【读新闻学英语】惨！火车爆炸致至少25人死亡 47人受伤
By 新西兰先驱报中文网· 2019年02月28日 00:59
A train slammed into a barrier at Cairo's main railway station and exploded on Wednesday, sparking a major fire that killed at least 25 people and injured 47.
本周三，一列火车在开罗的一个主要火车站撞上防护栏并爆炸，引发重大火灾，造成至少25人死亡，47人受伤。
slamm into：猛烈撞击
explode：爆炸
Hours later, Transportation Minister Hisham Arafat resigned, according to a cabinet statement.
几小时后，根据一份内阁声明，交通部长希沙姆·阿拉法特辞职。
cabinet：内阁
Egypt's National Railway Authority said in a statement that the blaze erupted after the train struck a concrete barrier at Ramses Station, in central Cairo. The train's fuel tank exploded, sending a huge ball of flames that engulfed the platforms and nearby buildings.
埃及国家铁路管理局在一份声明中说，这列火车撞上开罗市中心拉姆西斯车站的混凝土防护栏。火车燃料箱爆炸并引发大火，巨大的火球吞噬了月台和临近的建筑。
fuel tank：燃料箱
engulf：包围；吞没
Images on Egyptian television and social media showed heavy plumes of black smoke rising from the station as ambulances and fire engines arrived.
埃及电视和社交媒体上的图像显示，当救护车和消防车到达时，车站里冒出了大量黑烟。
A plume of : 一缕 (烟雾等)
"Suddenly everything turned orange," said Hend Ahmad el-Taher, 30, a teacher, who was inside a cafeteria waiting for his train to depart when the accident occurred. "People in flames were running and screaming."
“突然间，一切都变成了橙红色，”30岁的老师Hend Ahmad el-Taher说，事发当时，他正在一家餐厅里等着他要坐的那趟火车发车。 “大火中的人们都边跑边叫。”
occur：发生
Egypt's railway infrastructure has long been neglected, and previous train accidents have been blamed on a lack of investment and poor management of the railway network.
埃及的铁路基础设施长期以来一直被忽视，之前的火车事故都被归咎于缺乏投资和铁路网络管理不善。
infrastructure：基础设施
neglect：忽视
In August 2017, 43 people were killed when two passenger trains collided near the northern coastal city of Alexandria. And in 2002, a fire swept through an overcrowded train near Cairo, killing more than 370 people. It was the nation's deadliest train accident.
2017年8月，两辆客运列车在北部沿海城市亚历山大港附近相撞，造成43人死亡。 2002年，一场火灾席卷了开罗附近一列拥挤的火车，造成370多人死亡。这是该国最严重的火车事故。
collide：相撞
sweep through：(使)扫过…(使)迅速传遍于…
On Wednesday, most of those killed were on the platform, waiting for their trains or heading toward the exit.
周三，大多数遇难者都是在月台上等待他们的火车到来或正前往[火车站] 出口的人们。
platform：月台
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