孟加拉国制衣厂大火死7人

 　　孟加拉国制衣厂大火死7人

       Officials in Bangladesh say at least seven people died in a fire in a garment factory in the capital late Wednesday.

　　The fire erupted in the Tung Hai Sweater Factory in Dhaka's Mirpur district after most workers had gone home.

　　Authorities say police and garment factory officials were holding a meeting in the 11-story building when the fire broke out.

　　Earlier Wednesday, the Bangladesh government said it had shut down 18 garment factories for safety reasons following the April 24 collapse¹ of a building housing five garment factories.  The death toll² from that incident has risen to more than 800.

　　Bangladesh's $20-billion textile industry accounts for nearly 80 percent of the country's exports.

1 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。

2 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。