VOA慢速英语:Survivors Sought After Ecuador, Japan Quakes

短语讲解：

1. In Ecuador, officials say at least 350 people died and more than 2,500 were injured in an earthquake that struck the coastal area late Saturday.

at least 至少
例句：In fact it requires at least n generators.
事实上，它至少要有n个元素。

2. He said the earthquake was the worst natural disaster in his country since 1949, when thousands of people died in an earthquake.

thousands of 成千上万的; 数以千计的
例句：A computer consists of thousands of components.
电脑由成千上万个部件组成。

3. In addition to the dead and the missing, almost 2,000 people have been hurt since the first earthquake struck Thursday.

in addition to 除…之外
例句：In addition to light, there are dangerous radiations gi-ven off by the sun.
除了光以外，太阳还发出危险的放射线。

4. Earthquakes happen when the "plates" — or the crust and upper layer of the earth -- move against each other.

each other 彼此; 互相; 相互
例句：All things are interrelated and interact on each other.
一切事物互相联系并相互作用。