【學英文 懂新聞】0403臺灣大地震喚醒921惡夢
2024年4月3日上午7時58分，正當大家忙著通勤上班、上學之際，全臺一陣劇烈天搖地動，瞬間喚醒25年前921大地震的惡夢。
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7 dead, 77 trapped after strongest quake to hit Taiwan in 25 years
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The death toll following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Taiwan on Wednesday (April 3) has risen to seven, while 77 remain trapped and over 730 people are believed to be injured.
The east coast county of Hualien bore the brunt of the strongest earthquake to have hit Taiwan in 25 years, and the majority of deaths and injuries occurred there. CNA reported that three people died on the Dekalun Trail in Hualien’s mountainous Taroko National Park, where many landslides and rockfalls occurred.
A woman said to be a teacher died in the eight-story Tian-wang-hsing Building (天王星大樓) that partially collapsed in Hualien, and her body was found at around 2 p.m. A further 23 people were rescued from the building, four of whom were injured.
【譯文】臺灣25年來最強地震 7死77受困
臺北（臺灣新聞）—週三（4月3日）發生芮氏規模7.2地震，死亡人數上升至7人，77人仍受困，730多人受傷。（注：截至13日13時統計，已經有17人不幸罹難，1,155人受傷）
位在東海岸的花蓮縣首當其衝，遭受臺灣25年來最強烈的地震襲擊，大部分死傷集中在當地。中央社報導，花蓮山區太魯閣國家公園得卡倫步道（the Dekalun Trail）多處發生山崩和落石，造成3人死亡。
花蓮樓高8層的天王星大廈半傾倒，造成1名女教師死亡，屍體在下午2點左右發現。另外23人從大樓中獲救，當中有4人受傷。
【單字/詞解析】
toll
名詞 /tol/ 死傷人數
自然發音：t-oll
英解：the number of deaths or casualties arising from a natural disaster, conflict, accident, etc.
例句：The death toll continues to mount.（死亡人數持續攀升。）
strike
動詞 /straɪk/ 突然侵襲
自然發音：st-rike
英解：to occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects on
例句：COVID-19 has struck the whole world for at least 3 years.（新冠病毒已襲捲全世界至少3年了。）
trap
動詞 /træp/ 陷入困境
自然發音：tr-ap
英解：unable to move or escape from a place or situation
例句：Two people are still trapped in the wreck.（有兩人仍受困殘骸中。）
bear the brunt
片語/ˈbɛr/ /ˈbrʌnt/ 首當其衝
自然發音：bear-the-br-unt
英解：to receive the worst part of an attack
例句：The secretary has to bear the brunt of the boss's temper.（祕書必須首先承受老闆的脾氣。）
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