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10月15日（周四）上午8点48分，巴基斯坦西北部城市白沙瓦 Dir Colony 的一所私立学校 Al-Khair Education Centre，上层教室的屋顶在上课期间突然塌落，砸穿下面两层教室。事发时三个教室里约有110名学生，救援持续了四到五个小时。死亡人数随着救援推进不断上修——路透社通报至少32名学生和1名女教师，BBC 更新为33名学生和1名教师，半岛电视台最新报道为34名学生和1名教师，另有45名以上儿童受伤。多数遇难者不到13岁，其中12名是女孩。白沙瓦警察局长说这栋楼"结构本身就没达标，屋顶还超载"，属于"严重失职"，校主已被逮捕。值得关注的是，这不是孤例：今年6月拉合尔一家补习中心的屋顶倒塌刚夺走14名孩子的生命。

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The roof of a privately run school collapsed during morning classes in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing dozens of children and a teacher, police and rescue officials said. Officials warned the death toll could rise as rescue teams dug through the debris; Reuters reported at least 32 schoolchildren and a female teacher dead, while the BBC put the figure at 33 pupils and a teacher and Al Jazeera later counted 34 students and a teacher.

巴基斯坦警方与救援部门表示，周四上午，西北部城市白沙瓦一所私立学校的屋顶在上课期间坍塌，数十名儿童和一名教师丧生。官方警告随着救援队在瓦砾中挖掘，死亡人数还可能上升。路透社报道至少32名学生和一名女教师遇难，BBC 的统计是33名学生和一名教师，半岛电视台后来更新为34名学生和一名教师。

The collapse happened at 8:48 a.m. at the Al-Khair Education Centre in Dir Colony, where about 110 students were in three classrooms at the time, and the rescue operation lasted four to five hours. Most of the victims were under 13 and came from low-income households; the dead included 12 girls and a female teacher, and at least 45 children were injured, some critically, according to rescue officials.

坍塌发生在当地时间上午8点48分，地点是白沙瓦 Dir Colony 的 Al-Khair Education Centre，当时三个教室里约有110名学生，救援行动持续了四到五个小时。据救援官员介绍，多数遇难者不满13岁、家境贫困；死者中有12名女孩和一名女教师，至少45名儿童受伤，部分伤势危重。

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"It was a weak building structure. Its roof was overloaded with construction on a weak structure, which caused the collapse," said Peshawar police chief Mian Saeed, who described the failure as "a case of gross negligence". The school's owner was arrested, though he blamed this week's rains for weakening one of the roofs, police said.

"这栋楼结构本身就薄弱。屋顶在薄弱结构上还加了超载的建材，这才导致了坍塌，"白沙瓦警察局长 Mian Saeed 说，并把这次倒塌定性为"一起严重失职事件"。警方说校主已被逮捕，但他本人辩称是本周的降雨削弱了其中一处屋顶。

The tragedy has revived questions about how Pakistan enforces its building codes, with low-cost private schools often operating from poorly maintained rented buildings. In June, at least 14 children died when the roof of a tutoring centre collapsed in the eastern city of Lahore; the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has ordered a safety audit of all schools in the province, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered condolences to the victims' families.

这场悲剧重新点燃了巴基斯坦如何执行建筑规范的质疑——廉价私立学校常年挤在缺乏维护的租来楼房里办学。今年6月，东部城市拉合尔一家补习中心的屋顶塌落，至少14名儿童遇难；开伯尔-普什图省省长已下令对该省所有学校展开安全审查，总理夏巴兹·谢里夫也向遇难者家属表示哀悼。

（本文参考外媒来源：Reuters 路透社（经 USA TODAY、The Irish Times）· BBC News（BBC Urdu 记者现场报道）· CNN · Al Jazeera 半岛电视台 · Associated Press 美联社 / AFP 法新社（图片）。

重点表达

01

death toll /ˈdeθ təʊl/（英）· /ˈdeθ toʊl/（美）　n.（名词短语）

  • The number of people who die in a particular accident, disaster, war or over a given period of time. 死亡人数（某次事故、灾难或某段时间内死亡者的总数）。

  • 例句：Officials warned the death toll could rise as rescuers pulled more children from the rubble of the school.

  • 翻译：官方警告，随着救援人员从学校废墟中挖出更多孩子，死亡人数还可能上升。

  • ✍ 用法要点：toll 本义是"（过桥过路的）通行费"，引申为"某事索取的代价"。灾难报道里几乎固定的四个搭配：the death toll rises / climbs / mounts（人数上升）；the death toll stands at 35（人数目前为35）；the toll could rise（人数还可能上升）；take a heavy toll (on sb/sth)（对……造成严重伤亡或破坏）。本次事故的人数从27一路涨到34，正是 "the toll climbed" 的典型场景。别把它和长得挺像的 tourism（旅游业）搞混，两者毫无关系。

02

rubble /ˈrʌb(ə)l/　n.（不可数）

  • Broken pieces of stone, brick, concrete or mortar left after a building has been destroyed or damaged. 瓦砾；（建筑物倒塌后留下的）碎石、废墟。

  • 例句：Rescuers clawed through debris with their bare hands, pulling bloodied children from the rubble.

  • 翻译：救援人员徒手扒开残骸，把浑身是血的孩子们从瓦砾中抱了出来。

  • ✍ 用法要点：不可数名词，永远单数，不能说 rubbles。最常考的三个搭配：pull / dig sb out of the rubble（把人从废墟里挖出来）；be trapped / buried under the rubble（被困在废墟下）；be reduced to rubble（被炸/被震成一堆瓦砾）。同场还有个高频词 debris（英 /ˈdebriː/，美 /dəˈbriː/），指"散落一地的碎片残骸"，这篇报道里两个词混着用——rubble 强调"成堆的碎砖石"，debris 强调"散落的零碎物"

03

accountability /əˌkaʊntəˈbɪləti/　n.（不可数）

  • The fact of being responsible for what you do and being required to explain or answer for it, or to accept punishment for it. 问责；责任追究（做错事必须交代清楚、并承担后果）。

  • 例句：Distraught relatives demanded accountability, accusing the school of ignoring worries about the building's condition.

  • 翻译：悲痛欲绝的家属要求有人为此负责，指责学校无视外界对校舍状况的担忧。

  • ✍ 用法要点：别把它直接等同于 responsibility。responsibility 是"你分内该做的事"，中性；accountability 是"你做砸了得说清楚、还得付出代价"，带一股追责的压力，所以事故报道里几乎必有 demand / call for accountability（要求问责）。形容词形式 accountable 必须跟介词：hold someone accountable for something（追究某人对某事的责任）。还有一个固定对儿：transparency and accountability（透明与问责）。