VOA慢速英语2016 巴西球队包机坠毁 76人遇难（在线收听）

Plane Carrying Football Team From Brazil Crashes in Colombia 巴西球队包机坠毁 76人遇难

At least 76 people were killed when an airplane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed Monday night in Colombia.

周一晚间，一架搭载巴西足球队的飞机坠毁在哥伦比亚，造成至少76人遇难。

A Colombian police commander said five of the 81 people on the chartered plane survived. The aircraft was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members.

哥伦比亚的警察指挥官表示，机上81名乘客中只有5人幸存。飞机上有72名乘客和9名机组人员。

The team was on its way to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana football competition at the time of the crash. The sport is called soccer in the United States.

事故发生时，这支球队正准备参加南美杯足球比赛决赛。美国称足球为soccer。

The plane came down in a mountainous area near the city of Medellin. The flight had started in Bolivia.

飞机在麦德林市附近的山区坠毁，失事客机从玻利维亚起飞。

The aircraft’s owner was identified as LaMia, a small Venezuelan airline company. Officials said the plane, a British Aerospace 146, was designed for short flights. The crew reported an electrical failure and declared an emergency at 2200 hours local time (0300 GMT).

经确认，失事飞机属于委内瑞拉一家名为拉米亚（LaMia）的小型航空公司。据有关官员称，失事飞机是英国航宇公司专为短途航班设计的146型号客机。当地时间22点（格林威治时间3点），机组曾报告电气故障并宣布进入紧急状态。

Colombian officials are investigating what happened. The head of the country’s civil aviation agency said he cannot rule out the possibility that the plane used up all its fuel before the crash.

哥伦比亚官员负责调查此次事故。哥伦比亚民航局局长称，不排除飞机失事前燃料用尽的可能。

The plane was carrying the Chapecoense football team, from the small city of Chapeco in southern Brazil. Chapecoense was to have played Wednesday in the first of a two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin.

搭载沙佩科恩斯队的客机从巴西南部城市沙佩科起飞。该足球队原定于周三前往麦德林与国民竞技队进行南美杯决赛的首回合较量。

The mayor of Chapeco said he and other officials just missed joining the team and reporters on the flight to Colombia. They instead decided to take a commercial airline flight.

沙佩科市长表示，他和其他官员错过了与球员和记者一起飞往哥伦比亚。他们尔后决定乘坐商业航班。

Words in This Story

chartered – adj. hired for temporary use; a charter flight is one that is arranged for a specific use by a team or group and is not a regularly-scheduled flight.

mayor – n. the top official of a city, town of village

commercial – adj. of or related to business