美联社新闻一分钟 AP 菲律宾一架C130飞机坠毁致45人遇难

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

A Philippine's Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying troops crashed in a southern province of the country while attempting to land Sunday. The Philippine military says at least 45 people were killed and 49 were rescued from the burning wreckage¹.

菲律宾空军一架载有士兵的C-130运输机周日在菲律宾南部一个省降落时坠毁。菲律宾军方表示，至少有45人遇难，有49人从燃烧的飞机残骸中获救。

Demolition² specialists bored holes for explosives as they prepare to bring down the precarious³ but still-standing portion of a collapsed⁴ south Florida condo building. A top Miami-Dade fire official said 80% of the drilling work was complete, and the remaining structure could come down later Sunday.

在佛罗里达南部一座倒塌的公寓大楼中，爆破专家们正在钻孔放置炸药，准备拆除倒塌公寓的剩余部分。迈阿密-戴德的一位高级消防官员称，80%的钻孔工作已经完成，剩下的建筑可能在周日晚些时候爆破。

The Vatican says Pope Francis has gone to a Rome hospital for scheduled surgery on his large intestine⁵. An announcement is expected as soon as the surgery is complete. This is the pope's first known hospital treatment since he was elected to the papacy in 2013.

梵蒂冈表示，教皇方济各已经前往罗马一家医院进行大肠手术。手术完成后将尽快发布公告。这是教皇方济各自2013年当选教皇以来首次在医院接受治疗。

Search crews in Cyprus discovered four charred⁶ bodies Sunday outside a mountain village swept by fire. The interior minister called it the "most destructive" blaze in the eastern Mediterranean⁷ island nation's history.

塞浦路斯的搜救人员周日在一个被大火吞噬的山村外发现了四具烧焦的尸体。内政部长称，这是这个地中海东部岛国有史以来“最具破坏性”的大火。

1 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。

2 demolition   

n.破坏,毁坏,毁坏之遗迹

参考例句：

• The church has been threatened with demolition for years. 这座教堂多年来一直面临拆毀的威胁。
• The project required the total demolition of the old bridge. 该项目要求将老桥完全拆毁。

3 precarious   

adj.不安定的，靠不住的；根据不足的

参考例句：

• Our financial situation had become precarious.我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
• He earned a precarious living as an artist.作为一个艺术家，他过得是朝不保夕的生活。

4 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。

5 intestine   

adj.内部的；国内的；n.肠

参考例句：

• This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
• The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。

6 charred   

v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式)；烧焦

参考例句：

• the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸
• The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。