2006年VOA标准英语-Relief Efforts Under Way After Deadly Indonesia

By Chad Bouchard
Jakarta
27 May 2006

Indonesian villagers mourn eartquake victims in Bantul, Yogyakarta  
  
The powerful earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java early Saturday morning has killed more than 3,000 people and injured thousands more.

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The 6.2 magnitude quake shook the densely¹ populated province of Central Java, hitting the ancient royal city of Yogyakarta hardest. Many buildings collapsed², and power supplies were cut off.

Health services have been stretched thin. One hospital collapsed in the quake, and remaining hospitals are filled with injured people. Hundreds more are waiting outside for treatment. 

Survivors³ receive medical treatment at Sarjito Hospital after strong earthquake in Yogyakarta, Central Java, May 27, 2006  
  
Emergency efforts are under way. Latifur Rahman, the head of emergency operations for the Indonesian Red Cross, says teams have been mobilized to look for survivors, and relief services have been pouring into the area.

"Also, from the relief site, we have mobilized 1,000 family tents, from our Surabaya district units, and also food and water, as well as body bags - thousands," he said.

Relief organizations already in the area, have been helping⁴ to evacuate⁵ people living around an active volcano. Their resources now have been diverted to help quake survivors.

A field unit hospital that was recently used to help victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami⁶ is also on its way to Java. 

A boy walks near rubble⁷ of houses after earthquake hit in Bantul, Yogyakarta, Central Java, May 27, 2006  
  
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday morning ordered the army to help search for and evacuate victims.

The international response has also been swift, with Malaysia, France, Britain and Russia among the first to offer help.

The earthquake has increased activity in the nearby volcano, Mount Merapi, which has been threatening to erupt for several weeks. Local scientists are worried the tremor⁸ may have weakened a growing dome⁹ of lava¹⁰ at the volcano's summit.

1 densely   

ad.密集地；浓厚地

参考例句：

• A grove of trees shadowed the house densely. 树丛把这幢房子遮蔽得很密实。
• We passed through miles of densely wooded country. 我们穿过好几英里茂密的林地。

2 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

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 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

6 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

7 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

8 tremor   

n.震动，颤动，战栗，兴奋，地震

参考例句：

• There was a slight tremor in his voice.他的声音有点颤抖。
• A slight earth tremor was felt in California.加利福尼亚发生了轻微的地震。

9 dome   

n.圆屋顶，拱顶

参考例句：

• The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
• They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。

10 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。