Bombings Near Pakistan-American Cultural Center Rattle Karachi
卡拉奇，巴美文化中心附近连续发生爆炸

☆ rattle 在此指发生连续爆炸
   Karachi 卡拉奇

Ayaz Gul

Back-to-back bombings near the Pakistan-American Cultural Center have rattled Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
在卡拉奇巴美文化中心附近发生的连续爆炸，打破了巴基斯坦这个港口城市的平静。

☆ back to back 背对背, 紧接
  
The first bomb, placed inside a car near the cultural mission, drew police to the scene.
第一枚炸弹，安放于该中心附近的一辆小轿车中，将警察引至现场。

Among the first officers to arrive was Senior Superintendent of Police Ghulam Mohammed Dogar, who immediately suspected the possibility of a second bomb.
第一批到达的警官中，高级警官Ghulam Mohammed Dogar立即怀疑还有第二枚炸弹。

After rushing the sole victim of the first blast to the hospital, Superintendent Dogar said police spotted a suspicious car.
在将第一次爆炸的唯一一名受害人火速送往医院后，Dogar称警方发现了一辆可疑小轿车。

"We got it verified that the registration was not matching with the maker of the vehicle. So then I had a sixth sense it is going to explode."
“我们发现该轿车牌照制造商不相符，于是直觉告诉我此车将会爆炸。”

☆ registration 汽车牌照

He added that as police attempted to evacuate the scene, the second bomb went off.
他补充说，当警方正要疏散现场的时候，第二枚炸弹爆炸了。

☆ evacuate 疏散

"I was standing about 20 feet from the scene of the crime where [the] second explosion happened. It just exploded and it was all dust and nothing else."

He said that an investigation is underway and declined to speculate on the motives.

The cultural center is a private non-profit agency that receives some funding from the U.S.

government. It is near the U.S. consul general's home and also near an old Indian diplomatic mission.

Reports say an English class was under way at the center when the first blast took place.

The bombing is the third attack on a U.S.-related facility in Pakistan's largest city. In June of last year, a car bombing in front of the U.S. Consulate killed 12 Pakistanis. Earlier this year, police managed to foil a second bombing attempt on the consulate.

Karachi has been the site of numerous deadly bomb attacks, including both political and religious violence.