CCTV9英语新闻：Search area expanded after roads cleared_在线英语听力室

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For more details, let’s cross live to our reporter Ai Yang at Zhaotong airport.

Q1, Ai Yang, the golden 72 hours since the earthquake hit have now passed. How is the rescue work going? Are rescuers still pulling out survivors¹ from the rubble²?

Q2, The death toll³ soared on Wednesday. Can you tell us why?

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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 rubble
n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾
参考例句：
After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。 After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

3 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

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CCTV9英语新闻：Search area expanded after roads cleared