时间:2019-02-05 作者:英语课 分类:英语新闻


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Greek firefighters are facing another day battling wildfires still threatening areas north of Athens.
  Thousands of residents of the capital's northern suburbs were forced to leave their homes as dozens of houses and large areas of forest were burnt.
  But a Greek government spokesman told the BBC things were now looking much better in the Athens area and the immediate 1 danger had passed.
  At dawn, aircraft resumed water-dropping on the fires.
  The BBC's Dominic Hughes in Athens says large areas are deserted 2 except for fire crews, army and police, but some residents have refused to leave.
  See map of affected 3 regionTo the north, the town of Marathon, with important archaeological (考古)sites, was encircled by fires but appears to have been spared.
  More than 90 fires are thought to have started since Saturday and more than 37,000 acres of land have been burnt.
  While no casualties have been reported, a regional Athens governor, Yiannis Sgouros, has called the fires an "ecological 4 disaster".
  'Begging for help'
  AT THE SCENEDominic Hughes, BBC News, AthensFirefighters will be relieved to see the wind has dropped a little overnight. Gale 5 force winds had driven more than 80 fires into some of Athens' suburbs at a tremendous speed.
  Some residents have refused to leave, choosing to fight the fires with whatever they can lay their hands on.
  But while these fires have not proved as deadly as those two years ago which claimed more than 70 lives, officials are warning that many blazes(大火) are still not under control.
  Almost all of the approximately 10,000 inhabitants of Agios Stefanos, 23km (14 miles) north-east of Athens, fled on Sunday by vehicle or on foot.
  But others refused to leave, carrying out a desperate defence of their homes with garden hoses, buckets, and shovels 6, the BBC's Dominic Hughes reports from Athens.
  Overnight, the town of Marathon found itself threatened with flames reported to have raced down a hill, with ancient monuments and museums in danger, but this threat now appears to have passed.
  One Athens resident told the BBC the fires were having a huge impact on the city.
  "You can smell it, no matter how far away you drive. There's a thick cloud of smoke all over Athens," said Katerina Drakopoulos.
  "The streets are packed. People have panicked(惊慌失措), just trying to save their houses. It's been ridiculously windy."The mayor of Marathon, Spyros Zagaris, said he had been "begging the government to send over planes and helicopters" to no avail.
  But government spokesman Panos Livadas told the BBC things had improved since the extraordinarily 7 difficult conditions of the first 24 hours of the fires, and praised the firefighting effort.
  "Things are looking much better this morning," he said.
  "The work [of the] firemen and firewomen has ... been extraordinary... - very efficient, they have done everything humanly possible and I think it's indicative of the efficiency of their work the fact that no human loss of life was there.""Immediate dangers are over," he added.
  'Difficult fight'
  Mayor Zagaris was among several local leaders who accused the government of having no plan to fight the fire.
  But Finance Minister Yiannis Papathanassiou dismissed the claims.
  "This is not the time for criticism under these tragic 8 conditions," he was quoted as saying by AP news agency. "We are fighting a difficult fight."The winds died down during the night, allowing firefighters some respite 9, and ground crews worked to create fire protection zones after planes and helicopters stopped flying as darkness fell.
  Brabant flees home as fires rageFighting the flamesIn pictures: Greek wildfiresGreek wildfires: Your picturesAt first light on Monday, water-dropping aircraft resumed operations, and are due to be assisted by aircraft from France, Italy and Cyprus. Strong winds are expected to resume by midday.
  Nearly 2,000 firefighters and soldiers are engaging the blaze on the ground, together with hundreds of volunteers.
  Multiple fires have been burning across an area some 50km wide, fanned by strong and unpredictable winds.
  Dozens of homes were burnt down and a state of emergency was declared in the Athens area, which was shrouded 10 in smoke.
  The fires began late on Friday in Grammatiko, near Marathon. They spread rapidly through forests, and by Sunday morning, were closing in on the Athens suburbs of Drafi, Pikermi and Pallini.
  The fires are the worst since those in 2007 which killed about 70 people.
  In July, dozens of fires burnt through thousands of hectares of land in other parts of Greece, Spain, France and Italy.
  According to the conservation group Greenpeace, heat waves and drier conditions are leading to larger and more uncontrollable forest fires across the whole Mediterranean 11 region.(本文由在线英语听力室)

adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
adj.生态的,生态学的
  • The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
  • Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.
n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等)
  • We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
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n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份
  • workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人
  • In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天,我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。 来自辞典例句
adv.格外地;极端地
  • She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
  • The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨,大海出奇地宁静。
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
n.休息,中止,暂缓
  • She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
  • Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。
v.隐瞒( shroud的过去式和过去分词 );保密
  • The hills were shrouded in mist . 这些小山被笼罩在薄雾之中。
  • The towers were shrouded in mist. 城楼被蒙上薄雾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的
  • The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
  • Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
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