韩国货船在南大西洋失踪 22名船员下落不明

 　　A huge South Korean cargo¹ ship which had 24 people on board has gone missing in the South Atlantic.

　　一艘载有24人的韩国巨型货轮日前在南大西洋失踪。

　　Two sailors found on a life raft were rescued, AFP reported, citing a Uruguayan navy spokesman.

　　据法新社引用乌拉圭海军部发言人的报道称，其中两名水手在一艘救生艇上被发现从而得救。

　　A crew member sent a text saying the 312m-long (1024ft) Stellar Daisy freighter was taking on water. The Uruguayan navy alerted merchant ships in the area, which began a search.

　　一名船员当时发出短信称，这艘长达312米（1024英尺）的Stellar Daisy号货轮进水了。乌拉圭海军随即命令该区域的商船开始进行搜救。

　　The two people rescued had been found by commercial ships aiding the search, Yonhap news agency said.

　　韩国联合通讯社称，获救的两人是被帮助搜救的商船发现的。

　　韩国货船在南大西洋失踪 22名船员下落不明

　　"A search operation is continuing for the 22 people," a South Korean foreign ministry² official told Reuters.

　　一名韩国外交部官员向《路透社》透露：“其余22人的搜救行动仍在继续进行中。”

　　South Korea also requested assistance in the search from Brazil and Uruguay, the official said.

　　该官员表示，韩国也已要求巴西和乌拉圭方面援助搜救工作。

　　The ship, a Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) with a capacity of 260,000 tonnes, was being operated by a South Korean company but was flagged to the Marshall Islands, and had 16 Filipinos and 8 South Koreans on board.

　　该船是一艘载重量为26万吨的超大型矿砂船，虽然是由一家韩国公司所运营，但是在马绍尔群岛注册的，船上共载有16名菲律宾人和8名韩国人。

1 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。