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天津爆炸：空气质量正常

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2015-08-13 07:00 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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As of 11 a.m. Thursday, the air quality remained normal in the region near the warehouse¹, the city's environmental bureau said.

天津环保局宣布，截止周四上午11点，货仓附近的空气质量保持在正常水平。

The city immediately began to monitor the air and water quality hours after the blasts, setting 34 temporary monitoring stations for air and five for water, according to the bureau.

So far, the water discharge port to the sea has been closed, and the water is being tested.

At 4 a.m. Thursday, the epoxyethane, a harmful gas which could lead to cancer, in the most polluted area has remained in a normal range below 2 milligram per cubic meter, compared with a stipulated² hazardous³ level of 5 milligram per cubic meter.

At 5:30 am, the concentration of methylbenzene and volatile⁴ organic compounds, both harmful gases, slightly exceeded the standard.

As of 11 a.m., all harmful gas indicators⁵ fell back to the normal range.

The death toll⁶ climbed to 44 on Thursday afternoon, according to rescue headquarters.

Twelve firefighters were among the dead.

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1 warehouse
n.仓库；vt.存入仓库
参考例句：
We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。 The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

2 stipulated
vt.& vi.规定；约定adj.[法]合同规定的
参考例句：
A delivery date is stipulated in the contract. 合同中规定了交货日期。 Yes, I think that's what we stipulated. 对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。来自辞典例句

3 hazardous
adj.(有)危险的，冒险的；碰运气的
参考例句：
These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。 Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

4 volatile
adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质
参考例句：
With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。 His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

5 indicators
（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )；指示物；（车辆上的）转弯指示灯；指示信号
参考例句：
The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。 It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。

6 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。