【看新聞學英語】利比亞致命空難 一名男孩倖存

【新唐人2010年5月23日訊】【看新聞學英語】

A Boy Survives Fatal Plane Crash in Libya
利比亞致命空難 一名男孩倖存

By Wan-Chun Chang, David Lee

【新聞關鍵字】

1. scattered a. 散亂的
2. remnants a.殘餘
3. destine v.預定、註定
4. survivor n. 生還者
5. adhere to v.phr.堅持
6. authorities n. 當局、有關單位

Scattered debris, the remnants of a plane crash in Libya that killed 103 people on board.
散亂一地的殘骸餘物,利比亞空難奪走機上103條性命。

The Afriqiya Airlines jet destined for Tripoli from South Africa crashed in the early morning Wednesday.
Afriqiya
這架航空客機,預定由南非飛往的黎波里,於星期三清晨失事墜毀。

The sole survivor is a ten-year-old Dutch boy who is in the hospital in stable condition.
唯一的倖存者是ㄧ名十歲的荷蘭籍男孩,目前在醫院看護中,情況穩定。

Twenty two of the passengers were Libyan, half of which were staff.
22名旅客屬利比亞籍,其中一半是航員。

Information from Libya shows that Africans and Europeans are among the dead.
由利比亞傳來的訊息指出,死者中也有非洲籍及歐洲人。

The Airports Company South Africa set up a facility for friends and family of the crash victims but would not release details.
南非機場公司為受難者親友設置了一個場所,但不會公布細節。

[Nicky Knapp, Communications and Airports Company South Africa]:
“It has not yet been released. The airline is in discussion in Tripoli with its authorities and is working hard at making that available. There are obviously protocols in Tripoli, in Libya and here in South Africa and other countries that have to be respected and adhered to."
【南非通訊及機場公司人員,Nicky Knapp】
現在還不到發佈的時候,航空公司正在的黎波里與有關單位討論中,會努力使相關訊息儘快取得。很顯然的,在的黎波里、利比亞、南非與其他國家已有協議,我們必須給予尊重及堅持。

The cause of the crash has not been determined, but officials have discovered the plane’s black boxes.
飛機失事原因尚未被確認,但是官方已經發現了飛機的黑盒子(飛行紀錄器)。

本新聞影音出處:新唐人電視台英語新聞
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_me/2010-05-13/773674491966.html

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