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Missing Cat Turns Up Three Years after California Disaster
A cat that many believed was killed along with its owner in a huge mudslide has been found three years later. A mudslide is a large mass of wet earth that suddenly and quickly moves down the side of a mountain. The natural disaster happened in January 2018 in the American state of California.
The Animal Shelter Assistance Program (ASAP) in Santa Barbara County says someone brought the cat to the organization last month. The animal's name is Patches. A microchip exam confirmed her identity.
Patches had been missing since January 9, 2018. On that day, a rainstorm near the area of a large wildfire sent a mudslide through hillside neighborhoods of Montecito, about 140 kilometers northwest of Los Angeles.
The mudslide killed 23 people, including the cat's owner Josie Gower. The destruction of the mudslide was so terrible that the bodies of two victims were never found.
The ASAP shelter says Patches was found less than 400 meters from where her Montecito home used to be.
She was reunited with Gower's partner, Norm Borgatello, on December 31.
"Though we don't know exactly what she's been doing with her life for the past three years, we can see that both Patches and Norm are thrilled to be reunited," the shelter said in a Facebook post.
Last week, a live online ceremony was held to remember the 23 victims on the third anniversary of the mudslide. The deadly event has come to be known as the "1/9 Debris Flow."
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重点解析
1.ceremony n.典礼
I hate all this pomp and ceremony.
我讨厌所有这些排场和仪式。
2.destruction n.破坏
The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake.
暴风雨过处满目疮痍。
3.deadly adj.致命的
The terrorists have chosen to play a deadly game with the civilian population.
恐怖分子故意要同平民百姓做死亡游戏。
4.victims n.受害者
Women and children are feared to be among the victims.
大家担心受害者中有妇女儿童。
5.A mudslide is a large mass of wet earth that suddenly and quickly moves down the side of a mountain.
a large mass of 大量的
The book brings together a large mass of interesting information.
该书荟萃了大量有趣的资料。
Putuo Monastery is actually a large mass of majestic structures.
普陀山寺院、庵堂群集。
6.The deadly event has come to be known as the "1/9 Debris Flow."
be known as 被称为
It's known as the most dangerous part of the city.
人们都认为那是市内最危险的地段。
This design came to be known as the Oriental style.
这种设计后来被称为东方风格。
参考译文
加州失踪猫3年后现身
据信，一只被认为在一场巨大泥石流灾害中与主人一同遇难的猫在3年后现身。泥石流是指大量潮湿泥土突然而迅速地从山体一侧滑落。这场自然灾害发生于2018年1月的美国加州。
圣塔芭芭拉县动物收容所援助项目表示，有人上个月将这只猫送到该机构。这只动物的名字是潘奇斯。该机构通过芯片检查确认了它的身份。
潘奇斯自2018年1月9日以来一直处于失踪状态。那天，加州山火灾区附近的一场暴雨使得泥石流穿过了洛杉矶西北约140公里的蒙特西托地区的山坡社区。
这场泥石流导致23人遇难，其中包括这只猫的主人乔西·高尔。这场泥石流破坏力十分可怕，有两名遇难者的遗体至今没有找到。
动物收容所援助项目表示，潘奇斯是在距以前蒙特西托的家附近不到400米的地方被发现的。
一12月31日，它跟高尔的老伴诺恩·博格特诺重逢了。
该收容所在脸书网的帖子中表示：“尽管我们无法完全了解它过去3年的生活，但是我们可以看到潘奇斯和诺恩都很激动能够重逢。”
上周在这场泥石流爆发3周年之际，人们举行了一场网络直播仪式悼念这23名遇难者。这次致命事件被称之为“1月9日泥石流事件。”
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