哥伦比亚发生泥石流灾害 14人死亡

时间：2011-04-15 06:31:19

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A mudslide caused by heavy rain has engulfed1 a bus in Colombia, killing2 at least 14 people, officials say.

哥伦比亚官员称，一辆公共汽车呗暴雨引发的泥石流淹没，至少14人死亡。

Rescuers say there is little hope of finding <a href=survivors3" src="http://www.enread.comhttp://www.enread.com/upimg/allimg/110415/1_110415063143_1.jpg" width="304" height="171" />
Rescuers say there is little hope of finding survivors
The bus was leaving the central city of the city of Manizales when it was hit by a collapsing4 hillside and swept into a ravine（沟壑，山涧） .

Rescuers have been searching for six others missing after the accident.

Over the past year Colombia has suffered widespread floods that have killed more than 300 people and forced 2 million from their homes.

Emergency workers have been recovering bodies from the bus, which was completely buried by mud and rock.

Some parts of Manizales have been evacuated5 because of the risk of further landslides6.

The 2010-11 rainy season in Colombia has been been the worst in Colombia's recent history, flooding huge areas and causing damage that will cost billions of dollars to repair.


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1 engulfed 52ce6eb2bc4825e9ce4b243448ffecb3     
v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
  • The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
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
4 collapsing 6becc10b3eacfd79485e188c6ac90cb2     
压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂
参考例句：
  • Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
  • The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。
5 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。
6 landslides 5a0c95bd1e490515d70aff3ba74490cb     
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。

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