美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-03-15

 There is little hope and a lot of grief, the families of 239 people. That was the number of people on board Malaysia’s airline flight 370 which disappeared early Saturday morning. Word came late yesterday form Malaysia’s government that somehow the plane’s transponder was turned on. That’s the instrument that transmits altitude and location. Malaysia’s airport was still able to track the plane which actually turned and flew over the strait of Malaka, hundreds of miles off course. Unfortunately, that’s where the answers end. Until last night, there were still no sign of the plane. We can show you what it is like to search area near the plane’s last known location.

 

This is no easy task. This sea warrant plane has been carrying out regular search missions since flight MH370 disappeared. It is the first time the administration of Defense¹ and transportation and Chief of defense force have been out to survey this massive operation.  They invited CNN to join them.

 

I have to put this life jacket on because when it is ascending², it is just 500 feet above sea level.

 

Lying low, the doors opened, for the search to begin. We flew past a number of ships, for skulls³ in the sea, those on board, or any would know what happened.

 

I just want to find the plane, you know, at all cost. As long as they are still standing⁴, as long as people are out there praying for us, we will continue search, and this is something I will not stop. This is what I promise the families.

 

We flew to the Malaka straits, to the west of Malaysia. There are 16 ships surveying in this area. That is more than 25 000 north. There are drawings in the air. There are 14 aircrafts. And that is just the area to the west of Malaysia. There are more than 13 aircrafts and more than 40 ships in the entire operation. As we look out cross this vast expansive water, far into horizon, holding his heads in his head, the minister tells me, he is overwhelmed.

 

When you are looking for something, and it is wild scene, and it is a reality check. But we have never never given up all.

 

What’s next today? Their country may be in in odds⁵ politically, but cooperation is drawn⁶ in the space program. After 5 months on the international space station, the American, a Russian, and a native Crimea, made a safely trip back to earth together on Tuesday. There is no space shuttle program, so you might be wondering how they got there. So here we go. They got on there through this, a Russian space capsule, and rotate back toward here. The Shaoi have a shield protective it form the heat cross atmosphere. Once there, a small pair of shoes disappears, slowing the capsule down, and then a larger one slow it further. And about  2 seconds before it touch down, some engines fire making the landing as soft as possible. NASA pays the Russia space agency to transport American astronaut to and from the space station. Each trip cost US 71 million dollars.

 

You might not be familiar with the name Team Burnard lee, but you probably can not imagine life without his invention, you use it to build the show. The world web appeared on its scene 25 years ago, Today make access to internet a lot easier to untold⁷ number of people. But even in the late 1990s, when there were some actual pages on it, they were sparse⁸. There were something black and white in the background, may be a couple of low resolution pictures. It was slow. Once you want to log on a web page, be patient. It will admit it in a minute or two, or five. Even six years after the web was introduced, only 14 percent of American adults had internet access. Now it is more than 77 percent of all Americans.

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 ascending   

adj.上升的，向上的

参考例句：

• Now draw or trace ten dinosaurs in ascending order of size.现在按照体型由小到大的顺序画出或是临摹出10只恐龙。

3 skulls   

颅骨( skull的名词复数 )； 脑袋； 脑子； 脑瓜

参考例句：

• One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
• We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

6 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

7 untold   

adj.数不清的，无数的

参考例句：

• She has done untold damage to our chances.她给我们的机遇造成了不可估量的损害。
• They suffered untold terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort.他们遭受着黑暗中的难以言传的种种恐怖，因而只好挤在一堆互相壮胆。

8 sparse   

adj.稀疏的，稀稀落落的，薄的

参考例句：

• The teacher's house is in the suburb where the houses are sparse.老师的家在郊区，那里稀稀拉拉有几处房子。
• The sparse vegetation will only feed a small population of animals.稀疏的植物只够喂养少量的动物。