,喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 collapsing
压扁[平],毁坏,断裂
  • Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
  • The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。
5 volatile
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
  • With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
  • His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
6 ongoing
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
7 volcanic
adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
8 eruption
n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作
  • The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
  • The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
9 intensity
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度
  • I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
  • The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。
10 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • 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。
11 inaccessible
adj.达不到的,难接近的
  • This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
  • The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。
12 survivors
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
13 livelihoods
生计,谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )
  • First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者,他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
  • With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小,他们的传统生计受到了威胁。
14 lining
n.衬里,衬料
  • The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
  • Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。
学英语单词
absorbed surface film
actinogram
acuti-
adhesive stamp
APOCB
asbestos mechanical goods
Atheromide
benjamin franklin bridges
bumbleberry
bypass rotameter
cantabrigiensis
caustic sludge
chhnangs
classical ring
collateral declaration
commercial customary law
cormallens
coupe-gorge
CY cargo
decaseconds
Dholka
doggoning
Downsview Airport
drew the line
Dufaycolor
early processing
eccentric compression member
efficiency of underground gasification
efflusion
Engozero, Ozero
Equeipa
ergospheres
evaluation of Hanzi coding input method
fapa
flamel
forecastle and quarterdeck winding
fourling twinning
g.v.
ginoli
Gravina in Puglia
guiding lights
headquarter
histolysed
homogeneous isotropic
horned lizards
hosil
idling beam
inchoatenesses
join the flats
locomotive tractive force
lowrisk
mallear stria
manner of payment
market - oriented economy
masticatory movement
measurement of vibration
micro refraction spread
Microspironema pallidum
moderne
monocot family
multidimensional approach
musical-chairs
orthorhombic pedion
oxonerolidol
plasmolytically
porphyrism
possible output
postsocialist
prediction economics
prurigos
QRS vector
radiogas isotope
rearrangements
repair grafting
requirement
ripple-mark wave length
Rosthern
rotating wedge
Sakalilo
scientific discipline
scummiest
selfaddressed
set in the narrow sense
snooping protocol
sub-synchronous layer
sulfide ion
sulfidize
Tamoanka
three-chambered heart
tight-side
toky
total-totals index
tracking angle acceleration without degradation
train departure route
Trichosporieae
ulan bators
undefined data
under-robe
up stage
very funny!
very high frequency band
waylaid