CNN 2012-01-24

 

 

First up,authorities are questioning the captain of an Italian cruise ship that wrecked¹ last Friday.The captain was under house arrest yesterday.He may be accused of abandoning ship.The captain says the rock that the ship hit was uncharted and on his map it was just marked as water.This is infrared² video of the crash when it happened.It was taken by the Italian coastguard.You can see the ship on its side and the passengers lining³ up to get off the boat.Here,you can see rescue worker pulling up alongside the ship.Other workers are already climbing up the hull⁴.And this is the gash⁵ that the rock caused when the ship hit it.Once they make their way onto the ship,emergency crews like the ones you see here are searching all over for passengers.As of Tuesday afternoon,nearly two dozen people were still reported missing.And look at this,we want you to watch right over the top of the ship.Rescue workers are setting off explosions so they can get better access to search the interior.Yesterday,they found 5 bodies bringing the number of people known to have died in the crash to 11.Officials are investigating the specific details,but we know some information about how this all started.Michael Homs is gonna break it down for us.Michael,what you have?

All right,Let's take a closer look at how and where this all happened.The Costa Concordia was heading north near Giglio island,you can see it there.Now let's have a look at the normal route that this,this boat normally takes.This happens dozens of times a year.This is the normal course heading north.But you can see here here,this is where it changes the course.This happened about 9:15 pm on Friday night.It's not just any old detour⁶ either,this is a 4-kilometer detour to take a closer pass to the island,presumably to get a better view of the island.It's quite stunning⁷ at night apparently⁸.let's zoom⁹ in now on the new course as it approaches Giglio ,you can see here the vessel¹⁰ strikes a reef right there,and this is about 9:30 pm local time,this is just a few hundred meters off the coast.The captain continues on with a 15-metre gash in the hull.And the power is out,taking on water.At some point,he decided¹¹ that he was going to turn toward shore and get in close,you can see that's when the listing begins as he turns towards land,the ship coming to its rest on its side and that's where it ended up just meters away from the lighthouse,the entrance to Giglio harbour .

Our website is CNN Student News.Com.It's where you can go to get the latest details on this story.This is going to keep developing as rescue workers keep going.So CNN Student News.Com is where you can also watch report from Brown about how ship captains train for emergencies.It's all on the spotlight¹² section at CNN Student News.Com.

Today shoutout goes to Coach Howell's classes at Brooklyn KC high school in KC South Carolina.What country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro? You know what to do.Is it Argentina,Botswana,Nepal or Tanzania.You've got 3 seconds,go! You'll find Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.The mountain is the highest peak in all of Africa.That's your answer and that's your shoutout.

That means had quite the view.He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and reached the top on Sunday.Not the first person to do that but he is the first quadruple amputee to make it up the mountain without any assistance.He was born with a condition called congenital amputation¹³.His arms stop the elbows and his legs end near his knees.This is file footage of him training for the Kilimanjaro climb last year.We featured him on our show before.He's a motivational speaker and he has told reporters that he hoped his efforts would show other people no challenge is too big.

Following up now on a story out of Alaska.Fuel is flowing into Nome.We reported last week on the first ever attempt to deliver fuel to the city_through the sea ice.A coastguard ice breaker was helping¹⁴ guide a Russian tanker¹⁵ ship into Nome.More than a million gallons of fuel started flowing in on Monday evening.The tanker couldn't go all the way into the harbour.It's anchored out in the sea and the fuel is being pumped through 1200 yards of hoses.Officials considered flying fuel into Nome,but it would have taken more than 300 flights.

1 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

2 infrared   

adj./n.红外线(的)

参考例句：

• Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学。
• Infrared radiation has wavelengths longer than those of visible light.红外辐射的波长比可见光的波长长。

3 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

4 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

5 gash   

v.深切，划开；n.(深长的)切(伤)口；裂缝

参考例句：

• The deep gash in his arm would take weeks to heal over.他胳膊上的割伤很深，需要几个星期的时间才能痊愈。
• After the collision,the body of the ship had a big gash.船被撞后，船身裂开了一个大口子。

6 detour   

n.绕行的路，迂回路；v.迂回，绕道

参考例句：

• We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.我们绕道走，避开繁忙的交通。
• He did not take the direct route to his home,but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.他没有直接回家，而是绕到市郊兜了个圈子。

7 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

8 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

9 zoom   

n.急速上升；v.突然扩大，急速上升

参考例句：

• The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
• I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近，昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。

10 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

12 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

13 amputation   

n.截肢

参考例句：

• In ancient India,adultery was punished by amputation of the nose.在古代印度，通奸要受到剖鼻的处罚。
• He lived only hours after the amputation.截肢后，他只活了几个小时。

14 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

15 tanker   

n.油轮

参考例句：

• The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
• Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。