230918 利比亚洪灾致上万人丧生：是天灾还是人祸
▍原文
Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea.
The death toll rose to over 6,000 people as of Wednesday morning local time.
Around 10,000 more are missing, potentially either swept out to sea or buried beneath rubble that’s strewn throughout the city.
▍语言点
- pile up 堆积 · pile /paɪl/ v. 堆放，叠放 · Problems were piling up at work. 工作中的问题越积越多。
- devastate /ˈdevəsteɪt/ v. 彻底摧毁，破坏
- torrential downpour 倾盆大雨 · torrential /tɔːˈrenʃ(ə)l/ adj. 倾泻的 · downpour /ˈdaʊnpɔːr/ n. 大雨，暴雨
- smash /smæʃ/ v. 猛烈撞击
- death toll (事故、战争、灾难等的)死亡人数
- potentially /poʊˈtenʃ(ə)li/ adv.可能地 · potential /poʊˈtenʃ(ə)l/ adj. 潜在的，可能的
- rubble /ˈrʌb(ə)l/ n. 碎石，碎砖，房屋被毁后的瓦砾堆
- strew /struː/ v. 把……布满、散布 · Clothes were strewn across the floor. 衣服扔得满地都是。