美国有线新闻 CNN 气旋伊代肆虐非洲 多国受灾损失惨重

 

Southeast Africa is the scene of our first report today on CNN 10. I'm Carl Azuz. Thank you for watching the show. First, there was severe flooding. The nations of Malawi and Mozambique saw one and a half million people affected¹ by heavy rains. Then, a week later on March 14th, Cyclone² Idai made landfall in coastal³ Mozambique and ripped its way inland through Malawi and Zimbabwe.

The destruction was so extensive that some areas were cut off and we're just getting details about it now. In the Central Mozambican city of Beira, the International Federation⁴ of Red Cross called the damage massive and horrifying⁵. It says it looks like 90 percent of the area has been completely destroyed. Roads and communication lines are cut and rescuers can't even get to some places. Bridges were swept away in parts of Zimbabwe. And across the region, officials don't know yet how many lives were lost.

The ICRC says more than 150 people are thought to have been killed in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, but it says that number could go up as rescue teams make their way through. The president of Mozambique says, with rivers having broken their banks and entire villages having been wiped out, Cyclone Idai could have killed more than a thousand people in his country alone. He called the situation a large scale humanitarian⁶ disaster.

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

3 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

4 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

5 horrifying   

a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的

参考例句：

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。

6 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。