CNN News: 意大利6.2级地震致至少247死 罗马有震感

Breaking news from Italy leads off today`s show.

今天的头条新闻来自意大利。

I`m Carl Azuz. We`re glad to have you watching.

我是卡尔·阿祖兹，非常高兴大家收看CNN学生新闻.

The mayor of Amatrice, which is located in central Italy, says his town is no more. When a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday, Amatrice was at the epicenter. That`s the point in the earth`s surface directly above where the earthquake occurred. The town`s clock tower, its time stopped at the moment the earthquake hit, was one of the only structures still standing. Rescue efforts have been going on around the clock.

位于意大利中心的阿玛特里切, 发生6.2级地震,市长说道,他的城市消失了. 周三凌晨,意大利发生6.2级地震, 阿玛特里切处于震中.这正是地震发生的地表位置. 阿玛特里切的钟楼,时间停止在地震发生的那一刻,同时也是唯一屹立不倒的建筑. 救援工作在昼夜展开.

Volunteers have been using their bare hands to dig through rubble. There are several Italian villages that were affected. They`re in remote mountainous areas that can be hard to reach.

志愿者们用双手挖掘废墟.同时周围的几个意大利村庄也受到了地震的影响. 这些村庄地处偏僻,位于遥远的山区.

Italy`s prime minister says the quake killed at least 120 people, but warned that toll could increase. The quake was felt as far away as Rome, 100 miles from the epicenter. And dozens of aftershocks have been reported. Pope Francis asked people to pray for those affected.

意大利总理表示, 这场地震至少导致120遇难,并警示到,死亡人数可能会增加. 即使在距离震中100公里外的意大利首都罗马也有震感. 据报道,不断有余震发生. 教皇弗朗西斯一世要求人们为受灾地区祈祷.

Earthquakes are entirely unpredictable. There are warning systems that can save some lives, but only under certain conditions.

地震是完全不可预测的. 即使,有警示系统可以挽救一些生命, 但是,只是在某些特定的条件下.