慕尼黑引爆一颗二战时期炸弹

时间：2012-08-29 08:03:34

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A bomb disposal team has detonated an American bomb left over from World War II found in the German city of Munich.

一个拆弹小组在德国慕尼黑引爆了一颗二战时期的美国炸弹。

The detonation¹ happened shortly before 22:00 local time in the Schwabing district and was heard across the city, local media report.

There are reports that sparks from the explosion caused the roofs of some neighbouring buildings to catch fire.

The bomb was discovered on Monday night by building workers at the site of an old bar that was being demolished².

Overnight, 2,500 residents were evacuated³ from the area closest to the bomb, with others living further away being told to stay in their homes.

Experts decided⁴ it was not possible to make the device safe because of its unusual fuse（保险丝，导火线）, which operated by means of a chemical reaction rather than the mechanical device that many Allied⁵ World War II bombs used.

The bomb was described as a highly explosive, a 250kg device dropped by the Americans.

It is not unusual for big, unexploded bombs to be discovered in Germany, the BBC's Stephen Evans reports.

About 600 tonnes of unexploded ordnance⁶（未爆炸武器） are discovered in Germany every year.

They are usually defused safely, though in 2010 three bomb-disposal officers were killed during an attempt to make a bomb safe, our correspondent adds.

In December 2011, the biggest bomb disposal operation in Germany since 1945 was mounted in Koblenz to defuse two bombs from World War II found in the riverbed of the Rhine.

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1 detonation
n.爆炸；巨响
参考例句：
A fearful detonation burst forth on the barricade.街垒传来一阵骇人的爆炸声。 Within a few hundreds of microseconds,detonation is complete.在几百微秒之内，爆炸便完成了。

2 demolished
v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光
参考例句：
The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。 They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

3 evacuated
撤退者的
参考例句：
Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。 The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

4 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 allied
adj.协约国的；同盟国的
参考例句：
Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。 Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

6 ordnance
n.大炮，军械
参考例句：
She worked in an ordnance factory during the war.战争期间她在一家兵工厂工作。 Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce,ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.军队很缺鞋和衣服，武器供应和药品就更少了。