【新唐人2011年3月24日讯】【看新闻学英语】
Amazing Japanese Tsunami Survival Stories
惊奇的日本海啸生还故事
By Jianyi,Shi, David Lee
【新闻关键字】
1. retrieve [rɪˋtriv] vt. 重新得到, 收回
2. perish [ˋpɛrɪʃ] vi. 死去
3. survival [səˋvaivəl] n. 幸存
4. prefecture [ˋpri:fektjuə] n. 县
5. gigantic [dʒaiˋgæntik] a. 巨大的
6. debris [dəˋbri:] n. 残骸
7. sweep over 横扫
8. gush [gʌʃ] vi. 喷, 涌,
9. struggle [ˋstrʌgl] vi. 奋斗; 挣扎
10. cling [kliŋ] vi. 黏着; 缠着; 紧握不放
11. evacuation [i͵vækjuˋeiʃən] n.撤离
12. spare [spɛə] vt. 饶恕
Most of the recovery efforts in northeastern Japan are, unfortunately, to retrieve the bodies of those who perished in a massive earthquake and tsunami.
在日本东北部，大多数的复原努力，很不幸地是带回在大地震和海啸中死亡的尸体。
But stories of survival are emerging from the days and hours immediately following Friday’s disaster.
但在周五的灾难后，生还的故事每天、每小时都在浮现。
One woman, who survived that wave, was pulled out from under the debris and carried to a nearby shelter.
一位从大浪中生还的妇女，从残骸中被拖出来，被带到附近的收容所。
[Ito, Tokyo Resident]:
“I stayed outside the whole night. The water gushed in when I opened my door…I was washed away but I hung on to a floating tree that came my way. I struggled hard to cling to it to stop myself from going under, but I did go under. During my struggle, a tatami mat came floating towards me. I jumped on, and stayed there. I was washed away, circling around some houses. My daughter was also swept away. I still don’t know where she is."
东京居民伊托说：“我整个晚上都待在外面，当我打开门时，水就涌了进来，我就被冲走了，但我依附着飘过来的树，我拼命的紧抱着树，不让自己沉下去。但我还是沉下去了，就在我拼命挣扎时，塌塌米朝着我飘过来，我跳上去，待在上面。我被冲走了，盘旋在一些房子附近。我女儿也被冲走了，我仍不知道她在哪里。”
In another instance, calls for help were heard coming from this vehicle that was partially buried in mud. Inside– three elderly people who had been trapped for 20 hours. They were all rescued… scared, but ok.
在另一则事例中，从部分被埋没在土里的汽车中，传出呼救声。有三位老年人受困在里面20个小时，他们全都获救，虽饱受惊吓，但是还好。
As time passes, tales of survival are becoming fewer.
随着时间的流逝，生还的故事变得越来越少了。
Home for now, residents who did escape are crowded into an evacuation center, their lives spared, but their futures uncertain.
逃脱的居民涌进疏散中心，成了目前的住所，他们活了下来，但他们的未来仍不确定。
本则影音新闻出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_asia/2011-03-15/amazing-japanese-tsunami-survival-stories.html
【佳句精选】
Calls for help were heard coming from this vehicle that was partially buried in mud.
从部分被埋没在土里的汽车中，传出呼救声。
【佳句精选】
Their lives spared, but their futures uncertain.
他们活了下来，但他们的未来仍不确定。
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