高中：03-02【VOA慢速】土耳其调查震区劣质建筑问题.docx

【VOA慢速】土耳其调查震区劣质建筑问题 Turkish officials are targeting contractors reportedly connected to buildings that collapsed in last weeks powerful earthquakes. 据报道，土耳其官员将目标对准了与上周在强震中倒塌的建筑物有关的承包商。 The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes struck nine hours apart in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. 土耳其东南部和叙利亚北部发生了7.8级和7.5级地震，两次地震时间间隔为9小时。 The disaster killed at least 35,000 people. 这场灾难造成至少3.5万人死亡。 The number of dead is sure to increase as search teams find more bodies. 随着搜救队发现更多尸体，死亡人数肯定会增加。 As anger builds over the slow rescues, officials looked to hold people responsible. 随着人们对缓慢的救援速度越来越愤怒，官员们试图追究相关人员的责任。 Bekir Bozdag is the Turkish justice minister. 贝克尔·博兹达是土耳其司法部长。 He said 131 people were under investigation for their possible responsibility in the construction of buildings that collapsed from the quakes. 他说，131人正在接受调查，因为他们可能在因地震倒塌的建筑物的建设中负有责任。 While the quakes were powerful, many in Turkey blame poor construction for worsening the destruction. 虽然地震很强烈，但许多土耳其人指责建筑质量差加剧了破坏程度。 Turkeys construction rules meet current earthquake-engineering requirements. 土耳其的建筑施工规定符合当前的地震工程要求。 But the rules are rarely enforced. 但这些规定很少得到执行。 That is why thousands of buildings fell over or collapsed down onto the people inside. 这就是数以千计的建筑物倒塌，进而砸到里面的人的原因。 Among those facing criticism were two people arrested in Gaziantep province. 在受到批评的人中，有两人在加济安泰普省被捕。 They are suspected of cutting down support structures to make extra room in a building that collapsed, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. 据土耳其阿纳多卢通讯社报道，他们涉嫌在一栋倒塌的建筑物中拆除支撑结构，以便腾出更多空间。 The justice ministry said three people were arrested, seven others were jailed and another seven were barred from leaving Turkey. 土耳其司法部表示，三人被捕，七人入狱，另有七人被禁止离开土耳其。 Two contractors were arrested Sunday at Istanbul Airport while trying to leave the country, local media reported. 据当地媒体报道，两名承包商周日在伊斯坦布尔机场试图离境时被捕。 One detained contractor, Yavuz Karakus, said: My conscience is clear. 一名被拘留的承包商武兹·卡拉库什说：“我问心无愧。 I built 44 buildings.Four of them were demolished.I did eve