美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-01-01

If it sounds err¹ i familiar, it's just because 10 months ago, as Martin was saying, another flight in the same area of the world MH 370 went missing. So, we decided² to look at these 2 flights, these 2 airlines and see where the similarities and comparisons ended. Let's bring up a map and start now. MH 370 departed from Kuala Lumpur on its way to Beijing in early March and you see that just toward upper part of your screen there. AirAsia flight departed from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore right there at the bottom of your screen. Now, both disappeared from radar³ and made no further communication after that moment. These 2 airlines are slightly different with MH 370 having more room for passengers, 239 passengers versus⁴ 162 passengers and crew on AirAsia. Also, both of these flights, you bring up that map one more time, lost contact rarely soon after departing. Mh-370 lost contact about 1:19. QZA501 lost contact about 6:17 this morning and that's pretty much similarities and comparisons end there. So, you may be wondering that flight MH 370. Where it is?  Anyone spotted⁵? Any debris⁶? Any wreckage⁷? We know in August that Australian government reached out to a Dutch company to help with the next phase of search. The so-called undersea search and we know that the Malaysian government is also playing a big role in this. Both earmarking a lot of money, Martin. 60 million dollars from each government to go for with this search. Now, they have an optimistic estimation that they would continue or finish. I should say the scouring⁸ of this priority zone in the Indian Ocean by May of next year 2015. But that was only if they didn't have any technical problem or hi. with the equipment that they were using that turn out not to be the case. They are having some problems. The delay have pushed back the search. Now, another plane of the same part of the world, Martin.

1 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

4 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

5 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

6 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。

7 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。

8 scouring   

擦[洗]净，冲刷，洗涤

参考例句：

• The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。
• This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。