Woman Killed During Solar Eclipse in India
日全蚀在印度造成一位妇女死亡
Edward Wu
【新闻关键字】
1. devotee: n. 虔诚的宗教信徒
2. stampede: 践踏
3. helter-skelter: 慌张
4. trample: 践踏
5. suffocation: n. 窒息
Thousands of devotees gathered at the banks of river Ganga to watch the solar eclipse on Wednesday (July 22). The stampede of people killed a woman and injured four others.
7月22号星期三当天，成千上万的宗教信徒聚集在恒河的两岸观看日全蚀，但是在多人互相混乱地推挤当中造成一位妇女死亡另外4人受伤。
[Jagdeesh, Local]: “The accident took place at 8:30 am when people started running helter-skelter. Eight to ten people got trampled, two died and four were injured."
一位叫雅各德斯的当地人说：这件不幸事件是在早上8:30分，很多人开始在混乱中奔跑时发生的，8到10个人被践踏，其中2人死亡、4人受伤。
The police believed that the woman died from suffocation and not from being trampled on.
警方相信那位妇女应该是被闷死的，而不是如外传被践踏而死的。
[P.C. Meena, Deputy Inspector General, Varanasi]:
“Due to suffocation, one woman named Ganga Devi died. Four to five others are injured and there is nothing else."
一位副检察总长说：一位叫德玉的妇女因为窒息而死，另外四到五位民众受伤，然后就没有其他的了。
The eclipse began at 5:28 a.m. local time in India and peaked for 6 minutes, 39 seconds.
日全蚀在印度时间早上5:38分开始，整个完整的日全蚀总共延续了6分39秒。
【新闻关键字】
6. sacred: adj. 神圣的
7. complicated pregnancies: n. 难产
8. miserable: adj. 悲惨的
9. roughly: adv. 大约
10. corridor: n. 走廊
A solar eclipse is spiritually sacred for many Indians. Devotees from across the country take baths in rivers, a holy act believed to bring good fortune and release from the cycle of life and death.
对许多信仰宗教的印度人来说日全蚀是非常神圣的。来自印度各个地方的虔诚人士们来到恒河沐浴，因为他们相信这样做会给他们带来好运，甚至于会因此而远离生死轮回。
But others believe that an eclipse brings bad luck and expectant mothers may have complicated pregnancies or have miserable children.
然而相反地，却有人认为日蚀会带来厄运，甚至于怀孕的妇女可能会导致难产或者是孩子的未来会很凄惨。
According to the U.S. space agency NASA, the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century was visible in a roughly 250 km-wide (155 miles) corridor, as it traveled half the globe and passed through India and China.
根据美国太空总署的报告，能观赏到本世纪最长的日全蚀的地区，横跨了从印度到中国约半个地球的250公里的狭长地带。
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