厄瓜多尔总统:地震重建耗资数十亿美元

AS IT IS 2016-04-20 Ecuador’s President: Earthquake Recovery to Cost Billions of Dollars 厄瓜多尔总统:地震重建耗资数十亿美元

Ecuador’s President says billions of dollars will be needed to help the country rebuild from the powerful earthquake last Saturday.

The earthquake killed at least 413 people and injured more than 2,500. Thousands of people were left homeless.

President Rafael Correa visited the northeastern town of Portoviejo Monday to see some of the damage. Portoviejo and the nearby cities of Manta and Pedernales were among the areas that suffered the greatest damage in the earthquake.  

The government says it will take loans from several international organizations, including the World Bank, to pay for its rescue and recovery efforts.

Ecuador is a member of the Organization of Petroleum¹ Exporting Countries (OPEC). The economy of the small, South American country is in recession because of low oil prices on international markets.

A United States government agency announced Tuesday that it will send two teams to Ecuador. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will deploy² one team to assist the government by studying the country’s damage and needs.

A second team will work with the United Nations to help organize international rescue activities. USAID has promised to donate at least $100,000 for supplies.

The U.N. Children’s Fund reported Tuesday that the earthquake damaged 119 schools, affecting at least 150,000 children.

Search-and-rescue crews have launched an effort to find survivors³ trapped in the wreckage⁴ of buildings destroyed in the earthquake. Three people were rescued from the wreckage of a shopping center in Manta after being trapped for 32 hours. 

Thousands of soldiers and police have been deployed⁵ throughout Ecuador to provide temporary shelters and food. And aid workers from many nations -- including Spain, Peru, Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuela -- have arrived to help.

1 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

2 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

3 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

4 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

5 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。