肯尼亚废墟中发现又一幸存婴儿

Rescue crews in Nairobi have pulled a live baby from the wreckage of an apartment building that collapsed last Friday.

内罗比的救援人员从上周五坍塌的建筑中救出一幸存婴儿。

Kenyan officials say the baby girl was found on Tuesday. She has no injuries, but needs food and water. Doctors are treating her for dehydration.

肯尼亚官员表示在周二找到该女婴，所幸并没有受伤，只是需要食物和水。该女婴目前因脱水正在接受治疗。

The girl was identified as Dealeryn Saisi Wasike. She is almost six months old. On Monday, a 1-year-old girl was found in the collapsed building. She was also unharmed, but dehydrated.

经证实该女婴名叫Dealeryn Saisi Wasike。她只有6个月大。救援人员于周一在首都内罗毕塌楼事故废墟中救出一名约1岁大的女婴。她也没有受伤，只是脱水。

Rescuers are still searching for other survivors. Officials say 23 people died in the apartment building collapse; 93 others were reported missing.

搜救人员仍在搜寻其他幸存者。官方表示此次大楼坍塌事件已造成23人死亡，93人失踪。

The building collapsed in Huruma, a crowded but poor neighborhood in Kenya’s capital. The building fell down after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in the area.

坍塌大楼位于肯尼亚首都一个人口稠密但贫穷的社区胡鲁玛。大雨引起该地区发生洪水和滑坡，之后大楼坍塌。

Officials had already declared the building unsafe. It was unclear why apartment residents had not left it.

官方早已声明盖大楼不安全，但并不清楚为何楼内居民没有搬出。

Policed detained the two owners of the building, as well as several government officials, after it collapsed.

坍塌事件发生后，警方扣留了盖大楼的两个所有者和几个政府官员。

Last year, eight buildings in Kenya collapsed. The Architectural Society of Kenya estimates that half the buildings in the country do not meet rules for building safety.

去年，肯尼亚有8幢大楼坍塌。肯尼亚建筑协会估计肯尼亚有一半的楼房未达到安全要求。

I’m Jonathan Evans.

我是乔纳森·埃文斯。

Another Baby Found Alive in Building Ruins in Kenya

Rescue crews in Nairobi have pulled a live baby from the wreckage of an apartment building that collapsed last Friday.

Kenyan officials say the baby girl was found on Tuesday. She has no injuries, but needs food and water. Doctors are treating her for dehydration.

The girl was identified as Dealeryn Saisi Wasike. She is almost six months old. On Monday, a 1-year-old girl was found in the collapsed building. She was also unharmed, but dehydrated.

Rescuers are still searching for other survivors. Officials say 23 people died in the apartment building collapse; 93 others were reported missing.

The building collapsed in Huruma, a crowded but poor neighborhood in Kenya’s capital. The building fell down after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in the area.

Officials had already declared the building unsafe. It was unclear why apartment residents had not left it.

Policed detained the two owners of the building, as well as several government officials, after it collapsed.

Last year, eight buildings in Kenya collapsed. The Architectural Society of Kenya estimates that half the buildings in the country do not meet rules for building safety.

I’m Jonathan Evans.

Words in This Story

apartment – adj. of or involving a room or several rooms that are part of a building and used as a place to live

dehydration – n. the loss or lack of too much water