VOA常速英语2021--美国输油大动脉被掐断,车主恐慌性囤积汽油（在线收听）

This is VOA news. Via remote, I’m Tommy McNeil.Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that militants in the Gaza Strip will "pay a very heavy price", after a day of Gaza rocket fire and Israeli air strikes on the Palestinian coastal enclave.Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated Tuesday raising the death toll in 2 days to at least 30 Palestinians and 3 Israelis, with Israel carrying on multiple air strikes in Gaza and the Islamist militant group firing rockets at Tel Aviv. A 13-story residential Gaza block collapsed after one of the several dozen airstrikes.Late into the night the people reported their homes shaking and the sky lighting up with near constant Israeli strikes.

欢迎收听美国之音新闻。我是汤米·麦克奈尔，为您远程报道。以色列总理内塔尼亚胡星期二表示，加沙地带的巴勒斯坦武装分子将“付出非常沉重的代价”，此前一天，巴勒斯坦武装分子向加沙发射火箭，以色列则对巴勒斯坦沿海飞地发动空袭。星期二，以色列和哈马斯之间的敌对行动升级，在两天内造成至少30名巴勒斯坦人和3名以色列人死亡，期间，以色列对加沙进行多次空袭，伊斯兰激进组织向特拉维夫市发射火箭。在几十次的空袭行动中，某次空袭致使加沙一个13层住宅楼倒塌了。深夜，人们报告称自己家房屋摇晃，以色列近乎连续不断的空袭点亮了加沙的天空。

More than 1000 gas stations in the southeast United States reported running out of fuel primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic buying among drivers as a shutdown of a major pipeline by gang of hackers entered its fifth day Tuesday.Government officials acted swiftly to waive safety and environmental rules to speed the delivery of fuel by truck, ship or rail to motorists and airports even as they sought to assure the public that there was no cause for alarm. The Colonial pipeline, the biggest fuel pipeline in the United States, delivering about 45 percent of what is consumed on the US east coast, was hit on Friday with a cyber attack by hackers who lock-up computer systems and then demand a ransom to release them.The attack raised concerns once again about the vulnerability of the nation's critical infrastructure.More at VOAnews.com. This is VOA news.

美国东南部1000多家加油站报告称，分析师们认为，燃料耗尽的主要原因是车主们的无端恐慌性购买。时至周二，美国一条主要输油管道因黑客团伙攻击而持续关闭了五天。美国政府官员迅速采取行动，免除安全和环境规定，加速通过卡车、轮船或铁路向驾车者和机场运送燃料，同时他们试图向公众保证不必恐慌。Colonial pipeline是美国最大的输油管道，输送燃料约占美国东海岸消耗量的45%。该输油管道上周五遭到黑客网络攻击，他们锁定了电脑系统，并以此来索要赎金。这次网络攻击再次引发了美国民众对国家关键基础设施脆弱性的担忧。更多内容尽在VOAnews.com。欢迎收听美国之音新闻。