Death toll from Hubei landslide rises to 31 |
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| Nov. 25 - Rescuers found another body of the victim from Tuesday's landslide1 in central China's Hubei Province Sunday morning, bringing the death toll2 of the accident to 31.
The newly-found victim was identified as a 32-year-old resident of Daganping Village, Badong County, whose surname is Yang.
He is one of the two construction workers who were reported missing after the accident, the rescue headquarters told Xinhua.
Yang's family have arrived at the site to deal with the aftermath, said Tang Mingyi, spokesman with the rescue headquarters.
The landslide occurred at around 8:40 a.m. on Tuesday at the entrance of the railway tunnel at Badong County. About 3,000 cubic meters of rubble3 buried a nearby construction site and a long-distance bus passing by, which is said to have 30 people aboard.
One construction worker was killed at the site and another 29 passengers on the bus from Shanghai to Lichuan city in Hubei were found dead later.
Rescuers are searching for the rest missing, including Yang's colleague, a 46-year-old Daganping villager whose surname is Li and the last passenger on the bus, said the spokesman.
However, the victim number may be larger than expected as rescuer at the site said they have found three motorcycles from the debris4 on early Saturday morning, which has not been confirmed by the rescuer headquarters.
The central government has paid great attention to the accident. The State Council will set up a task force to carry out investigation5 into the accident, said Wang Dexue, deputy head of the State Administration on Work Safety.
The task force will include investigators6 from the State Administration on Work Safety, the ministries7 of Railways, Supervision8 and the All China Federation9 of Trade Unions, said Wang, who arrived at the site on Friday afternoon to supervise the rescue operation.
"The accident has caused great losses to local people and we should draw lessons from it to prevent reoccurrence of similar accidents," said Wang, who also requires full cooperation for investigation from different government departments concerned.
Rescuers are working around clock to clear the site to ensure the traffic of the State Highway 318, which links Shanghai to Tibet, can be resumed by the end of this month as planned, said Zhang Xinhua, head of the rescue headquarters.
However, it is a difficult job as the highway was blocked with huge boulders10 and they had to blow them up.
Meanwhile, experts have finished collecting DNA11 samples of the recovered bodies found inside the bus, which was crumbled12 to a pile of wreckages.
Most of the victim families have arrived at the Badong County. According to Zhang, local government has drafted two compensation plans for the families of passengers and construction workers respectively.
"The exact amount of compensation is under negotiation13, but it is sure that the opinions of the victims' families will be given full consideration," said Zhang.
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landslide
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| n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利 |
参考例句： |
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
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toll
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| n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟) |
参考例句： |
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
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rubble
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| n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾 |
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- After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
- After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
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debris
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| n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片 |
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- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
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investigation
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| n.调查，调查研究 |
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- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
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investigators
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| n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 ) |
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- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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ministries
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| （政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期 |
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- Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
- The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
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supervision
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| n.监督，管理 |
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- The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
- The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
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federation
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| n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会 |
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- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
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boulders
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| n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 )；巨砾；（受水或天气侵蚀而成的）巨石；漂砾 |
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- Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静，海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下，入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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DNA
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| (缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸 |
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- DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
- Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
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crumbled
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| （把…）弄碎， （使）碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 衰落； 坍塌； 损坏 |
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- He crumbled the bread in his fingers. 他用手指把面包捻碎。
- Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt. 商行破产了，我们的希望也破灭了。
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negotiation
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| n.谈判，协商 |
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- They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
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