BBC环球慢速英语 第312期:切尔诺贝利核电站事故(1)

The Chernobyl Accident
切尔诺贝利核电站事故

voice 1: Thank you for joining us for today's Spotlight program. I'm Joshua Leo.
声音1：欢迎大家收听本期重点报道节目。我是乔舒亚·里奥。

voice 2: And I'm Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live.
声音2：我是利兹·韦德。重点报道节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。便于全世界各地民众的理解。

voice 1: On April 26, 1986 the world changed forever. A part of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. The explosion released harmful chemicals into the air. Many people died. Even more people became sick. Today, over twenty years later, people still feel the effects of this explosion.
声音1：1986年4月26日，世界永远改变了。切尔诺贝利核电站部分设施发生爆炸。这起爆炸向空气中释放了有害化学物质。造成许多人死亡。另有多人生病。在20多年后的今天，人们仍能感受到这起爆炸带来的影响。

Today's program is on the Chernobyl accident.
本期节目聚焦切尔诺贝利核电站事故。

voice 2: The Chernobyl power plant was a kind of factory. It was in Pripyat, a village in the former Soviet Union. Today, it is in the country of Ukraine. Nuclear power plants make electricity. They use uranium dioxide, a chemical that can be very dangerous. If the machines in a power plant do not work correctly, the chemicals can harm people. This is what happened at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
声音2：切尔诺贝利核电站可以说是一种工厂。该核电站位于普里皮亚特，那里是前苏联的一个村庄。今天，该地在乌克兰境内。核电站的功能是发电。核电站要用到化学物质二氧化铀，这是一种可能会非常危险的物质。如果核电站中的机器无法正常工作，那这些化学物质会对人类造成损害。这就是切尔诺贝利核电站所发生的事情。