Typhoon Sinlaku Strikes Taiwan
辛乐克台风侵袭台湾
【新闻关键字】
1. collapse: v. 倒塌
2. struck: v.p.t., 侵袭
3. sustained: adj. 持续的
4. torrential rains: n. 豪雨
5. mudslides: n. 土石流
Anchor: Today, four people are dead and seven missing, after Typhoon Sinlaku caused a section of a bridge in central Taiwan to collapse. Here’s more.
新闻主播：在辛乐克台风造成一座在中台湾的桥梁一部分倒塌后，有四人死亡、七人失踪。
STORY: Sinlaku struck Taiwan with sustained winds up to 100 miles an hour on Sunday, bringing torrential rains and massive mudslides. Seventeen people were injured in some mountainous areas of the north. 新闻内容：辛乐克台风以平均风速达到每小时100哩的速度，在周日带来豪雨与巨大的山崩。在北部一些山区，有 17人受伤。
【新闻关键字】
6. plunge: v. 跌进
7. span: n. 桥面
8. fatality: n. 死亡事故
9. occur: v. 发生
10. motor scooter: n. 机车
Part of a bridge in Taichung county of central Taiwan collapsed, killing at least one person in a vehicle that plunged from thespan into fast-moving waters below. 在中台湾台中县的一座桥梁的部分倒塌，造成掉进急流中的车辆内至少一人死亡。
[Mrs. Lei, Victim’s Wife]:
“I told him that the third bridge might shut down because of the heavy rain. He said, ‘It’s all fixed, nothing to worry about,’ then he was killed the next day.” 罹难者的妻子雷太太说：“我告诉他第三座桥可能因豪雨关闭，他说“都整修过了，没啥好担心的”，然后他隔天就死了。”
Two others died in a mudslide in northern Taiwan. The fourth fatality occurred when a motor scooter slid into the ocean.
在北台湾，另外两人死于土石流。第四个死亡事件则发生于机车滑进海洋之中。
11. evacuation: n. 撤离
12. agricultural losses: n. 农业损失
Since Saturday the storm has caused hundreds of mudslides, left more than a quarter million without power, and led to more than 1,5000 evacuations. Agricultural losses are estimated to be close to $3.5 million dollars. 自周六起，暴风雨已引起数百起土石流，造成25万户停电，并且导致超过1万5千户撤离。农业损失据估计接近350万美元。
The typhoon will weaken to a tropical storm as it heads for Japan. Sinlaku is the fourth storm of the season to hit the island this year. 当辛乐克台风继续朝向日本前进时，将减弱为热带风暴。辛乐克是今年侵袭台湾的第四个季节性台风。
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