万花筒 2011-04-15&04-17 日本核事故升至7级 与切尔诺贝利事故"平级"

 We learn today that the nuclear crisis is even worse than we thought. Officials have raised the scale of the incident to the highest level, the same as Chernobyl. People within the 12-mile radius¹ of the plant are already under strict evacuation orders. But now those in even more towns further from the reactors² have been told to go, too. Bob Woodruff was in one of the towns today. Bob? 

 

Good evening George. We just got back from this town about 25 miles north of the nuclear facility, a place of relatively³ high level of radiation. And we actually had the chance to go and talk to town managers, but during that interview, we actually felt this big aftershock, which is one reason why there is rising fear here. 

 

In this quiet town Litate, you can not see or smell the radiation, but it is here. We visited briefly⁴ to minimize our exposure. The government has ordered those who live here to go. 

 

"Are they asking you to leave town?"

 

"Yes, the government came door to door yesterday." This man told us, "to tell everyone we have to leave within a month."

 

The decision to move the evacuation zone further out from the cripple plants comes as Japan and world grasp just how serious of a leak this is, now in the same category as Chernobyl, the worst in history. 

 

"I think we now have a reality check on the Japanese government, which is finally acknowledged that they do not yet have a handle on this accident. They have not yet reached bottom. "

 

Making everything worse, the aftershocks. "Do you think it's political?" One struck while we were here in Litate today, doing an interview when it hit. 

 

Dairy farmer Kenichi Hasegawa knows it is time to go. Work here is lost, lives are changing fast. 

 

"Are you angry about this?"

 

"I'm absolutely sickened." He told me, "I hate those nuclear plants."

 

Because of this radiation, he is not allowed to let his cows graze in the field. He can not sell the milk, instead, he must dump it. 

 

This is one of Japan's most beautiful places, he told us, but with radiation in the soil, he fears this could be a waste land. 

 

You should know that people did tell us they are gonna refuse to go, unless they are just forced out. George. 

 

Thank you, Bob. 

1 radius   

n.半径，半径范围；有效航程，范围，界限

参考例句：

• He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
• We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。

2 reactors   

起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )； 反应装置； 原子炉； 核反应堆

参考例句：

• The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。