Transcript
Footage from cameras at the Puerto Montt airport in southern Chile show the exact moment when the Calbuco Volcano erupted Wednesday evening after being dormant for more than 50 years.
President Michelle Bachelet has declared a state of emergency and 4000 people have already been evacuated from the 20 kilometer radius.
Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, saying: "I would like to remind people coming to the zone to continue covering themselves. The fundamental risk for people with this ash is th๊at they avoid breathing in this ash".
Witnesses said they were in a state of a🙈we, and tꩵhen terror.
"I had never seen this. It scares you in the beginning. You start to wonder what is going to happen to you. Everyone starts to think about gatheri♓ng water..."
"At the beginning, it was small and then as the cloud grew there was a huge cloud over you and true terror starts. It's the first time I 've been th♔ro𒁏ugh something like this."
There have been no reports of deaths, missing persons or injuries, officials have s🌱aid.
Chile lies on the Pacifi🍨c "Rim of Fire" and has the world's second largest chain of volcanoes after Indonesia.
Người dân đi sơ tán khi ngọn núi lửa "thức giấc" sau nửa thế kỷ ở Chile. Ảnh: Reuters
Vocabulary
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Erupt (v) |
When a volcano erupts, it explodes and flames and rocks come out of it | (núi lửa) Phun trào |
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Dormant (adj) |
Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later time | Không hoạt động |
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Evacuate (v) |
to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe | Sơ tán |
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Fundamental (adj) |
more important than anything else | Đáng kể nhất |
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Terror (n) |
violent action that causes extreme fear | Sự hoảng loạn |
Grammar
"Chile lies on the Pacific 'Rim of Fire' and has the world's second largest cha🎃in of volcano﷽es after Indonesia".
The Simple Pr🌱esent Tense in this case tells a fact that is always true.
Trong trường hợp này, thì hiện tại tiếp diễn diễ♔n tả một sựꦆ thật luôn đúng.
Thanh Bình (Video: Reuters)