摘要:據(jù)日本電視新聞網(wǎng)3月13日消息，據(jù)日本警視廳13日下午公布的最新數(shù)據(jù)顯示，此次日本有史以來最大規(guī)模的東日本大地震并引發(fā)海嘯，已造成2100人死亡。你知道怎么用英語表達嗎?

　　Rescuers struggled to reach survivors on Saturday as Japan reeled after an earthquake and tsunami struck in deadly tandem.

　　Japan was filled with scenes of desperation, as stranded survivors called for help and rescuers searched for people buried in the rubble. Kazushige Itabashi, an official in Natori City, one of the areas hit hardest by thetsunami, said that several districts in an area near Sendai airport were annihilated.

　　周六，在遭受過地震和海嘯摧殘的日本，搜救者正在努力救助幸存者。

　　日本到處充滿絕望的景象，進退兩難的幸存者在呼救，搜救者搜尋埋在廢墟里的人。一名來自受海嘯重創(chuàng)的城市名取城的官員板橋一成稱仙臺機場周邊的很多地區(qū)都化為了廢墟。

　　【講解】

　　文中出現(xiàn)的“tsunami”就是“海嘯”的意思，來自日語“津波”，意指港口內(nèi)。海嘯通常是由地震(earthquake)或者火山爆發(fā)(volcanic eruption)引起的。“海嘯”還可以用“tidal wave”來表示。