夏说英语新闻晨读 第300期:现代鲁滨逊

 本期内容：
Two women and their dogs have been rescued after being lost at sea for five months while trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti. The US navy rescued the women on Wednesday after a Taiwanese fishing vessel¹ spotted² them about 900 miles south-east of Japan, well off their planned course, and alerted the US coast guard. The USS Ashland arrived early the next day, the navy said in a statement released on Thursday.

Rescue：救援
Vessel：船只
Spot：发现
Course：航线

1 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。

2 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。