VOA慢速英語：斯里蘭卡山體滑坡傳200戶活埋

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[00:00.00]More than 200 families are reported missing in central Sri Lanka after landslides. [00:07.69]Heavy rains caused the slides which buried three farming villages [00:13.79]near the town of Aranayaka in Kegalle district. [00:18.16]The Sri Lankan Red Cross said rescuers had found 180 people so far. [00:24.89]It also said 14 bodies were recovered. [00:29.05]Local civilians joined police and hundreds of soldiers [00:33.65]in digging through the mud with their hands, sticks and shovels to search for survivors. [00:41.52]Officials halted the operation when night came. [00:45.40]The search and rescue effort is to re-start in the morning. [00:49.80]Continuing rain, heavy fog and electrical outages in the area interfered with the search work. [00:59.37]Officials warned that the rain could cause additional landslides. [01:03.63]The Red Cross said that some people listed as missing [01:09.20]may have left the area earlier after warnings of possible landslides. [01:15.09]One woman, 70-year-old A.G. Alice from the village of Siripura, [01:23.36]said she did not know where any of her nine children are. [01:26.55]In the same village, a man said four members of his family were [01:32.42]in the same house when the landslide hit. He said he cannot find any. [01:37.84]A government official said hundreds of people escaped the disaster. [01:42.97]The official said they are being treated for minor injuries. [01:48.20]Villagers said they began hearing and seeing the huge piles of mud [01:53.80]and debris crash around their homes Tuesday afternoon. [01:58.28]“I heard a huge sound like a plane crashing into the earth,” said 52-year-old A.G. Kamala. [02:07.85]She had just returned to her home in Siripura village. [02:12.53]“I opened my door. I could not believe my eyes, [02:16.49]as I saw something like a huge fireball rolling down the mountain and again a huge sound.” [02:24.16]The rain has caused flooding in areas across Sri Lanka, including the country’s capital Colombo. [02:32.60]Officials said about 135,000 Sri Lankans had to flee their homes and are now in temporary shelters. [02:42.52]Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center said lightning strikes [02:47.26]and smaller landslides also killed at least 11 people over the past few days. [02:54.56]I’m Bryan Lynn.

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200 Families Feared Buried in Sri Lanka Landslides

斯里蘭卡山體滑坡傳200戶活埋

More than 200 families are reported missing in central Sri Lanka after landslides.

斯里蘭卡中部發(fā)生山體滑坡，200余戶家庭被報(bào)失蹤。

Heavy rains caused the slides which buried three farming villages near the town of Aranayaka in Kegalle district. The Sri Lankan Red Cross said rescuers had found 180 people so far. It also said 14 bodies were recovered.

大雨侵襲首都科倫坡東北方凱格勒山區(qū)的阿拉納亞卡市 (Aranayaka)，發(fā)生泥石流，造成附近三個(gè)村落被掩埋。斯里蘭卡紅十字會(huì)表示救援人員目前已發(fā)現(xiàn)180名幸存者，還找到14具尸體。

Local civilians joined police and hundreds of soldiers in digging through the mud with their hands, sticks and shovels to search for survivors. Officials halted the operation when night came. The search and rescue effort is to re-start in the morning.

當(dāng)?shù)厥忻?、警察和上百位官兵同他們的手，棍子和鏟子挖開泥土，搜尋幸存者。夜幕降臨時(shí)官方暫停了搜尋工作，并將于第二天清晨重新展開搜尋和營救工作。

Continuing rain, heavy fog and electrical outages in the area interfered with the search work. Officials warned that the rain could cause additional landslides.

與南地區(qū)持續(xù)降雨，加之大霧和電力中斷，搜尋工作十分艱難。官方警告這雨天或會(huì)再次引發(fā)泥石流。

The Red Cross said that some people listed as missing may have left the area earlier after warnings of possible landslides.

紅十字會(huì)表示失蹤名單上的一些人可能會(huì)在聽說又再次發(fā)生泥石流的警告之后就早已離開。

One woman, 70-year-old A.G. Alice from the village of Siripura, said she did not know where any of her nine children are.

70歲的A.G.愛麗絲來自席利波拉(Siripura)，她說她的9個(gè)孩子下落不明。

In the same village, a man said four members of his family were in the same house when the landslide hit. He said he cannot find any.

同時(shí)這村的一男子說他家的其他4個(gè)家庭成員事發(fā)時(shí)同在一個(gè)房子中。他說他現(xiàn)在誰也找不到。

A government official said hundreds of people escaped the disaster. The official said they are being treated for minor injuries.

一政府官員表示災(zāi)難發(fā)生時(shí)數(shù)百人逃離。這位官員說,他們正在因身體受了輕傷而入院接受治療。

Villagers said they began hearing and seeing the huge piles of mud and debris crash around their homes Tuesday afternoon.

村民們表示周二下午他們聽到看到巨大的泥堆和碎石在他們房子周圍相撞。

“I heard a huge sound like a plane crashing into the earth,” said 52-year-old A.G. Kamala. She had just returned to her home in Siripura village. “I opened my door. I could not believe my eyes, as I saw something like a huge fireball rolling down the mountain and again a huge sound.”

“我聽到一聲巨響，就像是一顆行星撞擊地球那樣的響聲。”52歲的 A.G.卡馬拉說，她當(dāng)時(shí)剛回到位于席利波拉的家，“我打開房門，我不敢相信自己的眼睛，我看到像一個(gè)巨大火球的物體從山上滾下來，接著就又是一聲巨響。”

The rain has caused flooding in areas across Sri Lanka, including the country’s capital Colombo. Officials said about 135,000 Sri Lankans had to flee their homes and are now in temporary shelters.

這場大雨已造成斯里蘭卡大部分地區(qū)發(fā)生洪水，其中包括其首都科倫坡。官員表示約有13.5萬斯里蘭卡人不得不離開家暫住在臨時(shí)的避難所。

Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center said lightning strikes and smaller landslides also killed at least 11 people over the past few days.

斯里蘭卡災(zāi)害管理中心過去幾天內(nèi)發(fā)生的閃電和小型山體滑坡還造成了至少11人死亡。

I’m Bryan Lynn.

我是布萊恩·林恩。