2015年CRI 尼泊尔强震已致超4000人遇难 西藏死亡人数上升为25人

 

The Nepalese government says the death toll¹ from Saturday's earthquake is now close to 4-thousand.

The 72-hour so-called "golden window" to rescue possible survivors² is now fading.

Damaged roads, broken communication lines and landslides³, as well as a lack of earth-moving equipment in rural areas is making relief efforts much more difficult.

More than 1.4-million people in Nepal have been displaced by the massive quake and its subsequent aftershocks.

The Chinese government is set to dispatch another search and rescue team into Nepal later on today.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry⁴ spokesperson says the crews will join the 55 other PLA members who arrived in Kathmandu yesterday.

The death toll in southwest China's Tibet from Saturday's earthquake in neighboring Nepal has risen to 25.

Close to 120 others have been injured.

The counties of Gyirong, Nyalam and Tingri were most affected⁵, which have seen nearly 80 percent of the houses collapse⁶.

Local officials are warning the number of casualties is likely to increase.

In the cut-off border town of Zham, food stocks will likely only last three days.

Aftershocks and bad weather have been hindering relief efforts.

1 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。

2 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 landslides   

山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数

参考例句：

• Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
• The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。

4 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。

5 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。

6 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。