美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-04-21

 First around the world are praying for South Korea. On Wednesday, there was an accident on a ferry headed for a resort island. It was carring 459 people. The weather was good, the seas were calm, but witnesses say that around 9 a.m., the ship started to list. At some point, there was a loud bang, it's unclear whether that was before or after the ship began tilting¹. People were told over a loud speaker to stay where they were that it would be too dangerous to move. But over the next couples of hours, the ship capsized and the passengers, many of whom were high school students were in desperate need of rescue. Paula Hancocks reported on this in the hours after the accident.

 

It's a heartbreaking scene here just outside Jindo, auditorium² on the southwest tip of South Korea. This is really the staging area for where the rescued have come earlier this morning, but now where the parents of those who are still missing are congregated³ desperately⁴ waiting for any news of their children. 

 

There is a list behind me, which is basically of the people who have been rescued and the names of the hospitals if they have been taken to hospital. We are seeing families arrive in a desperate state looking through those names pouring over the list and breaking down when they see that their child's name is not on that list. Now we know that the majority of the passengers on the ships were high school students, they were on their way to Jeju Island, just size of South Korea, but hundred kilometers south. It's a tourist area, they were on a full day field trip. We know at this point almost 300 people are still missing.  

 

Now as you can see, darkness has fallen and of course with it hopes are falling as well of finding many more survivors⁵. We do know that the searching rescue operation is still very much under way. Helicopters are trying to see if anyone is in the water, we know that navy divers⁶ have been trying to get inside the sunken ship throughout the day. It's unclear whether or not they were able to. We know they were having difficulty because of strong currents. There's also a USS Navy ship from the US Seventh Fleet trying to lend their hand as well. A desperate situation as the search continues for those who are still missing. But of course these waters are cold of South Korea, and we are hearing from the coast guard that the expectation of survival really is no more than two hours. 

 

Paula Hancocks, CNN, Jindo, South Korea.

 

Next story today concerns the Middle Eastern nation of Yemen. It's not just what it shows that troubles the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon. It's whom it shows.

 

This is believed to be the largest gathering⁷ of terrorists in years. They are affiliated⁸ with al Qaeda, the terrorists groups responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. And they are meeting out in the open, blatantly⁹ risking a possible strike by a US drone. In the video, the group's leader acknowledges this risk and calls on terrorists to attack America again. Experts say the CIA and the US military either didn't know about the meeting or they couldn't get a drone there in time to attack. But after its recent appearance on militant¹⁰ islamist websites, US officials are analyzing¹¹ everything.

1 tilting   

倾斜，倾卸

参考例句：

• For some reason he thinks everyone is out to get him, but he's really just tilting at windmills. 不知为什么他觉得每个人都想害他，但其实他不过是在庸人自扰。
• So let us stop bickering within our ranks.Stop tilting at windmills. 所以，让我们结束内部间的争吵吧！再也不要去做同风车作战的蠢事了。

2 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

3 congregated   

（使）集合，聚集( congregate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The crowds congregated in the town square to hear the mayor speak. 人群聚集到市镇广场上来听市长讲话。
• People quickly congregated round the speaker. 人们迅速围拢在演说者的周围。

4 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

5 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

6 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

7 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

8 affiliated   

adj. 附属的, 有关连的

参考例句：

• The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
• All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。

9 blatantly   

ad.公开地

参考例句：

• Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored. 安全规章被公然置之不顾。
• They walked grandly through the lobby, blatantly arm in arm, pretending they were not defeated. 他们大大方方地穿过门厅，故意炫耀地挎着胳膊，假装他们没有被打败。

10 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

11 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句