英语听力文摘 English Digest 12、广岛原子弹爆炸60周年

　　Montreal and other Canadian cities are holding memorials on the weekend, six decades after the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima and killed 140,000 people.
Montreal, which twinned with the Japanese city in 1998, began with a peace ceremony in its botanical garden on Friday evening.
A bell pealed¹ in the garden at the same time as tens of thousands of people were marking a moment of silence in Japan – at 8:15 a.m. Saturday in the Asian city, the exact moment that the bomb exploded there on Aug. 6, 1945.
Setsuko Thurlow, 73, didn't have to imagine the tragedy as she wandered through Montreal Botanical Garden. On that August morning 60 years ago, she was working only two kilometres away from where the bomb detonated about 500 metres above Hiroshima.
Only 13 at the time, she was at her first day as a clerk decoding² Allied³ messages as part of the Japanese war effort. She escaped from the Japanese army building before it burned down.
"I saw the bluish-white flash. I had the sensation of floating in the air," said Thurlow, who now lives in Toronto.
"Because of the strong blast of the bomb, all the buildings were collapsing⁴ at that time."
Thurlow, who moved to Canada in the 1950s, said that when she's alone she remembers the horror of the bombing that killed about 140,000 people instantly or within a few months.
She has often retold her story to warn others of the dangers of nuclear proliferation and war.
"I brace⁵ myself each time. It's extremely difficult but I also believe it's important to let people know what that tiny, primitive⁶ atomic bomb did."
The Montreal Botanical Garden has been holding an annual memorial of the Hiroshima bombing for years.
"It makes you think that we are all sitting or standing⁷ around here in a beautiful garden and enjoying our existence – then, all of sudden, such things can happen," said Sonia Dandaneau, who works at the garden.
Pierre Bourque, a former mayor of Montreal, said it's important for the twin cities to continue their special relationship.
"We have to continue to perpetuate⁸ this friendship between Montreal and Hiroshima and spread the word all over the world that peace is more important than anything," Bourque said.
Ceremonies will be held in a number of other cities across the country on the weekend to mark the anniversary, including in Vancouver, where children will make paper cranes, the symbol of the anti-nuclear peace movement.
They'll also construct paper lanterns to be set afloat in a pond at dusk to commemorate⁹ victims of wars, past and present.
CBC Newsworld will have extensive coverage¹⁰ marking the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.
It will broadcast a special program that looks at the services of remembrance taking place around the world at 5:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday.

1 pealed   

v.（使）（钟等）鸣响，（雷等）发出隆隆声( peal的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The bells pealed (out) over the countryside. 钟声响彻郊野。 来自辞典例句
• A gun shot suddenly pealed forth and shot its flames into the air. 突然一声炮响，一道火光升上天空。 来自辞典例句

2 decoding   

n.译码，解码v.译（码），解（码）( decode的现在分词 )；分析及译解电子信号

参考例句：

• We cannot add any other memory to this system without further decoding. 如果不增加译码，就不能使系统的存贮容量有任何扩展。 来自辞典例句
• Examples using the 8250 will be presented in hardware section to clarify full-decoding schemes. 在硬件一节中有应用说明全译码方案8250的例子。 来自辞典例句

3 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

4 collapsing   

压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂

参考例句：

• Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
• The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

5 brace   

n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备

参考例句：

• My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
• You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。

6 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

8 perpetuate   

v.使永存，使永记不忘

参考例句：

• This monument was built to perpetuate the memory of the national hero.这个纪念碑建造的意义在于纪念民族英雄永垂不朽。
• We must perpetuate the system.我们必须将此制度永久保持。

9 commemorate   

vt.纪念，庆祝

参考例句：

• This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
• We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

10 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。