双语趣听精彩世界 第167期:出国游谨记No Zuo No Die

 　　一名中国游客在尼泊尔漂流，因为不穿救生衣下河游泳，失踪两周后遗体在下游被找到。

　　尼泊尔漂流

　　New Strait Times: local police said Wednesday a Chinese tourist drowned while swimming in a river in western Nepal, as they discovered his body 17 days after the accident occurred.

　　The 27-year-old man was on a rafting trip down Nepal's Kali Gandaki river with four other tourists and they had camped on the banks before deciding to go for a swim on 22 February.

　　An Assistant sub-inspector says he was swept away by the river and did not have a life jacket on. Chettri told media that a local fisherman alerted¹ them about the body. It was found about one kilometre from his camping site.

1 alerted   

v.使（某人）保持警觉( alert的过去式和过去分词 )；使意识到；提醒（某人）注意（某事）；使（部队）处于待命状态

参考例句：

• The coastguard was alerted. 海岸警卫队已接到报警。
• The boss alerted him that thief might come out at night. 老板要他提防夜里可能有贼。 来自《简明英汉词典》