VOA慢速英語：泰國學校失火至少18名女學生死亡

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[00:00.00]At least 18 young girls are dead after a fire at a boarding school in northern Thailand. [00:07.10]Officials told the Associated Press that the victims were between five and 12 years old. [00:15.72]The fire started late Sunday in a wooden, two-floor dormitory. [00:22.03]News reports said a total of 38 students lived in the building. [00:28.97]It is part of a private Christian school near the city of Chiang Rai, [00:34.88]about 800 kilometers north of Bangkok. [00:38.57]About 400 day students and boarders attend the school. [00:44.85]Most of the students are said to be ethnic minorities. [00:51.17]An official from the school said the fire started on the lower level of the dormitory. [00:58.83]That floor was used for activities. [01:02.95]The second floor was used as the sleeping area. [01:07.90]Officials say five girls were injured. [01:12.82]Two of them were reported to have suffered serious injury. [01:17.92]The Reuters news service said 15 girls escaped without injury. [01:24.31]One girl said, “We remembered some lessons [01:29.24]from Girl Scouts to tie cloth together to make a long rope. [01:34.96]We climbed out of the window.” [01:37.66]Firefighters put out the fire in three hours. [01:43.17]Thai officials are investigating the cause of the blaze. [01:49.16]I’m Bryan Lynn.

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Fire in Thailand Kills at Least 18 School Girls

泰國學校失火至少18名女學生死亡

At least 18 young girls are dead after a fire at a boarding school in northern Thailand.

泰國北部的一所寄宿小學失火造成至少18名女學生死亡。

Officials told the Associated Press that the victims were between five and 12 years old.

官方對美聯(lián)社記者表示，受害者都為5至12歲的孩子。

泰國學校失火

The fire started late Sunday in a wooden, two-floor dormitory. News reports said a total of 38 students lived in the building. It is part of a private Christian school near the city of Chiang Rai, about 800 kilometers north of Bangkok.

上周日一幢兩層木建筑宿舍失火。媒體報道共有38名學生居住在該建筑內(nèi)。該宿舍屬于清萊附近的一所私立基督教學校。清萊位于曼谷北部約800千米。

About 400 day students and boarders attend the school. Most of the students are said to be ethnic minorities.

學生會在學校生活約400天。據(jù)說，該校大多數(shù)學生是少數(shù)民族。

An official from the school said the fire started on the lower level of the dormitory. That floor was used for activities. The second floor was used as the sleeping area.

該校領導表示起火點在宿舍一層。學生們在第一層活動，在第二層睡覺。

Officials say five girls were injured. Two of them were reported to have suffered serious injury. The Reuters news service said 15 girls escaped without injury.

領導表示有5名女學生受傷，其中2人傷情嚴重。路透社報道稱15名女學生安全逃離了火災現(xiàn)場。

One girl said, “We remembered some lessons from Girl Scouts to tie cloth together to make a long rope. We climbed out of the window.”

一個女學生說：“我們記得軍訓時候?qū)W到的急救知識，將衣服連在一起做一個很長的繩子，然后我們從窗戶中爬出來。”

Firefighters put out the fire in three hours. Thai officials are investigating the cause of the blaze.

消防員用了三個小時撲滅了大火。事故原因仍在調(diào)查中。

I’m Bryan Lynn.

我是布萊恩·林恩。