Notre Dame Cathedral Ravaged by Fire

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ChinesePod News - April 16, 2019

The Notre-Dame was engulfed by a major fire on Monday evening. The fire burned for several hours causing the collapse of the cathedral’s iconic spire and the destruction of its roof structure. President Emmanuel Macron has vowed that France will launch as international fundraising campaign to rebuild the landmark cathedral.

Vocabulary

祝融 to be damaged by fire

纵火 arson

修缮 to renovate

蔓延 to spread

崩落 to collapse

Vocabulary

祝融 to be damaged by fire

縱火 arson

修繕 to renovate

蔓延 to spread

崩落 to collapse

News Transcript

法国巴黎市中心圣母院于周一傍晚发生严重火灾。

法国内政部长表示,火势持续了数小时,抢救行动中一度动用400名消防人员。

根据现场状况,没有迹象显示这起火警涉人为纵火。

拥有850年历史和哥德式建筑的圣母院近期进行修缮工程,法国警方初步研判,起火原因可能与现场大量搭建的鹰架有关。

教堂内部因火势猛烈,有一大部分遭烧毁。

火舌快速在整座建筑里蔓延开来,更吞噬了具象征意义的尖塔。

不久后,这座于13世纪建造完成的尖塔,屋顶开始崩落,不但使塔座坍塌,连带也波及至世界著名的玫瑰花窗。

美国财经网站CNBC报导,法国总统马克龙表示:「我们还在与大火搏斗,但最糟糕的情况已得以避免」。他也誓言将展开国际募款活动,重建圣母院。

News Transcript

法國巴黎市中心聖母院於周一傍晚發生嚴重火災。

法國內政部長表示,火勢持續了數小時,搶救行動中一度動用400名消防人員。

根據現場狀況,沒有跡象顯示這起火警涉人為縱火。

擁有850年歷史和哥德式建築的聖母院近期進行修繕工程,法國警方初步研判,起火原因可能與現場大量搭建的鷹架有關。

教堂內部因火勢猛烈,有一大部分遭燒毀。

火舌快速在整座建築裡蔓延開來,更吞噬了具象徵意義的尖塔。

不久後,這座於13世紀建造完成的尖塔,屋頂開始崩落,不但使塔座坍塌,連帶也波及至世界著名的玫瑰花窗。

美國財經網站CNBC報導,法國總統馬克龍表示:「我們還在與大火搏鬥,但最糟糕的情況已得以避免」。他也誓言將展開國際募款活動,重建聖母院。

A major fire erupted at the Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday evening.

The Ministry of Interior for France said that at one point, as many as four hundred firefighters attended to the blaze that had been burning for hours.

There was no suggestion that the inferno was caused by a criminal act.

The 850-year-old Gothic building had been undergoing renovations and French officials established possible links of the cause to the extensive scaffolding that had been carried out on site.

The landmark cathedral has suffered colossal damages as the massive blaze devastated large parts of the interior.

The fire spread out across the historic building and engulfed the iconic spire.

The 13th century roof soon collapsed, destroying with it the monumental spire and the cathedral’s world-famous stained glass windows.

CNBC reported that French President Emmanuel Macron said that “the worst has been avoided, but the battle isn’t fully won yet” and vowed that France will launch an international fundraising campaign to rebuild the cathedral.

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