周日上午本市光明新区发生严重山体滑坡事件，造成多人伤亡。请看本报昨日的报道：

    Fourteen people have been rescued and 27 are still missing after a landslide hit an industrial park, burying dozens of buildings Sunday in Guangming New Area in northwestern Shenzhen.

    A nearby section of the West-to-East natural gas pipeline exploded after the landslide. No further details were revealed.

    A preliminary investigation report suggests that illegal disposal at a nearby earth dumpsite caused the landslide.

    President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have called for rescue efforts and urged the local government to act quickly to reduce casualties. The State Council has sent a working group to help coordinate rescue efforts.

    报道中的landslide就是“山体滑坡”，这个词也常用来比喻“一方占绝对优势的选举”。例如：

    Staying out of the path of a landslide or debris flow saves lives.

    逃生时要远离山崩或土石流的路径。

    Nixon won the 1972 election by an overwhelming landslide.

    尼克松以一边倒的优势赢得了1972年的竞选。