葡萄牙请求欧盟帮忙灭火
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Portugal has said it is seeking European Union help to to tackle raging forest fires, in one of the worst summers for such blazes in years.

葡萄牙政府正在寻求欧盟的帮助来处理肆虐的森林大火,这是西班牙近年来最糟糕的发生如此火灾的夏天。
 
Dozens of fires are raging in the centre and north of the country and 1,700 firefighters have been deployed1.
 
Officials say one man died while trying to protect his farm from one of the largest blazes, at Ourem.
 
Portugal is asking for four water-dumping aircraft, after a helicopter being used in the operations crashed. 
 
Both the pilot and co-pilot are said to have escaped with minor2 injuries.
 
The country has been suffering from a heatwave, adding to a prolonged drought, which have created ideal wildfire conditions.
 
The heavily-forested north of the country is currently suffering the most, says the BBC's Alison Roberts in Lisbon, but the tourist destinations of the Algarve and the island of Madeira were also hit earlier in the summer.
 
Neighbouring Spain has also been battling fires this year, with some 153,000 hectares (378,000 acres) of land scorched3(烧焦) since January.
 
Over the weekend, thousands of people fled homes along the southern Costa del Sol, one of Spain's most popular holiday destinations and home to a large British expatriate(移居国外的) community.
 
Hundreds of firefighters, backed up by emergency military personnel and 31 planes and helicopters, battled a huge blaze near Marbella. 
 
One man was found dead at Las Blanquillas, near Ojen, on Friday. 
 
Spanish officials said the blaze was largely under control by Sunday, allowing the evacuees4 to return home.
 
The authorities say the cause of the Spanish fires will be investigated, and are not ruling out that they could have been started deliberately5.


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1 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。
2 minor e7fzR     
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
参考例句:
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
3 scorched a5fdd52977662c80951e2b41c31587a0     
烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦
参考例句:
  • I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
  • The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。
4 evacuees 68c032ac020acca4ffde7910b32b673f     
n.被疏散者( evacuee的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Moreover, for multi-exits, evacuees select a exit based on game theory. 在有多个出口时,疏散人员根据对策论选择出口。 来自互联网
  • Evacuees wade through flooded area following heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar on Saturday, July 31, 2010. 撤离灾区涉水通过后在白沙瓦沉重的季风降雨在周六,2010年7月31日。 来自互联网
5 deliberately Gulzvq     
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
参考例句:
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
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