2014年CRI 马航MH370水下搜索工作首度展开

 

An underwater search is now underway for the flight data recorder of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

A Chinese ship is joining an Australian submarine in the first sub-surface search for the flight's so-called black box.

The search itself is taking place in an area about 17-hundred kilometers northwest of Perth, Australia.

It comes just under a month after the flight disappeared on March 8th with 239-passangers and crew onboard.

Black-box batteries generally run out of power after around a month.

This is CRI News.

The Philippine government is now pointing the finger at the Abu Sayyaf militant¹ group as being responsible for the kidnapping of a Chinese national this week in Malaysia.

Philippine authorities say a group of 7-men led by a known member of Abu Sayyaf kidnapped two women at gunpoint Wednesday evening from a popular tourist resort, then eluded² Malaysian authorities and made their way into the Philippine Sea.

It's believed the kidnappers³ and their hostages are now in the southern Philippines.

Phlippine authorities have not disclosed how they've come-by this information, or whether any ransom⁴ demands have been issued.

29-year old Gao Huayun from Shanghai was on a scuba-diving trip with a friend when she was taken.

1 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。

2 eluded   

v.（尤指机敏地）避开( elude的过去式和过去分词 )；逃避；躲避；使达不到

参考例句：

• The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs. 那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The criminal eluded the police. 那个罪犯甩掉了警察的追捕。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。