CNN News:薩克拉門托東部埃爾多拉多國(guó)家森林發(fā)生大火，起火面積達(dá)到8600英畝

Today on CNN STUDENT NEWS, the last space shuttle launch in 2011 was a blast from the past. We`ll tell you where NASA is looking for the future of space exploration.

今天的CNN學(xué)生新聞中要提到2011年發(fā)射的最后一架航天飛機(jī)。稍后會(huì)向您詳細(xì)介紹美國(guó)宇航局將要探索未來太空的地方。

First up, though, we are taking you to California where firefighters are racing the contained wild fires that are scorching parts of the state.

首先，我們將帶領(lǐng)大家前往加利福尼亞，在那里消防人員正在搶救森林大火，成了整個(gè)國(guó)家最關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn)。

About 60 miles east of Sacramento, in Eldorado National Forest, one fire had chewed up about 8600 acres by yesterday afternoon. That`s like 8600 football fields. And it was only five percent contained when we produced this show. Thousands of people have had to evacuate their homes, and this is only one of almost a dozen different fires that are fueled by the state`s historic drought. California sees a lot of wildfires. It has a wildfire season that runs from May to October. But Cal Fire says this one is on track to be the most destructive season ever.

大約在薩克拉門托以東60英里的地方，在埃爾多拉多國(guó)家森林，一場(chǎng)大火于昨天下午蔓延了大約8600英畝面積。幾乎有8600個(gè)足球場(chǎng)大小。在我們播報(bào)這條新聞的同時(shí)火勢(shì)已經(jīng)控制了大約只有百分之五。成千上萬的人不得不撤離家園，這次大火與以往歷史上發(fā)生了數(shù)十次因干旱引起的大火都不同。加利福尼亞地區(qū)發(fā)生過很多次森林大火，整個(gè)五月到十月期間是它的森林火險(xiǎn)頻繁發(fā)生季節(jié)，但是加州消防員稱此次森林大火是有史以來最具破壞性的一次。

A heatwave that settled over California this week, isn`t helping.

本周有一股熱氣旋登陸加利福尼亞，但是對(duì)控制火勢(shì)并沒有多大幫助。

Jumping cross-country to Atlanta, Georgia. It`s the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And it`s where President Obama spoke yesterday about Ebola.

接下來說的事情發(fā)生在喬治亞州亞特蘭大。這里是美國(guó)疾病控制和預(yù)防中心總部，也是奧巴馬發(fā)表關(guān)于埃博拉疫情講話的地方。

Several nations in West Africa are losing their fight against it. There are more people with suspected Ebola than there are hospital beds to treat them. The U.S. has committed $100 million to efforts to help stop the favor from spreading.

在西非的幾個(gè)國(guó)家已經(jīng)無法控制埃博拉病毒，感染埃博拉病毒疑似病例人數(shù)遠(yuǎn)比醫(yī)院床位數(shù)量多得多。美國(guó)已經(jīng)投入1億美元資金來幫助西非國(guó)家阻止埃博拉疫情的傳播。

But yesterday the president asked Congress to approve an additional 88 million. It would be used to build treatment centers in West Africa and send more American medical workers to affected regions. Obama administration officials say as many as 3,000 additional U.S. troops could be send to West Africa as well. The U.N. says Ebola could become a major humanitarian crisis.

但是昨天總統(tǒng)要求國(guó)會(huì)批準(zhǔn)另外的8800萬美元資金計(jì)劃，據(jù)稱此筆資金將用來在西非國(guó)家建立治療中心和派遣更多美國(guó)醫(yī)生前往疫情嚴(yán)重地區(qū)。奧巴馬政府官員稱另外還有額外的3000支美國(guó)軍隊(duì)將被派遣到西非國(guó)家。聯(lián)合國(guó)表示埃博拉病毒的傳播將會(huì)成為人道主義的主要威脅。