Mount Merapi fired ash thousands of feet into the air yesterday as the lava bled down from its crater.

昨天，随着熔岩从火山口流出，默拉皮火山向空中喷出了数千英尺高的火山灰。

Among the 350 people he had not been able to save from Merapi was the guardian of the mountain.

在他未能从默拉皮火山中救出的350人中，有这座山的守护者。

Almost his first job was to persuade 350,000 people to move away from Mount Merapi on the island of Java.

他的第一份工作几乎是说服35万人离开爪哇岛上的默拉皮火山。

Officials say that from December to January of this year, volcanic activity from Mount Merapi had increased above and below the surface.

官方人员表示，从去年12月到今年1月，默拉皮火山的地下和地表活动都有所增加。