新西兰英语 449 Earthquake affects Christchurch east suburbs（在线收听）

 　　Suburbs in the east of Christchurch were very badly affected again after Monday’s two earthquakes. Many houses lost underground services like water, power and sewerage and still today about 50,000 people have no water and cannot use their toilets. Some people have had to use a chemical toilet or a portable toilet in the street (a “portaloo”) for the last 9 months. Most people now have power back on but 100 houses are still waiting for power. Temperatures at the moment are close to zero degrees at night and 10 degrees during the day. To add to this miserable situation, these are the same people that have more silt from liquefaction around their homes and in their street. Some volunteers are now offering to help clear the silt but students are in the middle of exams so they cannot help as they did in February.