兩座村莊遭掩埋
Indonesia’s Mt. Semeru erupted on December 4, causing searing gas and lava to flow down its slopes, which resulted in two local villages being buried under volcanic debris and a bridge being destroyed.
印尼的塞梅魯火山在12月4日爆發，灼熱的氣體和岩漿從山坡流下，將兩座當地村莊掩埋在火山碎屑之下並摧毀了一座橋。
searing (adj.)灼熱的debris (n.)碎片、殘骸volcano (n.)火山volcanic (adj.)火山的
In addition, the eruption shot ash more than 1,500 meters into the sky, which blanketed nearby villages and towns as it fell to the ground.
此外，火山爆發將火山灰噴射至超過1,500公尺高空，落下至地面時覆蓋住周遭的村莊和城鎮。
ash (n.)火山灰、灰燼
Luckily, 2,000 residents of the area took heed of the highest alert level issued by authorities and escaped the danger zone around the volcano before the eruption.
幸運的是，該地區2千位居民留意到當局發布最高層級的警戒，在火山爆發前就逃離火山周圍的危險區域。
resident (n.)居民take heed of sth. 注意、留心alert (n.)警報a bomb alert 炸彈警報a flood alert 洪水警報issue (n.)議題 (v.)發布
Heavy rains in the area that eroded and collapsed the lava dome at the top of the volcano are being blamed for last week’s eruption.
該區大雨侵蝕導致火山頂部的熔岩穹頂坍塌，這被認定是上週火山爆發的原因。
A be blamed for B 將B怪罪於A
Following improved weather conditions the next day, hundreds of rescuers were sent to the hardest-hit villages where buildings were buried up to their roofs by debris from the eruption.
隨著隔天天氣轉好，數百名救難人員被派至衝擊最大村莊，那裡的建築被噴發出的火山碎屑掩埋至屋頂。
This is the first major eruption by Mt. Semeru, located in Lumajang district in East Java province, since the one in December 2021 that killed 51 people.
塞梅魯火山位於東爪哇省的盧馬江縣，這是該火山從2021年12月噴發造成51人喪命後，首次的大型爆發。
As much of Indonesia sits along the “Ring of Fire,” an area of the Pacific that regularly experiences volcanic activity and earthquakes, villagers living near the volcano have been learning to avoid the dangers caused by Mt. Semeru’s many eruptions over the past 200 years.
由於印尼多數地區位於「環太平洋火山帶」，這是經常性發生火山活動和地震的太平洋區域，火山附近的居民在過去200年來持續學習避免塞梅魯火山多次噴發所造成的危險。
sit (v.)坐落於、位於