2014年CRI 土耳其煤矿爆炸已经致157死 乌克兰获欧盟13亿欧元援助

 

Turkey's mining sector¹ has been hit by a major disaster.

157 miners have been killed and some 200-others remain trapped underground following an explosion at a coal mine late Tuesday at a mine in Western Turkey.

There were about 600-workers underground, going through a shift change, at the time of the blast.

Only 280 of them made it out, with 75 of them injured.

The fate of the roughly 200 others still trapped underground remains² unclear.

Ukraine's interim³ government has signed off on deals with the EU for loans worth over 1.3-billion euros.

EU officials say the aid can be used to help pay gas bills Ukraine has outstanding with Russia.

The deals comes on the heels of the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk declaring independence in referendums held over the weekend.

Meantime, the Ukrainian defense⁴ ministry⁵ says 7 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a new round of fighting in Donetsk.

Plans are underway to hold a round of national talks in Ukraine later today.

However, pro-Russia supporters have refused to take part in these forthcoming discussions.

1 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。