VOA常速英语2019--波音坚称飞机足够安全

The 737 max 8, Boeing’s best-selling jet will no longer fly the US skies after President Trump¹ declared an emergency order to ground it.

737 max 8是波音公司最热销的机型，但它不会再出现在美国的天空中，因为特朗普总统发布了一项让它停飞的紧急命令。

I didn’t want to take any chances. We didn’t have to make this decision today. We could have delayed it.

我不想抱什么侥幸心理。我们本来也不想今天做出这样的决定，本来可以避免这种情况的。

Maybe we don’t have to make it at all, but I felt it was important both psychologically and in a lot of other ways.

或许我们不必这样做，但我觉得这对安抚人心很重要，在很多其他方面也很重要。

The day prior to Trump’s announcement, Boeing CEO Dennis Walenberg spoke² with Trump by phone and reassured³ his aircraft is safe.

在特朗普做此宣布之前，波音公司首席执行官（CEO）丹尼斯·瓦伦堡与特朗普通了电话，并再三保证自己公司的飞机是安全的。

As a key military contractor⁴, Boeing is a major lobbying force in Washington.

作为重要的军事承包商，波音公司是华盛顿主要的总统竞选游说力量

The company donated 1 million dollars to the Presidential Inaugural⁵ Fund, and Trump has called the CEO a friend.

波音公司向总统就职基金捐赠了100万美元，而且特朗普也称该公司CEO是他的朋友。

It’s a very tough decision from the standpoint of a company like Boeing.

从波音这样的公司的角度来讲，这是一个艰难的决定。

It’s a great great company with a track record that is so phenomenal.

这是一家无与伦比的公司，有着卓绝的历史。

Through a statement, Boeing said they support the temporary grounding, but continues to have full confidence in the safety of the 737 max.

在一份声明中，波音公司表示他们支持暂时停飞的要求，但依然对该机型的安全性充满信心。

Boeing shares have dropped 15% since Sunday’s crash.

波音股票自周日发生坠机事件以来下跌了15%。

The 737 Max jets have crashed twice in five months, killing⁶ nearly 350 people, including those on board Indonesian Lion Air that crashed in October.

在5个月的时间里，该机型发生2次坠机事件，导致近350人死亡，该数字也考虑了10月份印尼狮航的死亡人数。

A few hours before Trump’s announcement, Canada joined dozens of countries in banning the aircraft.

在特朗普宣布停飞的几小时前，加拿大跟一些国家一样，也宣布停飞该机型。

The new information and I hasten to say, this is new information that we received and analyzed⁷ this morning comes from validated⁸ satellite tracking data, suggesting a possible although unproven similarity in the flight profile of the Lion Air Aircraft.

我想说新的信息，这是我们今天早上收到并分析过的新信息，这些新信息来自于经过验证的卫星跟踪数据。数据表明，这次坠机与狮航坠机事件有相似性，虽然这种相似性还未经证实。

Ethiopian authorities have recovered the aircraft’s black boxes, and plans to send them abroad for investigation⁹.

埃塞俄比亚当局已经找到了失事飞机的黑匣子，并计划将黑匣子送到国外进行研究。

The flight data and cockpit voice recorders will provide important clues about the cause of the crash.

飞行数据和驾驶舱语音记录器将提供失事原因的重要线索。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 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。

3 reassured   

adj.使消除疑虑的；使放心的v.再保证，恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

5 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 validated   

v.证实( validate的过去式和过去分词 )；确证；使生效；使有法律效力

参考例句：

• Time validated our suspicion. 时间证实了我们的怀疑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The decade of history since 1927 had richly validated their thesis. 1927年以来的十年的历史，充分证明了他们的论点。 来自辞典例句

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。