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听力文本
The death toll continues to climb and dozens are reported missing as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.
Recent storms across parts of Western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods after the saturated soil could not absorb any more water.
Speaking at an afternoon news conference at the White House after meeting with President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "My empathy and my heart goes to all of those who in this catastrophe lost their loved ones or who are still worrying about the fate of people still missing and I include Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands who have also suffered from flooding."
The death toll is expected to rise as dozens of people are reported missing.
President Joe Biden said Thursday the United States will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president but sending American troops to stabilize the country was not on the agenda.
"We're only sending American Marines to our embassy to make sure that they are secure and nothing is out of whack at all. But the idea of sending American forces into Haiti is not on the agenda at this moment."
Haiti's interim government last week asked the United States and the U.N. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure following President Jovenel Mo?se's assassination.
Biden signaled he was not open to the request, which comes as he is drawing down U.S. forces in Afghanistan this summer.
重点解析
1.Recent storms across parts of Western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods after the saturated soil could not absorb any more water.
burst bank 决堤
eg.In London, the Thames burst its banks, and many people were forced to leave their homes.
在伦敦，泰晤士河决堤，许多人被迫离开家园。
saturated 饱和的
eg.I went out in the rain and got saturated.
我冒雨出去，浑身湿透了。
【常见搭配】saturated fat 饱和脂肪
be saturated with 充满着
2.President Joe Biden said Thursday the United States will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president but sending American troops to stabilize the country was not on the agenda.
bolster 支持；巩固；增强
eg.That was tremendously important and bolstered her.
这件事非常重要，极大地鼓励了她。
on the agenda 在议程上
eg.What's on the agenda here?
日程上安排的什么内容？
参考翻译
在德国和比利时，严重的洪水使小溪和街道变成汹涌的洪流，冲走了汽车，冲塌了房屋，死亡人数持续攀升，已有数十人失踪。
最近席卷西欧部分地区的暴风雨使河流和水库决堤，因饱和的土壤无法吸收更多的水遂导致山洪暴发。
一天下午在白宫新闻发布会上，德国总理安格拉·默克尔会见总统拜登之后表示“我对所有在这场灾难中失去亲人或仍担心着失踪者命运的人表示同情与关心，包括比利时、卢森堡和荷兰同样遭受洪灾的人们。”
随着数十人失踪，死亡人数预计还会上升。
美国总统拜登星期四说，在海地总统上星期被暗杀之后，美国将加强驻海地大使馆的安全，但是派遣美国军队稳定海地局势并没有被提上议程。
“我们派遣美国海军陆战队到大使馆只是为了确保他们的安全，确保一切正常。但派遣美国军队到海地的想法目前不在议程上。”
海地临时政府上周要求美国和联合国部署军队，以保护关键的基础设施。此前，海地总统莫伊兹被暗杀。
拜登暗示，他对这一要求不作考虑。与此同时，今年夏天他正在减少驻阿富汗的美军。
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