灾难词汇翻译

Expressions about

“

Natural Disasters

”

calamity: an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

tropical storm

tsunami

hurricane

typhoon

cyclone/ tornado

flood

volcano explosion/eruption

wildfire/forest fire/bushfire

rockslide/ landslide

rock and mud slides

snowstorm

severe cold

heat wave

drought

avalanche

snow slide

tsunami warning system

tidal waves

earthquake (quake

shake

shock

tremor

temblor)

aftershock

smaller tremors

epicenter

震中

quake-hit area/ quake- stricken area

地震灾区

the worst-hit area

重灾区

seismic

地震的

seismic investigation

magnitude

震级

Richter Scale(1-10)

里氏震级

at a scale of 7.8 on the Richter calculations

里氏

7.8

级地震

secondary geological disaster

次生地质灾害

quake lake

，

barrier lake

，

dammed lake

堰塞湖

rubble

碎石

ruin

废墟

ramshackle city

摇摇欲坠的城市

wreckage

残骸

death toll

死亡人数

survivors

幸存者

victims

受灾者

international contributions

国际援助

search-and- rescue

搜救

rescue team

救援小组

search-and-rescue team

搜救组

evacuation

撤离

humanitarian relief

人道主义援助

damage assessment

灾情估计

rescue

and medical

equipment

救灾和医疗设

备

emergency personnel

紧急救援人员

emergency worker

急救人员

unified disaster coordinator

救灾行动总指挥

rescue and recovery effort

救灾和灾后重建

international effort

国际合作行动

the international Red Cross

国际红十字会

makeshift holding areas

临时避难所

sniffer dogs

搜救犬

overseas mission

海外救援

coordinated action

协同行动

high-energy biscuits

高能量饼干

compressed biscuits

压缩饼干

makeshift hospital

临时医院

first aid: help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available

transfusion:

输血，输液

ambulance:

a

vehicle

specially

equipped

for

taking

sick

or

injured

people

to

and from

hospital,

especially in emergencies

stretcher:

a

framework

of

two

poles with

a

long

piece

of

canvas slung

between

them,

used for

carrying sick, injured, or dead people

aftermath: the consequences or after- effects of an event, especially when unpleasant

Food prices soared in the aftermath of the drought.

shatter: break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces

devastate: destroy or ruin (something)

level:

demolish (a building or town)

夷平，摧毁

flatten: raze (a building or settlement) to the ground

把（楼房，居住区）夷为平地

In

Hanwang,

the

town's

mostly

older

buildings

were

flattened

or

severely

damaged

by

the

quake.

lethal: sufficient to cause death; harmful or destructive

1

casualty: a person killed or injured in a war or accident

necrology: a list of deaths

remains: a person's body after death

wreckage: the remains of something that has been badly damaged or destroyed

mourn:

feel

or show

deep sorrow

or

regret for

(someone

or

their

death),

typically

by

following

conventions such as the wearing of black clothes

condolence: (condolences)an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of the death of a

person's relative or close friend

condolence books

吊唁簿

Flags are to be kept at half-mast.

降半旗

Reading:

Avalanche

雪崩

kills 6 climbers

Six

mountain

climbers were

killed

in

an

avalanche

near

the

major

ski

resort

of

Soelden

in

the

Austrian Alps over the weekend, regional police said yesterday.

Witnesses spotted the snow slide in rugged highlands on Saturday and alerted alpine rescuers but

they could not reach the scene until yesterday due to poor weather, police in the Tirol provincial

capital of Innsbruck said.

A

police

official

said

rescuers

retrieved

the

bodies

of

6

climbers

who

had

been

ascending

the

3,500-meter Schalfkogel peak in an isolated region southwest of Innsbruck.

Listening & Discussion:

1. A Race Against Time to Get Help to Haitians

New W

ords:

Port-au- Prince

：

the capital of Haiti, a port on the west coast. Founded by the French in 1749, it

became capital of the new republic in 1806

太子港

the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Questions:

1. What factors slowed aid efforts?

2. What would America do according to the news?

3. Information about the county Haiti.

4. What did the UN do?

5. Information about USAID.

2. Italy Continues Quake Rescue Effort

Broadcast date: 4-9-2009

Background Information:

Rescuers

in

central

Italy

continue

to

search

for

possible

survivors

in

the

rubble

of

Monday's

earthquake

as

funerals

begin for

the

victims

of the

disaster.

So

far,

the

death

toll

is

279, which

includes

at

least

20

children.

Local

and

government

authorities

have

introduced

anti-looting

patrols in the quake-stricken area to protect the belongings of displaced residents.

New W

ords:

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