Members of a Bronx mosque mourn those killed in apartment building fire

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Members of a Bronx mosque¹ mourn those killed in apartment building fire

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Members of the West African community who live around the 19-story apartment building that burned over the weekend are offering prayers and support. At least 17 people were killed.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

In New York City, at least a dozen people remain in critical condition after a deadly fire ripped through a 19-story apartment building in the Bronx over the weekend. At least 17 have died, including eight children. As the investigation³ continues, the surrounding community is mobilizing. This part of the Bronx is home to many West African immigrants, some of whom lived in that building. At a nearby mosque yesterday, people gathered to mourn and to pray.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Chanting in non-English language).

MARTINEZ: Gwynne Hogan from member station WNYC has been speaking with members of this community as they recover. Gwynne, you paid a visit to that mosque. What did you see in here?

GWYNNE HOGAN, BYLINE⁴: Yeah, A. This was the Masjid-ur-Rahmah. It's a mosque just a few blocks from the site of the fire. Men and women were coming in and out all day to pray and to be together. One woman was wailing⁵. She told me that her sister was dead. People were comforting her. Religious leaders were handing out food and just trying to be there for congregants in such a terrible moment. I spoke⁶ to the mosque's imam, Musa Kabba. He's waiting to hear about some families' whereabouts, and he knows of other congregants who didn't survive.

MUSA KABBA: This is the same people who were praying with us in this center and the same children who passed away - they used to come here every Saturday and Sunday. It's going to be a little bit hard, but we will be able to face it.

HOGAN: He says his congregants have immigrated⁷ from all over West Africa - Gambia, Niger, Mali. Many of them are working class people - taxi drivers, restaurant, construction and health care workers.

MARTINEZ: And I understand that in this neighborhood, there's been an outpouring of support for survivors⁸ of this fire. Tell us about that.

HOGAN: Yeah, I went to the Gambian Youth Association. They have a little storefront about three blocks away from the site of the fire in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx. They have this mentoring⁹ organization, and they run a food pantry. Yesterday, they'd switched gears completely and converted their storefront into a drop-off donation center. They've also been collecting money online, and within a matter of hours, I watched bags of food and clothes and supplies stacking up halfway¹⁰ to the ceiling. Volunteers were turning up from different parts of the city to help, and, A, I was shocked. I looked back at their GoFundMe after a few hours. They had raised more than $600,000, essentially¹¹ overnight. They're planning on giving that money directly to people who lived in the building.

MARTINEZ: That's good to hear. What about those survivors? I mean, where will they live? Their apartments are gone. They're destroyed. So what's happening with that?

HOGAN: The city has been providing emergency shelter in hotels through the Red Cross, and other people are staying with friends and family. We got word that actually some people were let back into the building last night, and the city has determined¹² that the structure itself is sound. So some of these residents will be able to return to their residences at some point. Others will need to find new places to live. Momodou Sawaneh, the founder¹³ of the Gambian Youth Organization - he told me that's especially painful for what the building has meant for this community.

MOMODOU SAWANEH: This building is a sanctuary¹⁴ for Gambian community. I've known people who have been here for 30 years, 40 years. This building is an identity of Gambian community, so that's why it's very tragic¹⁵.

HOGAN: The city says it's working with people to place them in longer-term housing, but we know that often that means if they can't find housing, they'll end up in the city's overcrowded shelter system.

MARTINEZ: That's Gwynne Hogan, member station WNYC in New York. Gwynne, thank you.

HOGAN: Thank you.

1 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 wailing   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的现在分词 )；沱

参考例句：

• A police car raced past with its siren wailing. 一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 immigrated   

v.移入( immigrate的过去式和过去分词 )；移民

参考例句：

• He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。 来自辞典例句
• Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 许多巴基斯坦人移居到了英国。 来自辞典例句

8 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

9 mentoring   

n.mentoring是一种工作关系。mentor通常是处在比mentee更高工作职位上的有影响力的人。他/她有比‘mentee’更丰富的工作经验和知识，并用心支持mentee的职业（发展）。v.（无经验之人的）有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• One of the most effective instruments for coaching and mentoring is the "role rehearsal" . 辅导和教学的最有效的手段之一是“角色排练。” 来自辞典例句
• Bell Canada called their mentoring system a buddy-buddy system. 加拿大贝尔公司称他们的训导系统是伙伴—伙伴系统。 来自互联网

10 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

11 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

12 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

13 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

14 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

15 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。