聽力文本:
At least 76 people were killed when an airplane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed Monday night in Colombia.
周一晚間,一架搭載巴西足球隊的飛機墜毀在哥倫比亞,造成至少76人遇難。
A Colombian police commander said five of the 81 people on the chartered plane survived.
哥倫比亞的警察指揮官表示,機上81名乘客中只有5人倖存。
The aircraft was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members.
飛機上有72名乘客和9名機組人員。
The team was on its way to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana football competition at the time of the crash.
事故發生時,這支球隊正準備參加南美杯足球比賽決賽。
The sport is called soccer in the United States.
美國稱足球為soccer。
The plane came down in a mountainous area near the city of Medellin.
飛機在麥德林市附近的山區墜毀,
The flight had started in Bolivia.
失事客機從玻利維亞起飛。
The aircraft's owner was identified as LaMia, a small Venezuelan airline company. 經確認,失事飛機屬於委內瑞拉一家名為拉米亞(LaMia)的小型航空公司。
Officials said the plane, a British Aerospace 146, was designed for short flights. 據有關官員稱,失事飛機是英國航宇公司專為短途航班設計的146型號客機。
The crew reported an electrical failure and declared an emergency at 2200 hours local time. 當地時間22點(格林威治時間3點),機組曾報告電氣故障並宣布進入緊急狀態。
Colombian officials are investigating what happened. 哥倫比亞官員負責調查此次事故。
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. 哥倫比亞民航局局長稱,不排除飛機失事前燃料用盡的可能。
The plane was carrying the Chapecoense football team, from the small city of Chapeco in southern Brazil. 搭載沙佩科恩斯隊的客機從巴西南部城市沙佩科起飛。
Chapecoense was to have played Wednesday in the first of a two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin. 該足球隊原定於周三前往麥德林與國民競技隊進行南美杯決賽的首回合較量。
The mayor of Chapeco said he and other officials just missed joining the team and reporters on the flight to Colombia. 沙佩科市長表示,他和其他官員錯過了與球員和記者一起飛往哥倫比亞。
They instead decided to take a commercial airline flight. 他們爾後決定乘坐商業航班。
I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise. 克里斯多福·瓊斯·克魯斯為您播報。
詞彙解析:
1.local time 當地時間
The incident happened just after ten o'clock local time.
事件發生在當地時間10點剛過。
2.airline flight 航空公司;航班
Could I have the airline flight number and arrival time?
請告訴我飛機航班號及到達時間。
3.civil aviation 民用航空
The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded.
民航部長下令所有飛機不得起飛。
4.used up 用盡
Our troops are being used up to the last man.
我們的部隊已人盡其用。
你們知道嗎
距離四級考試
Only 16 Days Remaining
鑑於此
我們推出了全球獨家四級君
臨考突擊專用四級模擬卷
獲取方法如下圖
後臺私信「突擊」即可
(不是「土雞」、「突襲」或者「突進」等無釐頭寫法)