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听力文本
A week after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal, the full extent of the disaster is still coming to light. The United Nations has called for further support to aid the rescue attempts. Only $53 million of the $415 million promised by countries has been given. The capital Kathmandu is struggling to deal with the sheer enormity of the destruction, while whole towns along the length of the Kathmandu Valley have been flattened. Hundreds of thousands of homes across the impoverished Himalayan nation have been damaged or destroyed, leaving more than three million people sheltering under blue tarpaulins and in need of food and medicine.
Nepal's Prime Minister, Sushil Koirala, has admitted that his government is overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster and is ill-equipped to cope. He requested helicopters to help with the distribution of aid. However, the logistics of this are being hampered by the country's rugged terrain, which often makes it difficult for anything to be delivered by air. Many of the roads have been swept away by avalanches and landslides. Further exacerbating the problem is the fact that Kathmandu's international airport has only one runway, which has hindered the delivery of much-needed supplies. The U.N. World Food Program warned that it would take time for aid to reach more remote communities.
中文翻译
就在尼泊尔发生7.8级地震之后的一周,受灾全貌还在慢慢显露端倪
。联合国已经呼吁继续加强对这一地区的营救工作 。许多国家承诺的4亿1500万美金的救灾援助资金只到位了5300万 。首都加德满都正在处理大面积的受灾情况,而在加德满都乡村沿路的所有城镇都已被夷为平地 。在这个贫穷的国家里,成千上万栋房屋遭到了损坏或是毁灭,有超过300万人不得不在蓝色防水油布中避难,他们急缺食品和药物 。尼泊尔主席苏希尔·柯伊拉腊承认他的政府已经无法承受规模如此之大的灾难,并缺乏应有的应对设备
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重点讲解
1.come to light 真相大白
例句:The area where the most striking evidence for the influence of language on thought has come to light is the language of space — how we describe the orientation of the world around us.
语言对思想的影响这方面的课题最强有力的证据出现在空间语言上——我们怎么描述我们身边这个世界的定向?
2.sweep away 清除
例句:The town was swept away in the earthquake.
城镇在那次地震中被毁灭了
。3.ill-equipped 装备不良的
例句:And its big but ill-equipped armed forces, perhaps the navy aside, trouble no military planners outside ofSouth Asia.
而其庞大但装备不良的军队(海军除外)对南亚以外地区军事规划者构不成任何威胁
。4.much-needed 迫切需要的
例句:They slow the flow of clean energy technology across borders, stifling innovation and delaying much-needed cuts in the cost of green technology.
他们扼杀创新和延缓迫切需要的降低绿色技术成本,从而将放缓清洁能源技术跨国流动的速度
。听力题目
1.What was the magnitude of the earthquake that struck Nepal?
a) 7.6
b) 7.8
c) 6.7
d) 8.7
2.How much money has Nepal so far received?
a) $45 million
b) $54 million
c) $35 million
d) $53 million
3.What is struggling to deal with the enormity of the destruction?
a) Kathmandu
b) the WHO
c) a village community
d) a charity
4.Where have whole towns been flattened?
a) downtown Kathmandu
b) on Mount Everest
c) in the Kathmandu Valley
d) On the border with China
5.What are millions of people sheltering under?
a) tin
b) tarpaulins
c) open skies
d) ruins
6.What did Nepal's leader say his government is overwhelmed by?
a) the scale of the disaster
b) the aid community
c) the rebuilding
d) money
7.What is making the logistics of aid delivery difficult?
a) snow
b) a lack of money
c) Nepal's rugged terrain
d) too few aid workers
8.What have avalanches swept away?
a) roads
b) power lines
c) mountains
d) snow
9.How many runways does Kathmandu's international airport have?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
10.Where did the U.N. say it would take time to get aid to?
a) the government
b) downtown Kathmandu
c) Bhutan
d) more remote communities
听力答案
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.c
5.b
6.a
7.c
8.a
9.a
10.d