VOA新闻杂志2023 强震已致土叙两国上万人遇难

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Monday's powerful 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria has killed more than 11,000 people, officials say.

官员们表示，周一袭击土耳其和叙利亚的7.8级强烈地震已造成超过1.1万人死亡。

Rescue teams from more than 20 countries continue to search for both survivors¹ and those killed.

来自20多个国家的救援队继续搜寻幸存者和遇难者。

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited a "tent city" in Kahramanmaras, where people forced from their homes are living.

土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安视察了喀拉曼马拉斯的一个“帐篷城”，那里住着被迫离开家园的人们。

He admitted the Turkish government's response to the disaster at first had some problems.

他承认，土耳其政府一开始对这场灾难的反应存在一些问题。

However, he promised that no one would "be left in the streets."

然而，他承诺不会让任何人“流落街头”。

Many people in both countries are still waiting for help.

这两个国家仍有许多人在等待救援。

This includes areas isolated² by Syria's ongoing³ civil war.

其中包括被叙利亚持续内战孤立的地区。

With thousands of collapsed⁴ buildings, it is not clear how many people might still be trapped under the rubble⁵.

由于数以千计的建筑物倒塌，目前尚不清楚有多少人可能仍被困在瓦砾下。

Road closures and other damage have made it difficult for rescue teams to reach all the areas that need help.

道路封闭和其他损坏使救援队难以到达所有需要帮助的地区。

Cold weather is also making the situation more difficult for both victims and rescue teams.

寒冷的天气也使受害者和救援队的处境变得更加困难。

In the Turkish city of Malatya, former reporter Ozal Pikal helped with the rescue efforts.

在土耳其马拉蒂亚市，前记者奥扎尔·皮卡尔帮助进行救援工作。

He said he believed at least some of the victims froze to death as temperatures fell to minus 6 degrees Celsius⁶.

他说，他认为至少有一些受害者是在气温降至零下6摄氏度时被冻死的。

He added, "Our hands cannot pick up anything because of the cold. Work machines are needed."

他还说，“由于天气寒冷，我们的手拿不起来任何东西。我们需要作业机械。”

Many survivors in Turkey have had to sleep in cars, outside, or in government shelters.

土耳其的许多幸存者不得不睡在汽车里、外面或政府的庇护所里。

"We don't have a tent, we don't have a heating stove, we don't have anything. Our children are in bad shape. We are all getting wet under the rain," said 27-year-old Aysan Kurt.

27岁的艾桑·库尔特说：“我们没有帐篷，我们没有取暖炉，我们什么都没有。我们的孩子身体状况很差。我们都被雨淋湿了。”

"We did not die from hunger or the earthquake, but we will die freezing from the cold."

“我们没有死于饥饿和地震，但我们会冻死于寒冷。”

Polish rescuers told reporters with Poland's TVN24 that low temperatures were delaying rescue efforts.

波兰救援人员告诉波兰TVN24电视台的记者，低温延误了救援工作。

However, two firefighters said the fact that most people were in bed under warm covers when the earthquake struck could help their chances of survival⁷.

然而，两名消防员表示，地震发生时，大多数人都躺在温暖的被窝里睡觉，这可能有助于增加他们的生存机会。

Stories of rescues continued to provide hope that some people still trapped might be found alive.

救援故事继续给人们带来希望，一些仍被困的人可能会被发现还活着。

A crying newborn baby still connected by the umbilical cord to her mother, who was killed, was rescued Monday in Syria.

周一，一名哭闹的新生儿在叙利亚获救，当时这名婴儿仍然通过脐带与她的母亲相连，但她的母亲已经死亡。

In Turkey's Kahramanmaras, rescuers pulled a 3-year-old boy from the rubble.

在土耳其的喀拉曼马拉斯，救援人员从瓦砾中救出一名3岁的男孩。

Erdogan said Turkey's death toll⁸ passed 9,000.

埃尔多安表示，土耳其的死亡人数已超过9000人。

The Syrian Health Ministry⁹ said the death toll in government-held areas is more than 1,200.

叙利亚卫生部表示，政府控制地区的死亡人数已超过1200人。

In addition, at least 1,400 people have died in the rebel-held northwest.

此外，反对派控制的西北部地区至少有1400人死亡。

That number comes from the volunteer rescue group known as the White Helmets.

这一数字来自被称为“白头盔”的志愿者救援组织。

Syrian officials said the bodies of more than 100 Syrians who died during the earthquake in Turkey were brought back home for burial.

叙利亚官员表示，在土耳其地震中遇难的100多名叙利亚人的尸体被运回国内埋葬。

Mazen Alloush, an official on the Syrian side of the border, said 20 more bodies were on their way, adding that all of them were Syrian refugees¹⁰ who fled the civil war.

土叙边境叙利亚一侧的官员马赞·阿卢什表示，还有20具尸体正在运送的途中，他还说，他们都是逃离内战的叙利亚难民。

The Syrian civil war has made rescue efforts in that country difficult.

叙利亚内战使该国的救援工作变得困难。

Rebel-controlled areas near the Turkish border are isolated and surrounded by Russian-backed military forces.

反对派控制的靠近土耳其边境的地区位于偏僻的地方，且被俄罗斯支持的军事力量包围。

Syria is also under Western sanctions¹¹ because of the war.

叙利亚也因为这场战争而受到西方的制裁。

However, the European Union (EU) said Wednesday that Syria had finally asked for help for the victims of the earthquake.

然而，欧盟周三表示，叙利亚最终要为地震灾民寻求帮助。

The EU also said its sanctions against the government would not affect the aid it gives to Syria.

欧盟还表示，其对叙利亚政府的制裁不会影响其对叙利亚的援助。

I'm Andrew Smith.

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