VOA慢速英语2016 巴西球队包机坠毁 76人遇难

Plane Carrying Football Team From Brazil Crashes in Colombia 巴西球队包机坠毁 76人遇难

At least 76 people were killed when an airplane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed Monday night in Colombia.

周一晚间，一架搭载巴西足球队的飞机坠毁在哥伦比亚，造成至少76人遇难。

A Colombian police commander said five of the 81 people on the chartered² plane survived. The aircraft was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members.

哥伦比亚的警察指挥官表示，机上81名乘客中只有5人幸存。飞机上有72名乘客和9名机组人员。

The team was on its way to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana football competition at the time of the crash. The sport is called soccer in the United States.

事故发生时，这支球队正准备参加南美杯足球比赛决赛。美国称足球为soccer。

The plane came down in a mountainous area near the city of Medellin. The flight had started in Bolivia.

飞机在麦德林市附近的山区坠毁，失事客机从玻利维亚起飞。

The aircraft’s owner was identified as LaMia, a small Venezuelan airline company. Officials said the plane, a British Aerospace³ 146, was designed for short flights. The crew reported an electrical failure and declared an emergency at 2200 hours local time (0300 GMT).

经确认，失事飞机属于委内瑞拉一家名为拉米亚（LaMia）的小型航空公司。据有关官员称，失事飞机是英国航宇公司专为短途航班设计的146型号客机。当地时间22点（格林威治时间3点），机组曾报告电气故障并宣布进入紧急状态。

Colombian officials are investigating what happened. The head of the country’s civil aviation⁴ agency⁵ said he cannot rule out the possibility that the plane used up all its fuel before the crash.

哥伦比亚官员负责调查此次事故。哥伦比亚民航局局长称，不排除飞机失事前燃料用尽的可能。

The plane was carrying the Chapecoense football team, from the small city of Chapeco in southern Brazil. Chapecoense was to have played Wednesday in the first of a two-game Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional of Medellin.

搭载沙佩科恩斯队的客机从巴西南部城市沙佩科起飞。该足球队原定于周三前往麦德林与国民竞技队进行南美杯决赛的首回合较量。

The mayor⁶ of Chapeco said he and other officials just missed joining the team and reporters on the flight to Colombia. They instead decided⁷ to take a commercial airline flight.

沙佩科市长表示，他和其他官员错过了与球员和记者一起飞往哥伦比亚。他们尔后决定乘坐商业航班。

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chartered – adj. hired for temporary use; a charter¹ flight is one that is arranged for a specific use by a team or group and is not a regularly-scheduled flight.

mayor – n. the top official of a city, town of village

commercial – adj. of or related to business

1 charter   

n.特许状，执照，宪章；v.特许，发给特许执照

参考例句：

• This new law amounts to a tax evader's charter.这项新法律简直成了为逃税者开的许可证。
• We will charter a steamer to convey the goods.我们将租一艘船运送这批货物。

2 chartered   

a.特许的，持有特许证的

参考例句：

• the Institute of Chartered Accountants （英国皇家）特许会计师协会
• The government chartered the new airline. 政府给这家新航空公司颁发了许可证。

3 aerospace   

adj.航空的，宇宙航行的

参考例句：

• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。

4 aviation   

n.航空，航空学，飞机制造业

参考例句：

• Ten years ago,they began to develop the aviation. 十年前，他们开始发展航空工业。
• Pilots of large aircraft are masters of aviation.大型飞行器的驾驶员是航空学方面的专家。

5 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。

6 mayor   

n.市长

参考例句：

• The new mayor said he would clean the city up.新市长说，他要整顿本市。
• The mayor hurried into his office,brushing off the reporters.市长赶快走进办公室，拒不接见记者。

7 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。