英検1級に出そうな単語-Many missing after New Zealand volcano eruption
今回は最新の話題で、ニュージーランドの火山です。
"eruption;噴火、噴出"→"erupt;噴火する、噴出する、吹き出す"
まだ、全員は避難できていませんが、心配ですね。
無事を祈るのみです。
動画は短く、２分で
単語も少ないです。
どれも重要なので、全部覚えましょう。
もう一つの動画は、すぐにでも噴火しそうな火山についてです。
"aftermath;災害などの直後、余波、後遺症"
"crater;噴出口、クレーター"
"unaccounted;見つからない、説明されていない、行方不明の"
"evolving;進展している、進化する"→"evolve;進化する"
"dispatch;派遣する、送り出す、仕事をさっさと片付ける、処刑する"
"cruise ship;クルーズ客船"→"cruise;巡航する、船旅、巡航、周遊"
"cultivation;開拓、栽培、養殖"
"prickly;厄介な、とげだらけの"→"prick;針で刺す、穴をあける"
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a tower of ash and smoke 12,000 feet
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high this is the aftermath of the
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eruption of white island taken by a
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tourist who'd been standing at the edge
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of the crater just half an hour earlier
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an unknown number of people are
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unaccounted for the volcano erupted at
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2:11 p.m. 1 11:00 a.m. UK time this
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image taken ten minutes before on a
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webcam shows the tiny figures of people
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at the very rim it continues to be an
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evolving situation we know that there
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were a number of tourists on or around
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the island at the time both New
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Zealanders and visitors from overseas I
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know there will be a huge amount of
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concern and anxiety for those who have
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loved ones on or around the island at
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the time and I can assure them police
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are doing everything they can
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police believe there were around 50
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people on the island when it erupted 23
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have been taken from that at this stage
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it is too dangerous for police and
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rescue services to go to the island
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however we continue to assess the
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conditions which would allow us to go
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onto the island the island is currently
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covered in ash and volcanic material we
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are taking expert advice with regards to
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the safety of any rescue attempt
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white islands is 30 miles of the shore
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of New Zealand's North Island and seven
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helicopters were quickly dispatched st.
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Johns Ambulance said they believe up to
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20 people still on the island
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require medical treatment some of those
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already recovered were treated for burns
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police said around 30 to 38 people had
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traveled to the island from a Royal
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Caribbean cruise ship cultivation of the
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Seas the volcano is a popular tourist
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spot and they had experienced increased
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volcanic activity in the weeks leading
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up to today's eruption the government
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scientists said this was not a
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particularly big eruption more of
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prickly
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but such was the volcano's power that
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even that has proved deadly Tom Cheshire
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Sky News
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