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听力文本
It says a spokesperson for French civil Aviation Anthority confirms to CNN that the crew in airplane did not issue a distress call.
法国民航总局发言人对CNN说机组人员没有发射过求救信号。
A distress signal was sent out by air traffic control after controllers became concerned at the loss of radio contact with the plane and the speed of the plane's descent.
求救信号是空中交通管制队发出的，在这之前管控人员认为飞机与地面可能失去了无线电联系，认为飞机的飞行速度正在下降。
What do you make of that,Mary?
玛丽，你那边的情况是怎么样的？
Well, the fact that is no or there may be no distress call and over in London,
其实，飞机可能确实没有发出过求救信号，在伦敦，
they are getting inflicting reports and there's one story coming out of Paris and a different story comingout of Barcelona.
我们得到的都是些令人伤感的报道，而在巴黎和巴塞罗那，我们却得到了不同版本的报道。
But,if there was no Mayday Mayday call,first they said emergency which is not standard phraseology,
但是，如果飞机真的没有发出过求救信号，开始他们说发出的是“紧急情况”的信号，这并不是标准的信号措辞，
but that's not hijack code either and then they said it was Mayday, Mayday,Mayday,which made sense that's what you should say.
但这也不是飞机劫持信号，然后他们说发出过求救信号"Mayday",这就说得通了，因为这就是他们应该发出的信号。
But now with no distress call，that would certainly explain that the mysteries that people were wondering about as to why the piolet did not turn back to other available airports，
而现在没有发出求救信号，这就消除了人们头脑中的困惑，那就是飞行员为什么没有改变航道飞向别的机场，
Why didn't veer from the course which is headed straight into the mountains after this eight-minute drop in altitude.
为什么在八分钟骤降之前并没有躲避迎面的山峰。
With no distress call,of course，we don't know what the pilot knew what was going on we don't know what the plane was doing and we don't know the emergency.
由于没有求救信号，当然我们就不知道飞行员当时遇到了什么情况，我们也不知道飞机当时是怎么回事，也不了解当时的紧急情况。
You konw，for example,in the Payne Stewart. situation with rapidly compression,there was no emergency call.
比如是史都华兹的飞机失事事件，当时的气压越来越高，飞机也没有发出紧急情况的信号。
They didn't know it was happening.
他们并不知道这起事故正在发生。
It happend to them and it overtook them,so there are a lot of different scenarios with no distress call,
然而事情就是发生了，事故夺走了他们的生命，所以没有发出求救信号的情境有很多种可能，
and that would also explain tha cause why they continue to descend into the Alps,very high mountains in this region.
这也就解释了为什么飞机在这一地区极高山脉阿尔卑斯山持续骤降的原因。
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重点讲解
1.mayday call 求救呼叫
The crew issued a mayday call before diverting the aircraft.
机组人员在转移航道前发出了求救信号。
2.distress signal 呼救信号
Conway flashed a distress signal with his pocket light.
康维拿袖珍手电打出了遇险信号。
3.emergency call 紧急呼叫
I let go of her lifeless hand and used the emergency call button to summon the nurse.
我放开她已经没有生气的手，伸手按响紧急状况铃声把护士叫过来。
4.radio contact 无线电联络
She broke radio contact when she realized she was being intercepted.
当她意识到她被侦听时，她中断了无线电联系。
