VOA常速英语2021--印度医院氧气瓶泄漏致22名新冠病人死亡

Thousands of supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny gathered Wednesday in the center of Moscow, demanding his release and the access of doctors to examine his health. People were heard chanting freedom to Navalny and let the doctors in as numerous police asked them to disperse¹. Supporters of President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent fear he could soon die in prison where he is on a hunger strike. They are demanding proper medical care for Navalny. Officials say he has been treated as any other convict would be and have warned the rallies are illegal.

被监禁的克里姆林宫批评家阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼的数千名支持者星期三聚集在莫斯科市中心，要求释放纳瓦尔尼，并让医生检查他的健康状况。抗议者们高呼给纳瓦尔尼自由，让医生们进去，而警察则要求他们散开。纳瓦尔尼的支持者们担心，这位弗拉基米尔·普京总统最著名的对手可能很快因绝食抗议死在监狱里。他们要求对纳瓦尔尼进行适当的医疗处理。官员们说，纳瓦尔尼受到了和其他罪犯一样的待遇，并警告说集会是非法的。

Authorities in southwestern Pakistan said Wednesday a powerful bomb ripped through the parking area of a five-star hotel, killing² at least four people and wounding about a dozen others. The outlawed³ Pakistani Taliban militant⁴ group through its social media outlets⁵ claimed responsibility for the late-night suicide bombing at the Serena Hotel in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. In a prepared statement, the militants⁶ identified a meeting of local and Chinese foreign officials as the intended target. Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed condemned⁷ the attack as a terrorist act. Hospital officials said several of those injured were listed in "critical condition" and feared the death toll⁸ could increase.

巴基斯坦西南部当局星期三说，一枚威力强大的炸弹在一家五星级酒店的停车场爆炸，造成至少四人死亡，十余人受伤。非法的巴基斯坦塔利班武装组织通过其社交媒体宣称对俾路支省首府奎达塞雷纳酒店深夜发生的自杀式爆炸事件负责。在一份事先准备好的声明中，武装分子确定其预期目标是一次由当地和中国外交官员参加的会议。巴基斯坦内政部长谢赫·拉希德·艾哈迈德谴责这次袭击是恐怖行为。医院官员说，其中几名伤者“情况危急”，并担心死亡人数可能增加。

Almost two dozen COVID-19 patients that were on ventilators died in a hospital in western India after a leak in the main oxygen supply. AP's Karen Chammas has details. Authorities say the disruption lasted more than 15 minutes before full oxygen supply was resumed. However, this proved too long for many patients in Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik state that is the worst by the latest surge in coronavirus cases in the country. Television images showed white fumes⁹ spreading in the hospital area, causing panic. A police officer said the leak occurred in a pipe connecting the oxygen supply to the main tank in the hospital complex. Overall, India has reported more than 15.6 million confirmed cases, the second highest behind the United States. I'm Karen Chammas. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd, VOA News.

在印度西部的一家医院里，近20名使用呼吸机的新冠患者在主要供氧系统发生泄漏后死亡。请听美联社记者卡伦·查马斯带来详细报道。当局说，氧气中断持续了15分钟以上才恢复了完全供应。然而，这段时间对于纳希克州扎基尔侯赛因医院的许多病人来说却太漫长了，这是印度最新的冠状病毒病例激增造成的最严重的情况。电视画面显示，白色烟雾在医院区域扩散，引起恐慌。一名警官说，泄漏发生在医院综合楼的一根连接氧气供应与主要氧气罐的管道中。总体而言，印度报告的确诊病例超过1560万例，仅次于美国。我是卡伦·查马斯。我是大卫·伯德，为您远程报道美国之音新闻。

1 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 outlawed   

宣布…为不合法（outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana. 大多数州都宣布使用大麻为非法行为。
• I hope the sale of tobacco will be outlawed someday. 我希望有朝一日烟草制品会禁止销售。

4 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

5 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

7 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

8 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

9 fumes   

n.(强烈而刺激的)气味，气体

参考例句：

• The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
• Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。