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德国法兰克福现二战巨型炸弹 6万余人被要求撤离

Frankfurt, Germany, is a city of more than 700,000 people in the west central part of the country.

And more than 60,000 of them will have to leave their homes this weekend because a bomb was found near the center of the city. It's both an explosive¹ and a relic².

This bomb was dropped by a British plane during World War II, but it wasn't discovered until this week, during construction near part of a university.

It's a large explosive, 1.4 tons, capable³ of leveling a city block. And though police say there's no danger to the public right now, they want the area cleared out on Sunday morning before they start the work of defusing it.

According to America's Smithsonian Institution, half the bombs dropped on Europe during World War II fell on Germany and as much as 10 percent of them never went off. Reconstruction⁴ in the country started shortly after the war was over and more than seven decades later, many bombs still turned up in Germany every year.

They're old but dangerous, requiring bomb disposal⁵ experts to find, defuse and get them away from the public. The upcoming evacuation in Frankfurt is one of the largest since the war.

1 explosive   

adj.爆炸的，爆发的；极易引起争论的；n.炸药

参考例句：

• Where's the rest of the explosive?剩下的炸药在哪里？
• Gelignite is a high explosive.葛里炸药是一种烈性炸药。

2 relic   

n.神圣的遗物，遗迹，纪念物

参考例句：

• This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
• He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。

3 capable   

adj.有能力的，有才能的

参考例句：

• The new woman secretary was extremely clever and capable.这位新来的女秘书很是精明强干。
• Jim is capable at sports.吉姆擅长运动。

4 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

5 disposal   

n.处理，消除，销毁，处置；弃菜碾碎器

参考例句：

• The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem.安全处置核废料是个大问题。
• You had better discuss with her the disposal of the furniture.你最好和她讨论一下如何布置家具。