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2012年英语专业四级听力新闻1

A huge storm that collapsed part of a cliff on Israel's central coast led to the discovery of a statue dating back to the Roman period, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Tuesday

.以色列文物局周二表示，一场巨大的风暴击垮以色列中部海岸的悬崖，一尊罗马时期的雕像被发现。

The white marble statue of a woman is estimated to be 2,000 years old.

据估计，这尊白色大理石女性雕像有2000年的历史。

It stands 1.2 meters tall, weighs about 200 kilograms and was found with no head or arms, according to a news release by the authority.

据权威机构发布的消息称，它高1.2米，重约200公斤，没有头部和手臂。

A person walking on the shore at Ashkelon on the west coast of Jerusalem made the discovery, the authority said.

当局称，耶路撒冷西海岸阿什克伦海滩上的一名行人发现了这一雕像。

The statue fell into the sea when the cliff collapsed as a result of the storm.

由于暴风雨的袭击，这座雕像掉进了海里。

The collapse also ruined a bath house and mosaics that had been in the cliff for many hundreds of years.

倒塌也催毁了一间浴室，还有镶嵌在悬崖上数百年的马赛克。

The storm, one of the strongest Israel has experienced in recent years, brought winds of more than 100 kph that sent 10-meter waves crashing into Israel's coast.

这场风暴是以色列近年来遭遇的最强大的风暴之一，风速超过100公里，在以色列海岸掀起10米的海浪。

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Canadian police and military teams were working Tuesday afternoon to rescue about 300 people stranded after what a local official termed the most brutal storm to hit the Ontario region in 25 years.

周二下午，加拿大警方和军事小组营救被困的300多人。安大略地区官员称这是25年来最猛烈的风暴。

Some people had been stuck in their vehicles for more than 24 hours following blinding snow that piled up so high it made it almost impossible to open vehicle doors.

由于积雪堆积，车门很难打开，一些人被困在车里超过24小时。

Ontario Provincial Police initially reported about 360 vehicles and about 300 people had been stranded near Sarnia, Ontario, on Highway 402-a major thoroughfare linking the U.S.-Canada border to London, Ontario.

安大略省警方最初公布，大约360辆汽车，300人被困在安大略省萨尼亚附近的402公路上，这是安大略省伦敦市通向美加边境的主要通道。

Some of those people have since been rescued, but Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said it could be another 24 hours before everyone is taken to safety.

其中一些人已经获救，但萨尼亚市长迈克·布拉德利表示，还需要24小时才能将所有人都送往安全地带。

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A top anti-smoking law has taken effect in Spain.

西班牙出台了一项反吸烟法案。

The ban, one of the strictest in Europe, outlaws smoking in all bars and restaurants.

这项禁令是欧洲最严格的禁令之一，禁止在所有酒吧和餐馆吸烟。

Smokers will also be prohibited on television broadcast, near hospitals or in school playgrounds.

在电视广播中、医院附近或学校操场上吸烟也受到禁止。

A law tightens anti-smoking restrictions introduced in 2006.

该法律比2006年出台的禁烟限制条例更加严格。

The anti-smoking rules introduced in 2006 outlawed smoking only in the workplace.

2006年颁布的禁烟令只禁止在工作场所吸烟。

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