马航失踪飞机搜索工作仍继续

 　　马航失踪飞机搜索工作仍继续

　　Planes and a ship scrambled¹ to find a pallet and other debris² in the sea in an effort to determine whether the objects are from the Malaysia Airlines jet that has been missing for more than two weeks.

　　China has released a satellite image showing an object floating in the sea area where planes and ships have been searching since similar images from an Australian satellite emerged earlier in the week.

　　China's image shows an object that appeared to measure 22 meters by 13 meters.

　　Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot says there is "increasing hope" of finding wreckage³ from the flight in the capital of Papua New Guinea.

　　"One of our civilian⁴ search aircraft got visuals on a number of objects in a fairly small area in the overall Australian search zone. Finally, the search is being joined today by four additional aircraft: two Chinese aircraft and two Japanese Orions."

　　However, he said that it is still too early to confirm their linkage⁵ to the missing flight.

　　It is the latest in a series of clues that experts and searchers are following in efforts to solve the mystery of what happened to Flight 370 when it disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board, with two-thirds of the passengers being Chinese.

　　An Australian naval⁶ vessel⁷ is now in the area, with a small flotilla of Chinese ships heading to the search zone in the coming days.

　　At the same time, Japan and India are also sending more planes, while Australian and Chinese search and navy vessels⁸ are steaming towards the southern search zone.

　　John Young, General Manager of Australian Maritime⁹ Safety Authority's Emergency Response Division, confirmed that Chinese military aircraft would be involved in the search.

　　"China has offered the two Ilyushin-76 aircraft; there are a number of war ships on their way to the area. The Chinese polar research and supply ship Xue Long which we worked with in an incident in January in the Antarctic, is now on their way to the search area. So, China is very focused on assisting with this search."

　　But Sam LaGrone with the U.S. Naval Institute says the search will be one of the world's most difficult operations.

　　"Probably the only situation that comes to mind when you are thinking about the depth of the ocean, or situation that probably would come to mind would be similar to the search for the Titanic¹⁰. That was underneath¹¹ the ocean, under thousands, thousands of feet of water, and that could be a very similar situation there, but you are looking for something that's much, much smaller."

　　The Chinese aircraft will be ready to take part in searches on Monday, with the first Chinese ships due in the search zone on Tuesday.

　　For CRI, this is Li Jing.

1 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

3 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

4 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

5 linkage   

n.连接；环节

参考例句：

• In their monographic treatment of linkage,they have emphasized this especially.他们在论连锁的专题文章中特别强调了这点。
• Occasionally,problems with block inheritance or linkage are encountered.有时会遇到区段遗传或连锁问题。

6 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

7 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

8 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

10 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

11 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。