China to follow developments of Argentine train crash

 　　BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- A Foreign Ministry¹ spokesman said Friday that the Chinese Embassy in Buenos Aires will "closely follow the developments" in a recent train crash in Argentina that claimed the lives of dozens of people, including one Chinese national.

　　The embassy has got in touch with the relatives of the Chinese victim and provided them with necessary aid, spokesman Hong Lei said at a regular press briefing.

　　Hong said the embassy will help to properly handle the aftermath of the accident.

　　A packed commuter² train crashed into station buffers³ in Buenos Aires during rush hour Wednesday morning, killing⁴ at least 50 people and injuring 703 others.

　　The Chinese victim, a woman surnamed Lei, had been listed as missing.

1 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。

2 commuter   

n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
• She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

3 buffers   

起缓冲作用的人（或物）( buffer的名词复数 )； 缓冲器； 减震器； 愚蠢老头

参考例句：

• To allocate and schedule the use of buffers. 分配和计划缓冲器的使用。
• Number of times the stream has paused due to insufficient stream buffers. 由于流缓冲区不足导致流程暂停的次数。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。