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听力文本
The recent collapse of a seawall protecting the Indonesian capital of Jakarta has raised concerns about the ongoing flood threat.
When part of the seawall broke earlier this month, it brought back bad memories for Awing Takalar, a fisherman who lives nearby. He thought back to 2007, when another levee burst and washed all his belongings away.
Luckily, waves were not running high at the time of the most recent break. So, Takalar and others living in the area along Jakarta's northern shoreline were not flooded.
Takalar told the Reuters news agency that he knows he could be less lucky next time. My worry is that the water is higher than the land, the 46-year-old Takalar said. He expressed concern for the safety of his teenage daughter when she stays alone at the family's one-room home in Jakarta's Muara Baru area.
When the sea broke through the levee 12 years ago, Takalar took his family back to their home on the island of Sulawesi. When it got better, I returned again, he said. He added that once his daughter finishes school, he might leave the area for good.
Jarot Widyoko is the director of rivers and coasts at Indonesia's public works and public housing ministry. He said officials were investigating why a 170-meter stretch of the 2.3-kilometer-long wall broke -- even though it was built only a few years ago.
The incident has brought attention to efforts aimed at protecting parts of the low-lying city from major flooding in the future.
Jakarta has been slowly sinking. Large amounts of ground water have been extracted from under the city. Rising sea levels have made the threat of flooding even worse. The situation has pushed city officials to try to come up with protective measures.
In 2014, the government announced a plan to build a giant seawall along the coast as part of a $40-billion project to protect the city through 2030. The project includes a delayed plan to build a new city on a series of reclaimed islands in Jakarta Bay.
重点解析
1.at the time of... 在……的时候
At the time of writing, I’m in Buenos Aires, which has a rising crime rate, due to growing poverty.
写这篇文章的时候,我正在布宜诺斯艾利斯,这个地方因为贫穷加剧,犯罪率也在增高 。
2.aimed at 针对,旨在
So what is the future of gaming aimed at women?
那么针对女性的视频游戏的未来如何呢? 。
参考译文
近日,保护印尼首都雅加达的某防波堤坍塌,这引发了人们对于洪灾威胁的忧虑 。
本月初,该防波堤部分的坍塌让渔夫塔卡拉想起了不好的回忆 。塔卡拉是住在附近的渔夫 。他想起2007年的时候,某堤坝崩塌,冲走了他所有的财物 。
所幸的是,最近这次防波堤坍塌时,水位还没有特别高 。于是,塔卡拉和其他住在该地区的人,他们的家没有被冲毁 。他们都住在雅加达北部的沿线 。
塔卡拉在接受路透社采访时表示自己知道下一次可能不会这样幸运 。我担心的是水位高过地面,46岁的塔卡拉如是说道 。塔卡拉表达了对还是少年的女儿安全的担心,担心女儿自己呆在只有一个房间的家里会有危险 。他们的家位于雅加达的穆阿拉巴鲁地区 。
12年前,海水冲垮防波堤的时候,塔卡拉带着家人回到了他们在苏拉威西岛的那个家 。塔卡拉说,天气热一些的时候,我就又回来了 。塔卡拉补充说,等女儿完成学业之后,他可能永远离开这里 。
雅洛特是印尼公众工程及公共房屋部负责河流与海岸的负责人 。他表示,工作人员正在调查长达2.3公里的防波堤为何有170米坍塌——虽然是前几年才建的 。
这次坍塌事故让一些开始关注保护地势低的城市不受大型自然洪灾侵扰的事情 。
雅加达正在缓缓下沉 。很大一部分地下水都抽出来了 。上升的海平面让洪灾的威胁愈发严重 。当前形势促使雅加达的一些官员试着想出保护性的措施 。
2014年,印尼政府宣布了在海岸线上建造一座大型防波堤的计划,这是斥资400亿美元的一个项目的部分内容,该项目一直延续到2030年,旨在保护雅加达 。该项目包含一个推迟的计划,该计划是在雅加达港上的几座岛屿上建造一座新的城市 。
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