托福阅读素材之长江沉船事件

 　　6月1日晚21时30分许，一艘载有458人的客船在长江中游湖北监利水域倾覆。事发后，从中央到地方，一场围绕沉船的紧急大营救迅速展开。

　　?Ship carrying 458 people sinks at around 9:28 PM Monday night in a cyclone¹ in Yangtze River

　　6月1日晚9点28分，一辆载有458人的客轮突遇龙卷风，在长江倾覆

　　?Premier² Li Keqiang has left for the site

　　总理李克强赴现场指挥救援

　　?The travel agency has published emergency call number: 13983654321

　　旅行社公布了紧急联络电话：[phone]

　　?Most passengers are senior domestic tourists aged³ 50-80

　　船上大多数乘客是老年旅游团成员，年龄在50-80岁不等

　　?More than 30 people believed to have been rescued

　　超过30人被救起

　　?Survivors⁴ located inside ship

　　沉船上发现生命迹象

　　内宾可以用Chinese passengers表示，旅行社员工是travel agency workers，船员crew members。载客可以用aboard，如：There were 406 Chinese passengers, five travel agency workers and 47 crew members aboard.

　　船长(captain)和轮机长(chief engineer)已获救(have been rescued)，他们称客轮遇龙卷风(cyclone)后快速沉没。

　　事件发生后，习近平立即作出重要批示，要求国务院即派工作组赶赴现场(rush to the site)指导搜救工作(guide search and rescue work)。李克强赴现场指挥救援和应急处置工作(direct rescue and emergency handling affairs)。

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者