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US relief efforts ramp¹ up

美国增加救援

Across the U.S., organizations are mobilizing to help the Philippines recover from their devastating² storm. One such example, Team Rubicon, has deployed³ veterans specializing in relief work, and the Filipino-American population is holding donation drives. NBC’s Mike Taibbi reports.

美国各组织机构在行动，帮助菲律宾从毁灭性的风暴中恢复。一个例子是Rubicon团队部署专门从事救援活动的退伍老兵参与救援，美国的菲律宾裔也在举行捐款活动。NBC的Mike Taibbi报道。

The US government is contributing an initial $20 million to the worldwide relief effort. That number will grow. This initial money will provide emergency shelter, food, water and sanitation⁴. Tonight, preparations are under way for starters to send the USS George Washington aircraft carrier battle group from Hong Kong to the Philippines to help with relief efforts as well. Meanwhile a lot of Americans are waiting to hear about loved ones and they are stepping up to help. We get more on that from NBC's Mike Taibbi in Southern California.

reporter: Laura Henderson has been glued to the TV and Internet since last Thursday.

Saying that all these families are gone.

reporter: She finally heard from her own father that he and her brother and mom had made it but hasn't heard from an aunt who suffers from diabetes⁵. You don't know if she can survive with a medical condition.

No, we don't.

reporter: Medications and food and water and more are on the way. Big nonprofits like Direct Relief in Santa Barbara with warehouse⁶ filled with donations to be shipped out ASAP.

It won't do any good unless it gets into the proper hands to the proper place with the proper controls. Elsewhere the team Rubicon Squad⁷ has deployed veterans specializing in relief work.

Going to try to help at least rebuild the community and hopefully leave it a little bit stronger.

reporter: Of course, relief efforts are ramping⁸ up within the huge Phillipino-American population.

Check out donation from our supermarkets.

It's very horrible.

reporter: In the digital age, Phillipino-Americans are using social media to spread the word about relief efforts.

Facebook has been my source of getting that information so that I can ask my network of friends to help.

reporter: There are still many vigils like this one. Phillipino emigrants⁹ wondering if loved ones survived. If they did and they are injured or ill, are they getting the help they need? Four days after the typhoons' maximum impact, the relief effort is straining to meet the need. Hour by hour, even minute by minute, more help on the way. Mike Taibbi, NBC News, Pasadena.

For our viewers who wish to know how to help we have put that information all kinds

of it on our website tonight. nbcnightlynews.com

1 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。

2 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

3 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

4 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

5 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

6 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

7 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

8 ramping   

土堤斜坡( ramp的现在分词 )； 斜道； 斜路； （装车或上下飞机的）活动梯

参考例句：

• The children love ramping about in the garden. 孩子们喜欢在花园里追逐嬉戏，闹着玩。
• Have you ever seen a lion ramping around? 你看到过狮子暴跳吗？

9 emigrants   

n.（从本国移往他国的）移民( emigrant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At last the emigrants got to their new home. 移民们终于到达了他们的新家。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• 'Truly, a decree for selling the property of emigrants.' “有那么回事，是出售外逃人员财产的法令。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记