2006年VOA标准英语-International Community Mobilizes to Help Indon

By Kate Woodsome
Hong Kong
28 May 2006

Doctor checks an injured earthquake survivor¹ at a hospital in Bantul, Yogyakarta, May 28, 2006  
  
International relief efforts are under way to help Indonesia's central Java residents after Saturday's earthquake killed more than 4,000 people and injured thousands more.

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Soldiers, medical workers and rescue teams are scrambling² to help survivors³ of a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the ancient city of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas early Saturday morning.

The Indonesian Red Cross says $10 million is needed with as many as 200,000 people displaced. Surgeons and medicines are in short supply.

The United States and China have offered $2 million each. Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Australia are among the nations sending help.

Putu Suriawan, with the Indonesian Red Cross, tells VOA the next challenge is bringing supplies in with the local airport damaged.

"From the Yogya airport, the traffic will be jammed. It is very full. It doesn't have any access and the main road is always closed," he said.

Supplies are being diverted to the airport in Solo, an hour's drive away. Officials hope to have the Yogyakarta airport reopened by Monday.

Survivors are returning to their ruined houses after spending the night outdoors out of concern for aftershocks. Others are searching for family members who were caught sleeping during the quake and are still buried beneath the rubble⁴.

The disaster zone is not far from Mount Merapi, one of the world most active volcanoes, which has been threatening to erupt for weeks.

Officials say the quake was not related to the volcano's recent activity, but could trigger more lava⁵ flows or a full eruption⁶.

1 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

2 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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

4 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。

5 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

6 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。