This disaster is one of the most devastating examples of a very common event: an avalanche of snow or ice.

这场灾难是冰雪雪崩这一常见事件中最具破坏性的例子之一。

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Even an avalanche of light power can be dangerous, but the Peruvian catastrophe was particularly terrible because it was caused by a heavy layer of ice.

即使是光能的雪崩也可能是危险的，但秘鲁的灾难尤其可怕，因为它是由厚厚的冰层造成的。

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The rush isn't over; in April, Stan Kroenke, owner of the Denver Nuggets basketball team and ice hockey's Colorado Avalanche, increased his stake in Arsenal, of London, to more than 12%.

这股来势汹汹的潮流尚未结束；斯坦·克伦克，美国丹佛掘金棒球队和科罗拉多雪崩冰球队的老板，在四月份时将自己持有的阿森纳俱乐部股份增加到了12％。

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The first many people had heard of him was when, in early July, an avalanche caused by a toppling ice-block swept him away, with eight others, on Mont Maudit, beside Mont Blanc.

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Police said a slab of snow and ice was thought to have triggered the avalanche but did not know what had dislodged it.

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