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日期:2014-01-03 08:30

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Canadian police and military teams were working Tuesday afternoon to rescue about 300 people stranded after what a local official termed the most brutal storm to hit the Ontario region in 25 years.
周二下午,加拿大警方和军事小组营救被困的300多人。安大略地区官员称这是25年来最猛烈的风暴。
Some people had been stuck in their vehicles for more than 24 hours following blinding snow that piled up so high it made it almost impossible to open vehicle doors.
由于积雪堆积,车门很难打开,一些人被困在车里超过24小时。
Ontario Provincial Police initially reported about 360 vehicles and about 300 people had been stranded near Sarnia, Ontario, on Highway 402-a major thoroughfare linking the U.S.-Canada border to London, Ontario.
安大略省警方最初公布,大约360辆汽车,300人被困在安大略省萨尼亚附近的402公路上,这是安大略省伦敦市通向美加边境的主要通道。
Some of those people have since been rescued, but Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said it could be another 24 hours before everyone is taken to safety.
其中一些人已经获救,但萨尼亚市长迈克·布拉德利表示,还需要24小时才能将所有人都送往安全地带。

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重点单词
  • brutaladj. 野蛮的,残暴的
  • initiallyadv. 最初,开头
  • rescuevt. 营救,援救 n. 营救,救援
  • impossibleadj. 不可能的,做不到的 adj. 无法忍受的
  • bordern. 边界,边境,边缘 vt. 与 ... 接壤,加边于
  • provincialn. 乡下人,地方人民 adj. 省的,地方的,偏狭的
  • militaryadj. 军事的 n. 军队
  • vehiclen. 车辆,交通工具,手段,工具,传播媒介