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Mount Mayon, one of the Philippines' most active volcanos, is erupting

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Over the weekend, Mount Mayon began oozing² lava³ after weeks of increased seismic⁴ activity. Scientists aren't sure what to expect next.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

A volcano in the Philippines is quietly erupting. Over the weekend, Mount Mayon began oozing lava. Ashley Westerman reports from the Philippines.

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ASHLEY WESTERMAN, BYLINE⁵: Just outside of Mount Mayon's so-called danger zone - anywhere within four miles of the volcano - thousands of displaced villagers crowd into tents lined up side by side in a huge evacuation center.

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WESTERMAN: It's hot and crowded in these centers, says Alfred Nimo, who sent NPR the video. He's the head of TAYO, a youth-based NGO helping⁶ the displaced.

ALFRED NIMO: The situation in the evacuation centers are really not good. For example, there are 10 to 15 families who need to stay in one classroom, so it's really crowded.

WESTERMAN: His group has been providing evacuation transportation and handing out water and sleep kits⁷ since last week. That's when the villagers were given the order to head to the shelters when the alert level for the volcano was raised to three. Alert level three out of five means an eruption⁸ is imminent⁹ or already happening. Some 15,000 people have already been evacuated¹¹ so far from around the volcano. Located a little over 200 miles southeast of the capital, Manila, on a peninsula known as Bicol, the Mayon volcano is known for two things - one, its nearly perfect cone¹² shape, and two, for being super active.

MARITON BORNAS: Essentially¹³, we are having a very atypical, very low-gas eruption.

WESTERMAN: Mariton Bornas is with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Her team has been tracking Mayon's increased activity since last year. But incidents of rockfalls, tremors¹⁴ and volcanic¹⁵ emissions¹⁶, such as gas and ash, have really picked up since the start of June, she says. But she says they aren't quite sure what may happen next.

BORNAS: Because this is a new type of eruption. I mean, for all intents and purposes, it looks the same, but from the scientific point of view, it's really different.

WESTERMAN: The last time the Mayon volcano erupted was in 2018, displacing thousands of people. But that's what comes with living so close to a volcano, says Alfred Nimo, who also grew up in Mayon's shadow and who, like many Filipinos, is no stranger to natural disasters in a country often battered¹⁷ by supertyphoons and other calamities¹⁸.

NIMO: They're already used to the situation. And actually, every time that we're having typhoon, they really need to evacuate¹⁰. So this is something not new to them.

WESTERMAN: Most cannot afford to move, he says, because they're farmers who make their livelihoods¹⁹ there. A life, he says, which is actually pretty comfortable when there isn't an eruption.

For NPR News, I'm Ashley Westerman in Laguna, Philippines.

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1 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。

2 oozing   

v.（浓液等）慢慢地冒出，渗出( ooze的现在分词 )；使（液体）缓缓流出；（浓液）渗出，慢慢流出

参考例句：

• Blood was oozing out of the wound on his leg. 血正从他腿上的伤口渗出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wound had not healed properly and was oozing pus. 伤口未真正痊瘉，还在流脓。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

4 seismic   

a.地震的，地震强度的

参考例句：

• Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves.地震产生两种地震波。
• The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。

5 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。

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。

7 kits   

衣物和装备( kit的名词复数 )； 成套用品； 配套元件

参考例句：

• Keep your kits closed and locked when not in use. 不用的话把你的装备都锁好放好。
• Gifts Articles, Toy and Games, Wooden Toys, Puzzles, Craft Kits. 采购产品礼品，玩具和游戏，木制的玩具，智力玩具，手艺装备。

8 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

9 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

10 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

11 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

12 cone   

n.圆锥体，圆锥形东西，球果

参考例句：

• Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
• The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。

13 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。

14 tremors   

震颤( tremor的名词复数 )； 战栗； 震颤声； 大地的轻微震动

参考例句：

• The story was so terrible that It'sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。
• The story was so terrible that it sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。

15 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

16 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

17 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

18 calamities   

n.灾祸，灾难( calamity的名词复数 )；不幸之事

参考例句：

• They will only triumph by persevering in their struggle against natural calamities. 他们只有坚持与自然灾害搏斗，才能取得胜利。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• One moment's false security can bring a century of calamities. 图一时之苟安，贻百年之大患。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

19 livelihoods   

生计，谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者，他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小，他们的传统生计受到了威胁。