这是Jaden的第47篇英语碎碎念
这是一篇BBC关于
湖南长沙电信大楼火灾的最新报道
配合笔记，观感更佳
China fire: Skyscraper engulfed (=surround / cover / rip through，吞没) in massive flames (=huge/major fire / an enormous fire / sizeable fires(后文有) a blazing/raging inferno(火海) / a (raging) blaze / conflagration，大火的N种表达)
■ engulfed in massive flames 被火海吞没
■ 拓展一些关于「着火，起火」的表达：
① catch fire (强调动作)
② fire breaks out
③ be aflame(a.)/ablaze(a.)（强调状态）
④ erupt in flames （后文结尾出现）
Massive flames raced up(=move fast up / breaks out at / engulf / rip through，迅速蔓延，是上文「吞没」同义替代) the building's side as smoke billowed out (=jet out / pump out(如排放尾气) / spew out / gush out，气体喷射、喷涌)
■ 这里提到了rip through，来复习一下：
火灾/地震 rip/sweep/rage through，表示「席卷」
是「发生火灾」的更高级表达
还可以用tear through来表达「发生火灾」
之前的一篇笔记 外刊精读笔记 | 看BBC如何报道四川泸定6.8级地震 中提到过一句：
6.1-magnitude earthquake tore through Sichuan in June.
这里用tear through 地方，来表达「发生地震」
如果火灾很大，大到把建筑物烧毁，就可以用tear through
An enormous fire has engulfed a skyscraper (=high-rise(n.) / high/tall buildings / xx-storey building，摩天大楼，高楼) in the Chinese city of Changsha, state media reports.
footage (=film/video) posted on social media showed (有照片拍到)massive flames racing up the 42-storey building's side as office workersrushed to (=be anxious to do / hurry to do，急着，表达出做某事的迅速)evacuate the building.
■ Footage/Images/Pictures posted/shared on social media showed 有照片拍到
■ 之前在笔记中还讲到「某人被拍到在做某事」：
● sb is pictured/captured/photographed/videoed/filmed/videotaped doing sth.
● ... are caught on camera.
● sb was caught on camera doing sth
● Footage is shared on Chinese social media showing sb doing
Thick clouds of black smoke billowed out of the structure (=skyscraper，摩天大楼的同义替换), which is a regional office for China Telecom.
■ 关于「中国电信」，拓展一些相关表达：
carrier 运营商
China Mobile 中国移动
China Unicom 中国联通
China Telecom 中国电信
MB=Megabyte[ˈmeɡəbaɪt] ，简称megs
GB=Gigabyte[ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt] ，简称gigs
1G=1GB，可以说 1 gigs/gigabytes
100M=100megs，可以说 100 megs/megabytes
Authorities said the flames have since been extinguished (=put out / beat out / choke / crush out / fight down / quench / smother / stamp out / stifle / tread out，扑灭(火)的N种表达) and that no casualties (=killed/injured people / toll(伤亡人数)，伤亡人员) had yet been reported.
Images posted on social media showed firefighters aiming jets of water(=streams of water，喷射的水流) at the blackened (=charred / burnt，烧焦的) facade (=front of building，建筑物正面) of the 218m (715ft) tall structure in a race to put the fire out.
■ aiming jets of water at 将股股水流对准...
■ ft是feet/foot书写形式， 意思是「英尺」
The room is 12ft × 9ft.
房间面积是 12 英尺 × 9 英尺。
An entire side of the skyscraper appeared to be engulfed in flames at one point (=once，有一瞬间).
In another video, dozens of (=a vast amounts of / a body of / a slew of / a host of / a plethora of / scores of / a heap of / a rash of / a pate of / a cascade of / a string of 等，都理解为many，英语中“a n. of”基本都表示“许多many/much”这个意思) people could be seen fleeing (=leave / escape / get away / abandon / abscond / hit and run(事后逃逸)，关于「逃跑」的一些拓展) the scene as flaming debris (=wreckage，建筑物残骸) rained down (=drop/fall，落下) from the skyscraper's upper floors (=floors above people，偏上的楼层).
■ rain down 像下雨一样落下，很有画面感
The BBC has not yet been able to verify (=confirm / authenticate / check (out)/(up on) / cross-check(反复核实) / make certain，核实，确认是真的) the footage and it is not currently clear what caused the fire.
According to state media, the building was completed in the year 2000 and is positioned (=placed/built，修) near a major ring road in the city of Changsha, the 10-million person capital of Hunan province, in south-central China.
In a statement reported by AFP news agency, state-owned telecommunications company (电信公司) China Telecom confirmed the incident, saying it was extinguished "by around 16:30 (local time)".
"No casualties have yet been discovered and communications have not been cut off," a company spokesperson said.
Sizeable fires are a common occurrence (=an everyday/a frequent/a regular occurrence / a commonplace / common experience，常事) in China, where earlier this year a huge chemical plant (化工厂) in Shanghai erupted in flames.
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