CNN News:瓦努阿圖國際救援工作正緩慢展開

圣帕特里克節(jié)快樂!

I`m Carl Azuz.

我是Carl Azuz。

CNN STUDENT NEWS is kicking off another 10 minutes of commercial-free coverage.

這里是十分鐘不含商業(yè)廣告的CNN時事新聞。

Authorities are slowly combing over the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It has 83 small island. About 65 of them are inhibited and it just suffered one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfill.

當局正在對這個南太平洋國家瓦努阿圖慢慢展開梳理工作，這是一個擁有83個小島的國家，大約65個小島受壓制，并且剛剛經歷了一次強風暴襲擊甚至淹沒了島嶼。

Tropical Cyclone Pam was a category five storm. At one point, it had sustained wind speeds of 165 miles per hour.

此次襲擊的“帕姆”氣旋是一種五級風暴，從一點來說，這個風暴時速可達165英里每小時。

It raked over Vanuatu for 24 hours last weekend. At least 24 lives were lost, but officials don`t know yet the full extent of the damage. They think this could be one of the worst disasters ever seen in the Pacific.

上周的時候它對瓦努阿圖發(fā)起了24小時的瘋狂襲擊，至少24人死亡，但是目前官方尚不清楚受損情況。他們認為這可能是太平洋史上從未有過的最嚴重的災害襲擊。

International aid is coming in slowly, but it`s hard to get to the islands. The fact that radio and phone communications have been knocked out is just one of the problems hampering recovery efforts.

國際救援工作正在緩慢展開，但是想要到達該島嶼非常困難。事實上廣播和電話通訊已經中斷，而這只是阻礙災后恢復工作其中一個問題。