Japanese Troops Scour Coast for Missing Bodies

     Almost 25,000 troops fanned out along Japan's devastated¹ northeast coast Monday in a grim search for some of the thousands of bodies still missing since a March 11 earthquake and tsunami（海啸）.

    Dozens of aircraft, boats and navy divers² took part in the two-day search, the third and most intensive of its kind since the twin disasters washed away whole towns and villages more than six weeks ago.

    More than 14,300 bodies have been recovered since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in Japan.  Almost 12,000 more people are still unaccounted for, and authorities fear many were carried out to sea by the wave.

    The government also sent veterinarians for the first time into the 20-kilometer exclusion³ zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to inspect the condition of thousands of abandoned farm animals.

    Dead livestock⁴ will be sprayed with lime to prevent the spread of disease, and the dying will be slaughtered⁵ with the permission of their owners.

    On Friday, the government approved an initial budget of $50 billion for quake recovery, with additional funds expected to be announced in June.

    The first funding package will pay to build temporary housing for the homeless, and to start cleanup efforts.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

3 exclusion   

n.拒绝，排除，排斥，远足，远途旅行

参考例句：

• Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
• He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。

4 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

5 slaughtered   

v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》