古巴遭强降雨袭击两人死亡_社会生活

古巴遭强降雨袭击两人死亡

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-12-02 08:09 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Heavy rain has been battering¹ Cuba since Friday, flooding streets and leaving at least two people dead.

古巴自上周五开始一直遭到暴雨肆虐，街上洪水泛滥，至少两人丧生。

A number of buildings have collapsed³ in the capital, Havana, authorities say.

A 54-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman are reported to have died as a house crumbled⁴ in central Havana.

Up to 200mm (7.8in) of rain fell overnight and the Cuban meteorological service has forecast more heavy rain for Saturday, particularly in the western and central regions.

'Narrow escape'

Yunior Amesa, the nephew of the two victims of the building collapse², told Associated Press news agency: "It was raining very hard and there was a lot of weight [from the water] up there. They went to bed."

Mr Amesa says he narrowly escaped because he had to leave the house to go to work.

Many streets in the capital remain submerged, as the authorities assess the damage to other derelict buildings in the city.

Bad weather also led to the closure of the picturesque⁵ Malecon seaside boulevard, lashed⁶ by stormy waves, AP reported.

The torrential rain is expected to bring flooding to coastal⁷ areas in western Cuba and the central region.

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1 battering
n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )
参考例句：
The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。 He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

3 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。 The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

4 crumbled
（把…）弄碎，（使）碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 )；衰落；坍塌；损坏
参考例句：
He crumbled the bread in his fingers. 他用手指把面包捻碎。 Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt. 商行破产了，我们的希望也破灭了。

5 picturesque
adj.美丽如画的，（语言）生动的，绘声绘色的
参考例句：
You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸。 That was a picturesque phrase.那是一个形象化的说法。

6 lashed
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥
参考例句：
The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。 The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 coastal
adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的
参考例句：
The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。 This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

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