衛報：四川茂縣山體滑坡 141人失蹤

中國西南部茂縣新磨村突發山體高位垮塌，141人失蹤，46戶家庭被埋。當地政府已證實這個消息。包括警察在內的500多救援人員正在展開搜救。

More than 140 people are feared to have been buried by alandslidein south-west China.

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中國的西南部的山體滑坡，可以導致多達140人被埋。

辭彙：

landslide山崩，滑坡

e.g. Many are believed to have been asleep when thelandslidestruck.

據信山體滑坡發生時，許多區域已經完全毀壞。

The landslide from a nearby mountainengulfedmore than 40 homes and a hotel in Xinmo, a village in Sichuan province, at about 6 am local time (2300BST), the Mao county government said.

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茂縣政府說：大約早上6點（英國夏令時間），一座山滑坡吞沒了四川省新磨村的40多個家庭和1個旅館。

辭彙：

engulf吞沒，包住

BST：British Summer Time 英國夏令時

Provincialofficialssaid 141 people were missing and 1.6 kilometres (a mile) of road had been buried.

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省級官員說：141人失蹤，1.6千米（一英里）道路被埋。

辭彙：

provincial省的，州的

official公務員，行政官員

Rescuerspulled outthree people, two of whom survived, the official Sichuan Daily newspaper said. The paper also said a family of three, including a one-month-old, managed toescapeas the landslide hit their house.

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官方的四川每日報紙說：搜救人員救出3人，其中2個人活下來了。報紙還說，一個有一月大嬰兒的3人家庭，當山體滑坡到達他們的家時，他們試圖逃離。

辭彙：

rescuer搜救人員

pull out拔出

escape逃脫，逃離

It also blocked a 2km section of a river. Wang Yongbo, a local rescue official, told the state broadcasterCCTVan estimated 3m cubic metres (105m cubic feet) ofearth and rockhad fallen.

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山體滑坡也堵塞住了2公里河段。當地救援官員王永波（Wang Yongbo音譯）告訴中央廣播電視台，大約300萬立方米（105m cubic feet）泥石跨塌下來。

辭彙：

CCTV中央廣播電視台

earth and rock 泥土和岩石

More than 400 people, including police, were involved in the search and rescue effort. CCTV showed them usingdiggersand ropes to try todislodgelarge rocks.

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超過400個救援人員（包括警察）正在展開搜救。中央電視台播出救援人員正使用挖掘機和繩索將大的石頭移走。

辭彙：

digger挖掘機

dislodge移走，把…移走

and ropes

Mao county is home to about 110,000 people. Xinmo is known locally for tourism, bu tit is unclear whether any visitors might have been caught up in the landslide.

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茂縣是一個有著11萬人口的家園。新磨村以當地旅遊業而知名，但是目前還不清楚，是否有遊客在這次山體滑坡中被埋。

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