CNN News: 意大利6.2級地震致至少247死 羅馬有震感

Breaking news from Italy leads off today`s show.

今天的頭條新聞來自意大利。

I`m Carl Azuz. We`re glad to have you watching.

我是卡爾·阿祖茲，非常高興大家收看CNN學生新聞.

The mayor of Amatrice, which is located in central Italy, says his town is no more. When a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday, Amatrice was at the epicenter. That`s the point in the earth`s surface directly above where the earthquake occurred. The town`s clock tower, its time stopped at the moment the earthquake hit, was one of the only structures still standing. Rescue efforts have been going on around the clock.

位于意大利中心的阿瑪特里切, 發(fā)生6.2級地震,市長說道,他的城市消失了. 周三凌晨,意大利發(fā)生6.2級地震, 阿瑪特里切處于震中.這正是地震發(fā)生的地表位置. 阿瑪特里切的鐘樓,時間停止在地震發(fā)生的那一刻,同時也是唯一屹立不倒的建筑. 救援工作在晝夜展開.

Volunteers have been using their bare hands to dig through rubble. There are several Italian villages that were affected. They`re in remote mountainous areas that can be hard to reach.

志愿者們用雙手挖掘廢墟.同時周圍的幾個意大利村莊也受到了地震的影響. 這些村莊地處偏僻,位于遙遠的山區(qū).

Italy`s prime minister says the quake killed at least 120 people, but warned that toll could increase. The quake was felt as far away as Rome, 100 miles from the epicenter. And dozens of aftershocks have been reported. Pope Francis asked people to pray for those affected.

意大利總理表示, 這場地震至少導致120遇難,并警示到,死亡人數(shù)可能會增加. 即使在距離震中100公里外的意大利首都羅馬也有震感. 據(jù)報道,不斷有余震發(fā)生. 教皇弗朗西斯一世要求人們?yōu)槭転牡貐^(qū)祈禱.

Earthquakes are entirely unpredictable. There are warning systems that can save some lives, but only under certain conditions.

地震是完全不可預測的. 即使,有警示系統(tǒng)可以挽救一些生命, 但是,只是在某些特定的條件下.