俄罗斯军舰向土耳其渔船鸣枪示警

AS IT IS 2015-12-16 Russia Fires Warning Shots at Turkish Boat 俄罗斯军舰向土耳其渔船鸣枪示警

Russia reported that it fired warning shots Sunday at a Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean Sea.

The Russian defense¹ ministry² said the crew of the military ship could not contact the fishing boat by radio. The fishing boat failed to respond to flares³ fired from the Russian ship, as well as other signals, the ministry said.

The statement said warning shots were fired when the fishing ship came as close as 600 meters from the Russian military ship.

Tension is high between Turkey and Russia. A Turkish jet downed a Russian military airplane along the Syrian border last month. A Russian airman died in the incident.

The Russian military has bombed Islamic State militants⁴ in Syria, say Russian officials. But some U.S. officials say Russia has bombed Syrians who oppose President Bashar al-Assad.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke⁵ to Turkish reporters about the fishing boat incident.

The Turkish government will interview crew members of the fishing ship before making a formal statement, Cavusoglu said.

“We want to overcome tensions through dialogue,” he added.

Sunday’s incident was in the northern Aegean, about 22 kilometers from the Greek island of Lemnos, according to the Russian defense ministry.

(An earlier version of this story listed the wrong number of Russian airmen killed in the downing of one of its planes by a Turkish jet. One was killed. A second airman was rescued.)

Words in This Story

respond – v. to answer; to say something in reaction to something else

tension – n. a state in which people, groups, countries, etc., disagree with and feel anger toward each other

interview – v. to ask questions in an effort to gather information

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 flares   

n.喇叭裤v.（使）闪耀( flare的第三人称单数 )；（使）（船舷）外倾；（使）鼻孔张大；（使）（衣裙、酒杯等）呈喇叭形展开

参考例句：

• The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck. 船舷从龙骨向甲板外倾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子，一点就着。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 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。