Israeli teenager admits causing Carmel fire

    JERUSALEM, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli teenager on Monday admitted throwing a piece of burning charcoal¹（木炭） into the woods, causing the massive fire that ravaged（毁坏） northern Israel in the past three days, local daily Ha'aretz reported.
    Police suspected the 14-year-old of negligence² and detained him early Monday. The boy confessed his acts to the investigators³ afterwards, saying that he smoked waterpipe near the Druze village of Usfiya and later hurled⁴ burning charcoal into the forest. After seeing large fire broke out, the panic boy ran away without reporting to anyone.
    Usfiya is located at northern Israel's Carmel mountain range（山脉）, where the massive bushfire broke out early Thursday. The fire claimed 41 lives, forced the evacuation of 17,000 residents from their homes and left behind 50 square km of torched land before being fully⁵ subdued⁶ on Sunday evening.
    Damages from what the Israeli officials called "the historic disaster" will amount to 810 million U.S dollars to 1.08 billion U. S. dollars. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a decision taken at Sunday's weekly cabinet session has instructed the Finance Ministry⁷ to immediately allocate⁸ 60 million shekels ( about 16.5 million U.S. dollars) in an aid package to regional councils and residents of kibbutzim and Druse villages in the area.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）
 

1 charcoal   

n.炭，木炭，生物炭

参考例句：

• We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。
• Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。

2 negligence   

n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意

参考例句：

• They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
• The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。

3 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 hurled   

v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
• The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 allocate   

vt.分配，分派；把…拨给；把…划归

参考例句：

• You must allocate the money carefully.你们必须谨慎地分配钱。
• They will allocate fund for housing.他们将拨出经费建房。