飞机又失事了！德黑兰坠机

 　　A small Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday while taking off from an airport near the capital, Tehran, state media reported. The country's state-run news agency said 40 people were feared killed in the crash.

　　伊朗国家电视台10日报道，已有超过40人在当天上午发生在德黑兰的坠机事故中丧生，出事飞机是一架小型客机。

　　The aircraft, an Iran-141 jet typically used for short domestic flights, crashed near Mehrabad airport, west of Tehran, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported. The plane went down in a residential¹ area, the agency reported.

　　据伊朗官方媒体伊斯兰共和国通讯社报道，出事飞机是伊朗141喷气式飞机，是国内短途飞行的典型机型。该飞机在德黑兰西部的梅赫拉巴德机场附近坠机，落在居民区附近。

　　"Initial reports indicate that the 40 people aboard the plane have been killed, including seven children," IRNA reported. It did not identify a source for its claim.

　　据伊斯兰共和国通讯社消息，“初步报告表明，机上40人全部遇难死亡，其中包括7名儿童”。但该报道并没有明确的采访来源引用。

　　Iran has suffered a series of airplane crashes, blamed on its aging aircraft and poor maintenance. Many of the Boeing aircraft in state-run Iran Air's fleet were bought before the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, which disrupted ties with the U.S. and Europe.

　　由于机身老化、长久失修，伊朗曾发生多起空难。1979年通过伊斯兰革命伊朗拜托了美国和欧洲控制，但伊朗国家航空舰队现有的许多波音飞机都是在那之前买的。

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　　Iranian airlines, including those run by the state, are chronically² strapped³ for cash, and maintenance has suffered, experts say. U.S. sanctions prevent Iran from updating its American aircraft and make it difficult to get European spare parts or planes as well. The country has come to rely on Russian aircraft, many of them Soviet⁴-era planes that are harder to get parts for since the Soviet Union's fall.

　　专家称，长久以来，伊朗的众多航空公司（包括国有航空公司在内）饱受坠机诟病，航空业运营举步维艰。美国的制裁措施禁止伊朗替换美国飞机，进而导致去欧洲采购飞机零件或整机都很困难。所以伊朗不得不依赖于俄罗斯飞机，然而自从苏联解体以后苏联时期的飞机零部件很难更新购进。

　　The last major airliner⁵ crash in Iran happened in January 2011, when an Iran Air Boeing 727 broke to pieces on impact while trying an emergency landing in a snowstorm in northwestern Iran, killing⁶ at least 77 people.

　　最近伊朗发生的坠机事件是在2011年1月，伊朗波音727飞机在伊朗西北部遇上暴风雪天气，在紧急迫降的过程中坠毁、机身四分五裂，死亡人数至少77人。

　　In July 2009, a Russian-made jetliner crashed in northwest Iran shortly after taking off from the capital, killing all 168 on board.

　　2009年7月，一架俄罗斯产喷气客机在首都起飞后不久坠毁在伊朗西北部，机上168人全部遇难。

　　In February 2003 a Russian-made Ilyushin 76 carrying members of the Revolutionary Guard crashed in the mountains of southeastern Iran, killing 302 people aboard.

　　2003年2月，俄罗斯产Ilyushin76飞机在伊朗东南部山区坠毁，302人遇难、其中包括革命卫队成员。

1 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

2 chronically   

ad.长期地

参考例句：

• Similarly, any pigment nevus that is chronically irritated should be excised. 同样，凡是经常受慢性刺激的各种色素痣切勿予以切除。
• People chronically exposed to chlorine develop some degree of tolerance. 人长期接触氯气可以产生某种程度的耐受性。

3 strapped   

adj.用皮带捆住的，用皮带装饰的；身无分文的；缺钱；手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词)；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带

参考例句：

• Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

5 airliner   

n.客机，班机

参考例句：

• The pilot landed the airliner safely.驾驶员使客机安全着陆。
• The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道去上飞机。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。