NEWS-印尼地震:救援工作全面展开

Indonesia Eathquake:

Relief Operations Fully¹ Underway

 

After trickling² in for two days, aid to the shattered island began pouring in Thursday, with international aid organizations and the Indonesian military ferrying in water, food and medicine.

 

Scores of people sought refuge in temporary shelters such as this one, on the island’s capital, Gunung Sitoli.

 

As many as 30 percent of the town’s buildings were destroyed when the quake struck late Monday. It came just three months after a magnitude nine quake in the same area sparked a tsunami³ that killed over 300,000 people across the Indian Ocean region.

 

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the island Thursday, and promised to take quick action to help residents, including getting the electricity running again.

 

The president says, in this emergency situation, the people of Indonesia must unite to overcome their hardships and rebuild their lives.

 

While Nias bore the brunt of the damage ---- 500 of the 518 reported deaths occurred there, according to a UN survey ---- Simuelue and Sumatra Islands were also affected⁴.

 

Brian Williams owns a resort on Simeulue.

 

Brian Williams: I just had a call from the governor of the island who said that the world is not helping⁵ Simeulue.  We need help in Simeulue so I’m organizing boats now.

 

There are deaths, destroyed buildings and traumatized survivors⁶, including Juan Pedro Garcia.

 

Juan Pedro Garcia: At the moment, I think it’s just too uneasy.  There’s too much damage.  No one knows what’s going on.  It’s all up in the air at the moment.  We just don’t know.

 

The full extent of the damage remains⁷ unclear, as rescue efforts continue.

 

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 trickling   

n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Tears were trickling down her cheeks. 眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
• The engine was trickling oil. 发动机在滴油。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

4 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。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 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

7 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。