万花筒 2012-12-04&12-06 日本高速公路隧道坍塌 已致9人死亡
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：万花筒2012年
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Investigators 1 in Japan think they may have found the cause of a deadly tunnel collapse 2. They say a bolt that was holding concrete panels to the tunnel ceiling may have rusted 3 through. At least 9 people died, 5 of the victims were found in their crushed van. Now there is an emergency inspection 4 of dozens of other similar tunnels all across Japan, here's ABC's Akiko Fujita.
Grainy surveillance video inside the tunnel showed the frantic 5 efforts to save those trapped. Japanese police say these large concrete ceiling panels as many as 150 came crushing down, sparking a fire on this major highway connecting Tokyo to central Japan. Witnesses describe a scene of chaos 6 as people ran to safety, flames and smoke billowing through the 3-mile-long tunnel. One truck driver trapped under the rubble 7, called for help. But there was so much smoke, firefighters had to hold rescue efforts fearing another collapse.
Late Sunday, rescue crews pulled the charred 8 remains 9 of several bodies including the truck driver. Investigators say the tunnel had just passed a routine inspection in September.
1 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
3 rusted
v.（使）生锈( rust的过去式和过去分词 )
- I can't get these screws out; they've rusted in. 我无法取出这些螺丝，它们都锈住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- My bike has rusted and needs oil. 我的自行车生锈了，需要上油。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 inspection
n.检查，审查，检阅
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
- The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
5 frantic
adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的
- I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
- He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。
6 chaos
n.混乱，无秩序
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
7 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。