外刊精讲 | 像世界末日!洛杉矶遭遇史上最具破坏性火灾
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标题:Los Angeles against the flames
Always vulnerable, the city is increasingly susceptible to fire
正文:The five fires that on January 9th were still blazing in and around Los Angeles were already among the most destructive in California’s history. The scale is staggering, even for a state accustomed to natural disasters.
Roughly 130,000 people were told to leave their homes; 2,000 buildings have been destroyed. Because wildfires have come to seem more like a certainty than a risk here, a lot will not be insured. State Farm, an insurer, decided not to renew 70% of its policies in Pacific Palisades, one of the worst-hit areas. ABC Los Angeles reckons this has left 1,600 homes there uninsured. Fire crews faced an uneven fight: in the small hours of the morning the neighbourhood fire hydrants ran dry.
知识点:blaze v. /bleɪz/
to burn brightly and strongly熊熊燃烧
• A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace.壁炉中⽕烧得正旺。
• Within minutes the whole building was blazing.不消⼏分钟整个⼤楼便成了⼀⽚⽕海。
• He rushed back into the blazing house.他又返回,冲进了燃烧着的房⼦。
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