NPR边听边练第204:韩亚客机失事调查

 　　以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。

　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　Federal investigators¹ are looking for _1_ into why an Asiana Airlines 777 aircraft was traveling significantly below its target speed during _2_ to land over the weekend just before a crash into a runway at San Francisco airport. Deborah Hersman, who chairs the National Transportation Safety Board, said moments ago investigators want details on the crew and their experience.

　　联邦调查人员正在调查韩亚航空波音777客机在本周末撞上旧金山机场的跑道以前，试图降落时飞行速度明显低于目标速度的原因。美国国家运输安全委员会主席黛博拉·赫斯曼刚刚表示，调查人员要调查机组人员和他们的飞行经验。

　　"When we interview those four crew members, we are going to get a lot more details about their activities, about their work, about their _3_, about who was the pilot flying, who was the pilot in command, in the cockpit at the time of the accident."

　　“我们询问了四名机组人员，我们要进行更多细节的调查，包括他们的活动、工作、训练、飞行员是谁、机长是谁以及事故发生时是谁驾驶的飞机。”

　　The South Korean government says it will inspect engines and landing equipment on all Boeing 777 planes _4_ by Asiana and its national carrier Korean Air. The crash killed two teenage passengers and sent more than 180 people to area hospitals. The San Mateo County coroner says he's looking into whether one of the two victims who died might _5_ the crash only to be run over by a rescue vehicle.

　　韩国政府表示，将检查韩亚航空及国家航空公司大韩航空所有波音777机型的引擎和着陆装置。坠机事故造成两名乘客死亡，超过180名乘客被送往地区医院接受治疗。圣马提奥县验尸官表示，他正在调查是否有一名遇难者在坠机事故中幸存却遭救援车碾压致死。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. pilot

　　n. 飞行员；领航员

　　adj. 试点的

　　v. 驾驶；领航；试用

　　eg:He spent seventeen years as an airline pilot.

　　他当了17年的航空公司飞行员。

　　eg:The plan is to launch a pilot programme next summer.

　　计划是在明年夏天实施一个试验性方案。

　　eg:He piloted his own plane part of the way to Washington.

　　他驾驶自己的飞机飞行了去华盛顿的部分路程。

　　2、run over

　　（车辆）撞倒，碾过，轧过

　　eg. He ran over a six-year-old child as he was driving back from a party.

　　当他参加完聚会开车回家时，撞倒了一个6岁的小孩。

　　eg. A dodge² behind a tree kept her from being run over.

　　她向树后一闪,才没被车从身上辗过.

　　eg. Neither the wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

　　聪明的人与勇敢的人都不会卧在历史的车轨上，等待未来的火车在他们身上辗过。

　　参考答案：

　　1、answers 2、an attempt 3、training

　　4、owned 5、have survived

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 dodge   

v.闪开，躲开，避开；n.妙计，诡计

参考例句：

• A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
• The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。