(单词翻译:单击)
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It`s a mystery that started on March 8th of 2014.
自2014年3月8日以来就是一个迷
After taking off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, heading to Beijing, China, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished with 239 people onboard.
搭载239人的马航370在从吉隆坡飞往北京的途中失踪
Investigators believe the plane dramatically changed course during its flight and eventually went down somewhere in the Indian Ocean,
调查人员坚信飞机在飞行过程中突然改变了航道,最终在印度洋的某个地方坠落,
far off the western coast of Australia.
远离澳大利亚西海岸
A possible clue emerged late last month on Reunion Island.
上个月在留尼汪岛发现可疑线索
This is a French territory located east of Madagascar,
这是位于马达加斯加东部的法国领土,
in the western Indian Ocean, where debris from the plane might have drifted.
在西印度洋可能漂流着这架飞机的残骸
A beach-cleaning crew found part of an airplane wing.
一名海滩清理员发现了部分机翼
Malaysian officials say it`s from Flight 370, but it`s still being investigated.
马来西亚官员称这是来自马航370,但目前仍在调查中
And investigators still don`t know what happened to the plane or where any other wreckage might be.
至今调查人员仍不清楚飞机发生了什么,以及其它可能的残害在哪里
Veteran oceanographers tell CNN this could be the new front line of the search for MH370,
资深海洋学家告诉CNN,这可能是搜寻MH370的前线,
which is why search teams are now looking off not only Reunion Island but nearby Madagascar, the Seychelles Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, and off the east coast of South Africa.
这就是为什么搜索队不仅在留尼汪岛寻找,也在附近的马达加斯加,塞舌尔群岛,毛里求斯,莫桑比克和南非的东海岸寻找
The reason? A powerful stream of currents circulating in the Indian Ocean, called a gyre.
这是为什么呢?因为在印度洋上形成巨大的循环水流,称为环流
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词汇解析
1、take off
(飞机)起飞
We eventually took off at 11 o'clock and arrived in Venice at 1.30.
我们终于在11点起飞,1:30 到达威尼斯
。(产品、活动、事业等)腾飞,突然成功
They need to expand the number of farmers who are involved if the scheme's going to really take off...
这个方案要想真正成功,他们就需要增加参与的农场主的人数
。In 1944, he met Edith Piaf, and his career took off.
1944 年,他结识了伊迪思·比阿夫,从此他的事业开始腾飞
。(突然)离开,走开,走掉
He took off at once and headed back to the motel.
他立刻离开,回到汽车旅馆
。He took himself off to Mexico.
他突然动身去了墨西哥
。请假;休假;告假
Mitchel's schedule had not permitted him to take time off...
米切尔的日程安排使他无法休假
。She took two days off work.
她休了两天假
。2、dramatically
突如其来的;急剧的;引人注目的
A fifth year of drought is expected to have dramatic effects on the California economy.
第五年遭受旱灾预计会对加利福尼亚的经济产生巨大的影响
。This policy has led to a dramatic increase in our prison populations.
这项政策已经让我们监狱的囚犯人数激增
。激动人心的;引人注目的;令人印象深刻的
He witnessed many dramatic escapes as people jumped from as high as the fourth floor...
他目睹了许多人从五层高的楼上跳下来逃生的惊险场面
。Their arrival was dramatic and exciting.
他们的到来令人激动不已,难以忘怀
。3、emerge
出现;露出
Richard was waiting outside the door as she emerged.
她出现的时候,理查德正在门外等着
。The postman emerged from his van soaked to the skin.
邮递员从他的厢式货车中出来,浑身湿透了
。(从困境或不好的经历中)摆脱出来,熬出来
There is growing evidence that the economy is at last emerging from recession.
有越来越多的证据表明经济终于开始摆脱萧条
。their plans to emerge from bankruptcy by February of next year.
他们计划于明年2月之前摆脱破产困境
(事实或结果)显露,显现,暴露
the growing corruption that has emerged in the past few years...
过去几年暴露出来的越来越多的腐败现象
It soon emerged that neither the July nor August mortgage repayment had been collected...
很快就发现,原来7月和8月的抵押还款都没有偿还
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