新西兰英语 408 Christchurch earthquake

　　After Tuesday’s terrible earthquake, 200 people are still missing, almost certainly dead. Just over 100 bodies have already been recovered from collapsed² buildings. Thousands of people still have no power, water or sewerage system. Thousands of homes are so badly damaged that nobody can live in them.
This 6.3 earthquake was an after shock from the 7.1 earthquake September 4th but this time it was much worse. This is because it was closer to the centre of the city, it was only 5km deep and it happened in the middle of the day when people were at work. Also many buildings which did not collapse¹ on September 4th, were weakened by that quake.
How will Christchurch ever recover from this terrible disaster?

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 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。