意大利南部大巴事故死亡人数升至39人

 　　At least 39 people died after a tourist bus crashed through a guard rail in southern Italy Sunday evening, local media reported.

　　ROME - Thirty people were killed and some others were injured in a coach accident on Sunday in southern Italy, local media reported.

　　The coach hit several cars before falling off a flyover¹ and plunged² 30 meters down a steep slope near the town of Avellino in the Campania region.

　　About 40 passengers, including children, were on board, according to Italy's ANSA news agency.

　　The driver is reported to be among the dead.

1 flyover   

n.立交桥，天桥

参考例句：

• It took workers more than one year to build this flyover.建造这座立交桥破费工人一年多时间。
• All that came to his bakery should go over a flyover first.所有来他店的人都必须先经过一座立交桥。

2 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。