VOA慢速英語：巴基斯坦在建工廠大樓倒塌，有人從廢墟下打電話求救

Workers at a collapsed Pakistani factory begged for rescue and called for help on mobile phones Thursday.

周四，在倒塌的巴基斯坦工廠里，一名工人從廢墟下用手機(jī)打電話求救。

One of the trapped workers told a Pakistani television station the roof collapsed. Many workers were trapped in thebasement, while others shouted for help through the fallen brick. Some used mobile phones to contact family and friends.

其中一名被困工人告訴巴基斯坦電視臺，工廠屋頂坍塌。許多工人被困在地下室，而另一些人則透過倒塌的磚大聲呼救。還有些人則使用手機(jī)聯(lián)系家人與朋友。

A man comforts a family member of a factory worker buried in rubble after the building collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The factory building under construction in an industrial area on the outskirts of Pakistan's eastern city.

The collapse killed at least 20 people, and 80 were hurt.

倒塌至少造成20人死亡，80人受傷。

Rescue officials said they believe 150 people were inside the multi-level factory. The top floor of the factory was under construction.

救援官員表示，可能還有多達(dá)150名工人被埋于工廠廢墟下。而該工廠的頂層正在加蓋施工中。

It was difficult to determine who was inside because factory supervisors were among those trapped.

很難確定誰被困于廢墟之下，因?yàn)楣S主管也被困于廢墟之下。

The cause of the collapse is unknown. Some Pakistani officials believe the earthquake two weeks ago weakened the structure. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

目前工廠倒塌的原因還不得而知。一些巴基斯坦官員認(rèn)為，可能是由于兩周前的強(qiáng)地震削弱了建筑結(jié)構(gòu)。

Rescue and recovery machinery arrived for the rescue. Family members stood next to the machines and waited for trapped relatives to be found.

搜尋與救援機(jī)器被運(yùn)送至現(xiàn)場進(jìn)行救援。家庭成員站在機(jī)器旁，等待被困的親戚被發(fā)現(xiàn)。

At least 24 people were killed in September 2014 when a mosque collapsed. A factory collapsed in February 2012 that killed 17 people, including children.

2014年9月，一座清真寺倒塌，造成至少24人死亡。2012年2月，一個工廠倒塌，導(dǎo)致17人死亡，其中包括兒童。

I'm Anna Matteo.

我是安娜·馬特奧。

Jim Dresbach adapted this story for Learning English VOA News. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

mobile– adj. able to be moved, in this case, a phone not connected by wires that is held by hand

basement– n. the part of a building that is entirely or partly below the ground

mosque– n. a place of religious worship by Muslims