【新唐人2011年4月19日訊】【看新聞學英語】
Former Australian Warship Scuttled After Dolphin Delay
海豚拖延澳洲退役軍艦鑿沉
By Daniel Chen, David Lee
【新聞關鍵字】
1. Scuttle v. [ˋskʌt!] 鑿沉
2. Decommission v. [͵dikəˋmɪʃən] 除役；退役
3. A pod of ph. 一群
4. Exclusion zone [ɪkˋskluʒən zon] ph. 禁區
5. flare: [flɛr] n. 火光、信號
6. Anchored v. [ˋæŋkɚ] 錨定；停泊
7. Artificial [͵ɑrtəˋfɪʃəl] reef [rif] ph. 人工魚礁
STORY:
Plans to sink a decommissioned warship on Wednesday off the Australian coast of New South Wales were delayed for more than one hour… due to a pod of curious dolphins encircling the area.
周三，在澳洲新南威爾斯海岸鑿沉退役軍艦的計劃，延遲了超過一個鐘頭…因為有一群好奇的海豚包圍了該區。
The pod of dolphins was spotted inside the exclusion zone, established around the HMAS Adelaide moments after a five minute notice flare was shot in the air.
在燃放五分鐘的信號火光後，這群海豚被發現在禁區內，在澳洲皇家海軍阿德雷德號 (HMAS Adelaide) 附近出沒。
With thousands watching from a nearby beach and anchored boats, marine authorities used a boat to scare the dolphins away from the danger zone.
數千人在周圍的海邊和停泊的船上，眾目睽睽下，海事局用船來驅嚇海豚離開禁區。
After about an hour’s delay, the decommissioned battle ship sunk into the depths of the Tasman Sea, following a sequence of explosions and fireworks.
大約拖延了一個小時，並在一連串的爆炸與煙火施放之後，退役軍艦終於沉入塔斯曼海深處，。
The ship was scuttled in order to create an artificial reef which is expected to draw diving tourists to the region.
船被鑿沉的目的，是要建立一個人工魚礁，用以吸引潛水遊客到該區潛水。
本則影音新聞出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_life/2011-04-13/former-australian-warship-scuttled-after-dolphin-delay.html
本專欄由前衛英語李德良老師主編 www.davidlee.url.tw
【佳句精選】
The ship was scuttled in order to create an artificial reef which is expected to draw diving tourists to the region.
船被鑿沉的目的，是要建立一個人工魚礁，用以吸引潛水遊客到該區潛水。
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