2014年12月17日 星期三
week6-Japan Mount Ontake volcano: Death toll reaches 47
1 October 2014 Last updated at 19:59
Rescue workers in Japan have recovered more bodies from Mount Ontake, bringing to 47 the number of those killed by Saturday's volcanic eruption.
The search resumed despite fears of toxic gases and another eruption.
The number of those unaccounted for is unknown but estimates say hundreds were at the summit at the time. Dozens were injured by falling debris.
Since then, volcanic tremors have been continuously detected with smoke still coming out of the volcano.
Police had earlier put the latest death toll at 48 but then revised it down by one.
The majority of bodies found near the summit on Wednesday were hikers, according to local police.
Helicopters have been used to bring the dead down from Mount Ontake.
Around 1,000 troops, police and fire fighters are involved in rescue operations.
The relatives of the dead and missing are waiting for news in a town hall in the nearby area of Kiso.
Danger continues
Experts have warned that the eruption is ongoing.
Seismologists had noticed increased seismic activity on Mount Ontake ahead of the eruption, but were still unprepared for what ensued.
The mountain, which is about 200km (125 miles) west of Tokyo, is one of Japan's 110 active volcanoes.
Its eruption on Saturday is the worst volcanic disaster in Japan for 90 years.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29440982
Structure of the Lead：
who- hikers died from volcano eruption
when-not given
what- Death toll reaches 47
why-not given
where-Ontake
how-not given
Keywords：
1.summit :頂點
2.Seismologists :地震學家
3.ensued:接著發生
2014年12月10日 星期三
week5-Still no trace of 200 kidnapped girls in Nigeria
November 3, 2014, 7:51 PM
JOHANNESBURG -- Hope of finding the 200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Islamic militants in Nigeria diminished even further today. Back in April their plight was a sensation with pleas for their rescue from all over the world. First Lady Michelle Obama and Hollywood celebrities joined that chorus.
What became of all of that?
There has been no trace of the kidnapped schoolgirls for nearly seven months now, despite Nigeria's assurances a rescue operation was underway.
Boko Haram leader Abubaker Shekau has released a new video mocking any attempts to find them.
"We have married them off," he said, speaking in Hausa. "They are all in their marital homes."
The girls were abducted from their school on the eve of their final exams. It sparked a world wide campaign for their release. Under immense pressure, the Nigerian government made a suprise announcement more than two weeks ago that a truce had been reached -- an end to Boko Haram's reign of violence, and a return of the girls to their desperate families.
But Shekau emphatically states there never was a truce.
"Only battle," he said. "Hitting, striking and kiling with a gun."
In July, a former negotiator told CBS News "imagine the worst and it has happened." He said there were reports that many of the girls had been repeatedly raped, and others were sent across the border to neighboring Chad and Cameroon. It appears this may have been right.
So why did the government announce they had a truce?
It looks like Nigerian government has been scammed. CBS News spoke to a man who had direct knowledge of the rescue talks. He told us the authorities paid millions of dollars to a person fraudulently representing Boko Haram but actually had no power to secure the release of the kidnapped girls.
CBS News made repeated calls to the government, which kept promising to respond, but they all went unanswered today.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/still-no-trace-of-200-kidnapped-girls-in-nigeria/
Structure of the Lead：
who- 200 kidnapped girls in Nigeria
what-were kidnapped
when-April
why-not given
where-Nigeria
how-There has been no trace of the kidnapped schoolgirls for nearly seven months now
key words:
1.diminished:減少了的
2.chorus:齊聲說道
3.martial:婚姻的
4.abducted:誘拐
5.scammed:騙局
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