CCTV9英语新闻：Dozens of families displaced after floods in Ghana

In Ghana, government teams are still working to clean up debris¹ left after Wednesday night's severe flooding in the capital. As many as 200 people are estimated to have died, as they sought shelter at a petrol station, which caught fire before exploding.

 

Fighting for water. For three days this neighbourhood in Accra's has been without clean water. People are getting desperate.

 

No water to bath, no water to drink apart from this that we are receiving now from the government.

 

This was one of the community's worst affected² by Wednesday night's floods. Not only has drinking water been contaminated with petrol but sewer³ systems are blocked with rubbish. To avoid an outbreak of a disease like cholera⁴, clean water is a priority as is rebuilding lives. Many here have seen their homes and possessions destroyed.

 

Accra's worst-affected communities have been promised help. The government's launched a 13 million dollar emergency fund to assist those who've lost so much in these floods. Victims say they've received some provisions already -- like water and clothing but what they desperately⁵ need now is money to try and rebuild their homes.

 

Jocelyne Nunkwah was at her house on Wednesday night, when the rain began. She says the water soon came in destroying everything in its path.

 

"It started raining around 5.30 and we thought it would stop. Before we knew what was happening the whole place got flooded. We thought we can smell petro and then the whole place caught fire. We broke this place we climb this wall and we escaped through this roof," she said.

 

Jocelyne is now staying with a friend. Despite losing so much, she says she still feels lucky.

 

"I nearly drowned. It took god's grace to save my life. I thought I would die. It's a surprise to me that I am alive today. Our things got spoilt, we don't have anything, not even a dress to wear," she said.

 

The Ghanaian government estimates that at least 200 people died as a result of the floods which caused a petrol station to explode and turned roads into rivers. Many hundreds more were injured, some missing remain unaccounted for.

1 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 sewer   

n.排水沟，下水道

参考例句：

• They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer. 他们正挖开马路修下水道。
• The boy kicked a stone into the sewer. 那个男孩把一石子踢进了下水道。

4 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

5 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。