俄罗斯森林大火仍在蔓延

时间：2010-08-06 05:50:32

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Russia is still fighting to extinguish nearly 600 wildfires in an emergency that has now claimed 50 lives.

俄罗斯民众正在与近600处森林大火进行抗争，此次火灾已造成50人死亡。

Foreign reinforcements are arriving, including two Canadair water-bombing planes from Italy. Ukraine and Belarus are also sending firefighters.

The defence ministry1 has ordered the transfer of all artillery2（火炮，大炮） and munitions3（军需品，必需品） from a military base near the capital.

The Moscow smog eased on Thursday, though an acrid4 smell persisted from peat fires burning outside the city.

Seven regions are under a state of emergency. Russian officials say there are now 589 wildfires raging across 196,000 ha (484,326 acres). More than 160,000 firefighters have been deployed5.

Col Alexei Kuznetsov, a defence ministry spokesman, told the Associated Press that a garrison6（要塞，守卫） near Naro-Fominsk, 45 miles (70km) from Moscow, would be evacuated7 due to the danger posed by fires.

It was not in immediate8 danger, he added.

Radioactive worry

On Wednesday President Dmitry Medvedev sacked several top military officials for failing to stop wildfires from destroying a naval9 base outside Moscow.

He made the announcement after halting his summer holiday to return to Moscow for emergency talks on the wildfires.

Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu has meanwhile warned that fires in the Bryansk region - an area affected10 by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster - could produce radioactive particles.

"In the event of（发生） a fire there, radionuclides（放射性核素） could rise together with combustion11（燃烧，氧化） particles, resulting in a new pollution zone," he was cited as saying on state television.

One fire earlier threatened a shelter housing some 1,000 animals in the Moscow area.

The Bim charity shelter at Khoteichi, 100km south-east of Moscow, said a forest fire had come dangerously close to the animals' cages.

It is home to hundreds of dogs and cats, as well as circus animals, RIA Novosti news agency reports.

No details were available on the number of animals killed in the wildfires, which have spread amid a record heatwave, with temperatures soaring to nearly 40C (104F).

Forecasters expect Moscow's high temperatures to persist for several more days.

Russia has announced it is banning the export of grain（粮食，谷物） from 15 August to 31 December after drought and fires devastated12 about a fifth of its grain crop.


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1 ministry kD5x2     
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。
2 artillery 5vmzA     
n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)
参考例句：
  • This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
  • The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
3 munitions FnZzbl     
n.军火，弹药；v.供应…军需品
参考例句：
  • The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.军队用精确瞄准的枪炮炸掉敌方目标。
  • He rose [made a career for himself] by dealing in munitions.他是靠贩卖军火发迹的。
4 acrid TJEy4     
adj.辛辣的，尖刻的，刻薄的
参考例句：
  • There is an acrid tone to your remarks.你说这些话的口气带有讥刺意味。
  • The room was filled with acrid smoke.房里充满刺鼻的烟。
5 deployed 4ceaf19fb3d0a70e329fcd3777bb05ea     
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
参考例句：
  • Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
  • The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
6 garrison uhNxT     
n.卫戍部队；驻地，卫戍区；vt.派(兵)驻防
参考例句：
  • The troops came to the relief of the besieged garrison.军队来援救被围的守备军。
  • The German was moving to stiffen up the garrison in Sicily.德军正在加强西西里守军之力量。
7 evacuated b2adcc11308c78e262805bbcd7da1669     
撤退者的
参考例句：
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
8 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
9 naval h1lyU     
adj.海军的，军舰的，船的
参考例句：
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
10 affected TzUzg0     
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。
11 combustion 4qKzS     
n.燃烧；氧化；骚动
参考例句：
  • We might be tempted to think of combustion.我们也许会联想到氧化。
  • The smoke formed by their combustion is negligible.由它燃烧所生成的烟是可忽略的。
12 devastated eb3801a3063ef8b9664b1b4d1f6aaada     
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的
参考例句：
  • The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
  • His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

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