中国深圳山体滑坡 90多人失踪

AS IT IS 2015-12-22 More Than 90 Reported Missing in Landslide¹ in China 中国深圳山体滑坡 90多人失踪

Officials in China say 91 people are missing after a landslide in the southern city of Shenzhen Sunday morning.

The Ministry² of Land and Resources said heavy rain soaked a 100-meter tall pile of construction waste and dirt. The pile was too big and too tall, which caused “instability and collapse³.”

Witnesses say huge waves of mud swept into the area. Thirty-three buildings were destroyed or damaged. They include 14 factories, two office buildings and three buildings where workers lived. More than 1,500 emergency workers are searching for survivors⁴.

The landslide also caused an explosion at a natural gas pipeline⁵ in the area.

The country’s official news agency Xinhua says 59 men and 32 women are missing. About 900 people were removed from the area before the landslide happened.

Shenzhen is in Guangdong province, near the border with Hong Kong. 

Words in This Story

mud – n. soft, wet dirt

pile – n. a group of things that are put one on top of another

soaked – adj. made completely wet by water or another liquid

1 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

4 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

5 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。