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An erupting volcano , some newly discovered species and a celebratory soccer match, weve got it all covered for you in todays edition of CNN Student News. 一座爆发的火山,一些新发现的物种和一场值得庆祝的足球比赛,这就是今天CNN学生新闻将呈现给您的新闻。 Hello and welcome from the CNN center. 从CNN中心向你发来诚挚的问候。 My name is Carl Azuz. 你好，我是卡尔·阿祖兹。 First up, officials respond to a massive earthquake that hit the island nation of Indonesia. 首先,官员回应了印度尼西亚岛国的一次大规模地震。 This happened on Monday night. 这发生在周一晚上。 More than 100 people were killed. 超过100人死亡。 Several hundreds of others were missing. 数百人失踪。 The quake had a magnitude of 7.7, thats what experts call a major earthquake, one of the highest magnitude classes that scientists use. 地震震级为7.7,专家们称其为一次主震,这是科学家们所使用最高的震级。 It triggered a tsunami this giant wave out of the ocean. 它引发了海洋的巨大海啸。 Indonesia is made up of more than 18,000 islands. 印度尼西亚由超过18000个岛屿组成。 Its located in southeast Asia, in between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. 它位于东南亚,在印度洋和太平洋之间。 The area that officials think got hit the hardest is popular for surfing. 官员们认为该地区海浪所带来的损害最为严重。 There was damage to several resorts around there, some of the islands were cut off. 在那里几个度假村受到殃及,一些岛屿被从中分开。 And the only way they could talk with officials was by satellite phone. 而他们的可以跟官员们谈话的唯一途径是通过卫星电话。 The strong waves that were caused by the quake were making it harder for rescuers to reach those islands. 由于地震所引发的强劲海浪使难救援人员到达这些岛屿变得更难。 Indonesias located in whats called the ring of fire. 印尼位于所谓的火山环区域。 Its an area that goes around part of the Pacific Ocean. 这是围绕太平洋一部分的区域。 Earthquakes happened pretty frequently there and so do volcanic eruptions. 地震发生相当频繁,所以经常会有火山喷发。 And that is actually something else the Indonesia is dealing with right now. 而这是印度尼西亚实际上现在正在应对的事情。 Mount Merapi is one of most active volcanoes in Indonesia and its located in one of the countrys most populated areas. 默拉皮火山是印尼最活跃的火山,它位于这个国家最密集的地区。 Thats way thousands of people had to leave on Tuesday because Merapi erupted at least three times. 周二数千人被迫离开，因为默拉皮火山爆发至