PBS高端访谈:地震过后 意大利设立全国哀悼日

 　　HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Good evening, and thanks for joining us.

　　As Italy marked a national day of mourning, rescue workers spent a fourth day searching for survivors¹ of the devastating² earthquake, but found none. Italian authorities say at least 291 people were killed when the overnight quake struck mainly in three towns on Wednesday. Almost 400 injured are in hospitals.

　　Today, Italy's president and prime minister attended a state funeral for 35 of those victims, including two children in tiny white coffins³. The worst hit town is Amatrice, and that's where "NewsHour" weekend special correspondent Christopher Livesay joins us.

　　Christopher, the funerals for all these people began today.

　　CHRISTOPHER LIVESAY, NEWHOUR WEEKEND SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right. In fact, today was declared a national day of mourning, the prime minister and president both were here in attendance. Now, it was originally scheduled to be a day of celebration. Today would have marked the 50th anniversary of the town of Amatrice's famous pasta dish, La Pasta Amatriciana.

　　Amatrice is the town where I'm standing⁴ right now, and it was at the epicenter of this quake. One of the sad stories you come across is the fact that because of this food festival, the town's population practically doubled because of all the visitors who were here from elsewhere in Italy and even further afield. So, of course, that celebration did not take place. Instead there was a state funeral in a town nearby here called Ascoli Piceno.

　　There were lots of sad stories told there. One, however, was sort of uplifting, it was story of two sisters, one who actually seemed to have sacrificed herself grabbing on to her little sister who is four years old. The big sister died but the little sister was able to survive.

　　地震过后 意大利设立全国哀悼日

　　SREENIVASAN: All right. What about the rescue turning into recovery efforts. What about those who are still missing?

　　LIVESAY: Well, in this city there are approximately 20 people who are still unaccounted for. So, technically⁵, the rescue effort is still ongoing⁶, there is 100-hour window which rescuers can still expect to find, or at least hope to find survivors if the survivors have some access to water.

　　However, that window is now closing, so the rescuers I speak to really don't seem optimistic. In fact, they tell me that they only expect to recover bodies at this point.

　　SREENIVASAN: And this is not a region that's unfamiliar⁷ with earthquake, some of the buildings behind you were supposed to be retro-fitted to be stronger, what happened?

　　LIVESAY: That's absolutely right. Well, that's a good question. In fact a state prosecutor⁸ has opened up over a hundred probes into building that allegedly should have been stable and should have been able to withstand a quake like this. The question is, why didn't they? Was it a question of the money never getting to where it should be? Was it a question of corruption⁹? In fact, Italy is a country that is no stranger when it comes to corruption, and that's a question that we're hearing asked when it comes to the reconstruction¹⁰ period.

　　In fact, the Italian anti-corruption czar spoke¹¹ out against that today, warning against mafia infiltration¹². Italy, as you know, is a seismic¹³ region. It's had lots of earthquakes in the past. There have been cases of these big lucrative¹⁴ building contracts going out to people with mafia connections. So, that's something that officials are looking out for right now.

　　SREENIVASAN: All right. Christopher Livesay, joining us from Amatrice, Italy — thanks so much.

　　LIVESAY: Thank you, Hari.

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

3 coffins   

n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 )；使某人早亡[死，完蛋，垮台等]之物

参考例句：

• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
• Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里，捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

6 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

7 unfamiliar   

adj.陌生的，不熟悉的

参考例句：

• I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
• The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。

8 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

9 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

10 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。

11 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

12 infiltration   

n.渗透；下渗；渗滤；入渗

参考例句：

• The police tried to prevent infiltration by drug traffickers. 警方尽力阻止毒品走私分子的潜入。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A loss in volume will occur if infiltration takes place. 如果发生了渗润作用，水量就会减少。 来自辞典例句

13 seismic   

a.地震的，地震强度的

参考例句：

• Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves.地震产生两种地震波。
• The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。

14 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。