TIME閱讀解析 17- 印度火車事故，傷亡人數上升至280死900傷

 India Train Crash Death Toll Rises Above 280 with 900 injured

印度火車事故，傷亡人數上升至280死900傷

     Chaotic scenes erupted after the derailment on Friday night about 220 kilometers (137 miles) southwest of Kolkata, as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches.

     The death toll rose steadily throughout the night. Scores of bodies, covered by white sheets, lay on the ground near the tracks while locals and rescuers raced to free the hundreds of people trapped in the rail cars under the twisted metal and broken glass. Army soldiers and air force helicopters joined the effort.

   An Associated Press photographer saw bodies still entangled in a badly mangled coach, as rescuers struggled to retrieve them working under the oppressive heat with temperatures reaching up to 35 degree Celsius (96 degrees Fahrenheit).

BY ASHOK SHARMA AND KRUTIKA PATHI / AP 

JUNE 3, 2023
全文連結：https://time.com/6284676/india-train-crash-death-toll/
 
單字
1.  derailment  (n.) 列車出軌
"On Friday a rail shattered, causing a derailment near Hammersmith, west London.上週五，西倫敦的哈默史密斯附近發生了一起鐵軌斷裂事故導致列車出軌。

2. wrecked (adj.) 遭到嚴重破壞的；酩酊大醉的
look at what you've done to my coat, it's wrecked..
看看你對我的大衣做的好事，它全毀了。

3. mangle (v.) r絞壞；撕爛
sweater got mangled in the washing machine.
我的毛衣被洗衣機絞壞了。

4. oppressive (adj.) 壓迫的；悶熱的
We were unable to sleep because of the oppressive heat.
天氣悶熱得令人窒息，我們難以入睡。
 
 
片語
1.  hundreds of 數以百計
Hundreds of firms went bankrupt during the recession.
在經濟衰退期間內，有數百家公司破產了。

2. entangled in/with 制裁；打擊
The boy got entangled by a venomous snake .
這位男孩被毒蛇纏住了。

3.  struggle to 努力做…
She struggled to lift the package by herself, but it was too heavy.
她努力一個人抬起那個包裹，但是太重了。
 
文法點
 
1. 省略關係代名詞
情況1:
關係代名詞作為關係子句中的主詞，若要省略關係代名詞，後面的 be 動詞要一起省略。
…rescuers raced to free the hundreds of people trapped in the rail cars
還原→rescuers raced to free the hundreds of people who were trapped in the rail cars
 
→省略關係代名詞who
The girl (who is) sitting over there is my little sister. (坐在那裡的女孩是我的妹妹。)
→省略關係代名詞that/which
The books (which were) written by J.K. Rowling are popular among teenagers.(J.K.羅琳寫的書在青少年之間很受歡迎。)
 
情況2:
若關係子句中已經有主詞，而關係代名詞是作為關係子句中的受詞，且前面沒  
有逗號或介係詞時，關係代名詞可以省略。
 
→省略關係代名詞that/which
This is the book (that) I read yesterday. （這是我昨天看的書。）
→省略關係代名詞whom
He is the man whom I saw at the school yesterday.(他是我昨天在學校看到的男人。）
 
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