美国有线新闻 CNN 巴西一座铁矿大坝发生爆裂 致37人死亡250余人失踪

 

First story takes us to the South American nation of Brazil, where a tragedy at an iron mine has buried parts of a city in mud.

That city is Brumadinho. It's located in the southeastern part of the country. A dam broke on Friday, causing mud and mining debris¹ to flood into the city and in other parts of the region. At least 37 people were killed when that happened, but Brazil's government and fire department say that more than 250 others are still missing. Brazilian officials say the dam that burst was not considered to be high risk, so an investigation² will be done to f???igure out exactly what led to the collapse³.

In the meantime, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said his administration would do everything it could to reach the victims and prevent another event like this from happening. The rescue effort has been going on around the clock and hundreds of people have been found alive, despite the fact that it's been raining heavily, making the search harder. It had to paused at one point after water levels had increased at a second dam in the area. Thousands were evacuated⁴ because of that, but they were allowed to return home yesterday after officials determined⁵ it wasn't likely to collapse.

What happened Friday was the second time that a dam owned by this same mining company had burst. The other incident happened in late 2015, it killed 19 people, buried towns in mud and polluted the environment.

1 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

4 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

5 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。