美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-08-23

 Right now, several thousand people are on the ground here in Tianjin, working to clean up the chemical disaster that is unfolding here. And you can see some of the crews right here behind me. They actually had to throw out the hazmat suits that they were wearing and they just changed into these new yellow suits because they say they were contaminated with sodium¹ cyanide. They have detected and collected that deadly toxin² and they've also detected other dangerous chemicals in this area. We are about a half a mile from the blast site and of course the concentrations only get higher as you get closer. The chemicals that they found, they have deposited in this truck. You can see they have those storage containers to secure it safely and ship it to an area where it can be contained and away from the public. Because keep in mind, we are standing³ right now, just across the street from thousands of apartments where people are supposed to be moving in, in less than two months. A state reporter, who tagged along with these hazardous⁴ material crews actually travelled to the center of the blast site, which remains⁵ heavily restricted, so there's not any access to the general public. But this reporter was embedded⁶ with the crews. And as they were getting closer to the center of the blast site, the levels of sodium cyanide, which can be lethal⁷ in small doses and also the levels of neurotoxins actually exceeded the measuring capacity of their testing meters. That shows you just how heavily concentrated these chemicals are. And it's made worse on the ground here by the fact that it has been raining today. And so the rain, while it clears some of the pollution in the air, it makes things much more complicated on the ground. Because the water can actually interact with the chemicals that these folks here, these hazmat workers here are working to detect. The clean-up effort continues and so does the process of identifying the bodies. The death toll⁸ is holding steady and more and more families are learning in fact, that, getting the confirmation⁹ that their loved ones were killed in this disaster a full week ago. But there is a search underway for the missing. And there are dozens missing a full week after this explosion and the ensuing environmental disaster that this city and this country is still coming to terms with. Will Ripley, CNN, Tianjin, China.

1 sodium   

n.（化）钠

参考例句：

• Out over the town the sodium lights were lit.在外面，全城的钠光灯都亮了。
• Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.食盐是钠和氯的复合物。

2 toxin   

n.毒素，毒质

参考例句：

• Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body.专家已把这一病症与体内毒素的积累联系起来。
• Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.检验表明水生有壳动物的毒素水平提高了。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 hazardous   

adj.(有)危险的，冒险的；碰运气的

参考例句：

• These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
• Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

7 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

8 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

9 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。