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哥伦比亚11人被闪电击中身亡

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-10-08 08:06 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Eleven members of a Colombian indigenous¹ community have been killed by lightning during a religious ceremony in a remote, mountainous area in the north of the country.

哥伦比亚北部一处偏远山区，某土著部落中的11人在举行一场宗教仪式时被闪电击中身亡。

Leaders from the Wiwa ethnic² group were carrying out what was described as a spiritual harmonisation ritual when they were struck.

Another 15 people were injured.

Survivors³ were rescued by the army and airlifted to hospitals in the Caribbean city of Santa Marta.

Most of the victims are being treated for second and third degree burns.

'Burnt temple'

The accident happened on Sunday night near the town of Guachaca, in Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains.

Some 60 tribe members were gathering⁴ inside a thatched building used as a temple when it was hit by a lightning bolt, local media reported.

The building was burned to the ground.

"Our solidarity⁵ is with the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta indigenous community," President Juan Manuel Santos wrote on his Twitter account.

The Colombian indigenous agency (Onic) said it has been speaking to families to find ways of helping⁶ the community at this difficult time.

The Wiwa carries out "spiritual harmonisation rituals" when they are faced with internal disputes or environmental problems, Onic explained in a statement.

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1 indigenous
adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的
参考例句：
Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。 Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

2 ethnic
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。 The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 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

4 gathering
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。 He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

5 solidarity
n.团结；休戚相关
参考例句：
They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。 The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。

6 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。

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