VOA慢速英语：缅甸玉矿滑坡死亡人数上升

At least 100 bodies have been recovered and 100 are still missing following a landslide near a jade mine in northern Myanmar Saturday.

周六，缅甸北部克钦邦境内一处玉石矿发生山体滑坡，导致至少100人死亡，100人仍然失踪。

Rescue workers continued to pull bodies from the landslide on Monday. They recovered 113 bodies when the search was suspended Monday night in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Two of the bodies recovered were women, Reuters said.

周一，救援人员陆续从泥土砂石中挖出遇难者尸体。据路透社报道，周一晚上，在缅甸停止搜救时，他们已发现113具遇难者尸体，其中两具尸体为女性。

Soldiers carry the bodies of miners killed by a landslide in a jade mining area in Hpakhant, in Myanmar's Kachin state on November 22, 2015.

One official said he is not sure "how many people exactly were buried since we don't have any data on people living there. The workers were living in tents."

一位官员表示：“对于多少人居住在这里并无任何统计数据，因此他也不确定有多少人被掩埋。工人们都居住在帐篷里。”

Officials explained a man-made mountain ofdebris from the mine collapsed at a dump site. The debris buried a settlement near a mine controlled by the Triple One Jade Mining Company.

官员们解释道，在一个垃圾场，一处玉石矿坍塌，形成一座碎石土人造山。这些碎石土埋葬一座位于玉石矿附近的住宅区，该玉矿受控于三一玉矿公司。

The military worked with local residents in rescue and recovery missions. Heavy equipment was used.

军方与当地居民一起参与救援并进行灾后恢复工作，并且调动重型设备。

Ko Sai is a miner at a neighboring camp. He said the landslide hit around 3 a.m., when many miners were sleeping.

Ko Sai是相邻帐篷的一名矿工。他说当天凌晨3时发生山体滑坡，许多矿工大都在睡觉。

The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported the man-made mountain of rubble was 60 meters high. Only five tents were not buried.

全球《缅甸新光报》报道，碎石人造山高达60米，只有5个帐篷未被掩埋。

The area produces some of the highest quality of jade in the world.

该地区生产一些世界上最高品质的玉。

Much of the jade mined in northern Kachin Stateis believed to be smuggled to China.

据信，缅甸北部克钦邦境内的大部分玉石开采被走私到中国。

The value of jade mined in Myanmar reached close to a value of $31 billion in 2014. But the mining has turned Myanmar's topography into a "wasteland," says environmental group Global Witness. visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

2014年缅甸玉石开采创造的价值接近310亿美元。但环境组织“全球观察”表示，玉石矿开采已将缅甸地形变为“荒地”。

While Myanmar is known worldwide for its jade mining, 70 percent of the country's 54 million people make their living from agriculture.

尽管缅甸因玉石矿而闻名于世，但该国70%的人口——5400万人，以农业生。

I'm George Grow.

我是乔治格罗。

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

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Words in This Story

jade– n. a usually green stone that is used for jewelry

debris– n. the pieces that are left after something has been destroyed

dump– n. a place where waste is taken and left

rubble– n. broken pieces of stone or brick

smuggle– v. to move someone or something from one country into another illegally and secretly