学写新闻稿 | （严重）破坏---以土耳其地震为例
本期重点词汇：（严重）破坏
Devastate Destruction
一个动词，一个名词，都表示（严重）破坏
Devastate
VERB
devastated
(past tense);
devastated
(past participle)
destroy or ruin (something):
“the city was devastated by a huge earthquake”
Destruction
NOUN
destruction
(noun);
destructions
(plural noun)
the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired:
“the destruction of the library in Alexandria”
Devastate Destruction 这两个词在新闻稿中经常出现
看看路透社的报道：
ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 5,100 people and left a trail of destruction across a wide area of southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria.
试译：
据路透社报道，当地时间2023年2月7日，土耳其安塔基亚，土耳其总统塔伊普·埃尔多安周二宣布，受到两次地震破坏的10个省份进入紧急状态，这两次地震已造成5,100人死亡，给土耳其南部和邻国叙利亚广大地区留下难以磨灭的伤痕。
然后看看BBC的报道：
BBC News
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a three-month state of emergency in 10 provinces worst-affected by an earthquake that has killed thousands.
同样的报道，BBC用的是更简单的worst-affected
用来表示（严重）破坏。
又学到了，嘿嘿。
