新奇事件簿 用棕榈叶拼HELP获救

Three men were rescued from a remote desert island in adventure-book style on Thursday. The three sailors became marooned¹ on the tiny, uninhabited island of Fanadik in the South Pacific Ocean after their boat capsized. The island is several hundred kilometres north of Papua New Guinea. Even though they lost their vessel² at night, the men managed to swim for nearly three kilometres to reach land. They remained on the island for three days and believed they were modern-day castaways. They wrote the word 'HELP' in the sand using palm leaves so they might be spotted³ by a plane. Their prayers were answered when a U.S. Coast Guard plane spotted their message on the beach.

在周四，三名男子就像冒险书中讲的一样从遥远的荒岛中获救。这三名水手的船翻了，他们被困在南太平洋上一个荒无人烟的Fanadik小岛上。该岛在巴布亚新几内亚北部，距离几百公里远。虽然他们在晚上丢了船，他们还是成功地游了近三公里远到达了陆地。他们在岛上呆了三天并坚信他们是现代的遇难者。他们用棕榈叶在沙子上摆了“HELP”求救标识，以便有飞机能够发现他们。美国海岸巡逻队发现了沙滩上的求救信号并作了回应。

A Coast Guard spokesman spoke⁴ about the rescue. He said: "Our combined efforts, coupled with the willingness of many different resources to come together and help, led to the successful rescue of these three men in a very remote part of the Pacific." Once the men were found, their families were notified and they were put on a boat back to the island of Pulap, from where they had initially⁵ set out to sea. The Coast Guard said none of the men was injured. The rescue is one of many the U.S. Coast Guard has undertaken recently. Officials say that in the last two weeks, they have coordinated⁶ seven search-and-rescue missions in the South Pacific, saving the lives of 15 people.

一位海岸警卫队发言人谈到救援时说：“我们共同的努力，再加上各方人力自发地一起来帮忙才在遥远的太平洋营救了这三个人。”这三个人被发现后，立即通知了他们的家人并且让他们坐船回到他们出海的地方Pulap岛。海岸巡逻队称没有人受伤。这次营救是近期美国海岸巡逻队的救援行动之一。官方称，在前两周，他们在南太平洋执行了七次搜寻营救任务，营救了15人。

1 marooned   

adj.被围困的；孤立无援的；无法脱身的

参考例句：

• During the storm we were marooned in a cabin miles from town. 在风暴中我们被围困在离城数英里的小屋内。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks. 埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。 来自辞典例句

2 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。

3 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。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

6 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法