(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Air Accidents More Likely in Africa
Africa has about 5 percent of global air traffic but 20 percent of accidents and deaths in 2014.
Siddi Kone is an air navigation safety expert. He says many small airline companies that operate south of the Sahara Desert fail to follow international air navigation rules. He says they sometimes do not know where their planes are located.
He says air traffic coordination and communication must improve. He says planes cannot travel on the same routes as they fly over the continent.
Osei Bonsu is an expert on aviation in Africa. He says countries must work together to locate plane crashes and rescue survivors. He says training is needed to manage air traffic as flights in and out of Africa increase.
Air traffic controllers in Africa say they do not have enough workers, and they lack good communication equipment. Air traffic safety experts who gathered in Cameroon this week said some air traffic controllers use mobile phones to communicate with pilots.
Some of their other concerns include the loss of power at airports and animals on runways.
Air traffic safety and security experts say they need more investment and training to improve the safety of air travel in Africa.
I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.
词汇解析
1.air accidents 空难；飞行事故
Will the people in the buildings will withdraw in time in event of such as air accidents or fire?
一旦发生飞机撞击以及火灾等意外，在大楼上的人是否能够安全撤离？
2.navigation 航行；航海
The compass made possible navigation out of sight of land.
罗盘使得远洋航行成为可能。
3.coordination 协调；调和；对等
Assuming that monitoring and coordination among levels of government and concerned sectors will continue, no disaster are foreseen.
假如政府及有关部门的监护和协作能继续下去，就不会发生灾难性损失。
4.in and out 进出；往返
He weaved in and out through the traffic.
他在车辆往来的道路中穿梭前进。
内容解析
1.Siddi Kone is an air navigation safety expert. He says many small airline companies that operate south of the Sahara Desert fail to follow international air navigation rules. He says they sometimes do not know where their planes are located.
fail to 未能达成；失败
I fail to see how you work it out.
我看不出你是怎样推断出来的。
If you don' t work, you will fail to pass the exam.
如果你不学习，你考试就会不及格。
2.Air traffic controllers in Africa say they do not have enough workers, and they lack good communication equipment. Air traffic safety experts who gathered in Cameroon this week said some air traffic controllers use mobile phones to communicate with pilots.
communicate with 沟通；通话；交流
He had no way to communicate with his brother.
他没有办法与他兄弟联系。
The only way you can motivate people is to communicate with them.
调动别人积极性的唯一方法是与他们交流。
参考译文
非洲发生空难的可能性更大
在全球的航空运输中，非洲约占5%，然而仅在2014年，其航空事故及空难死亡率却占全球的20%。
Siddi Kone是一位空中导航安全专家。他表示，许多位于撒哈拉沙漠以南的小型航空公司并未遵循国际航空的航行规则。他称，有时它们甚至不知道飞机的飞行位置。
他表示空中交通的协调与通讯亟待改善。他还说，当飞越陆地时，飞机们不能在同一路线飞行。
Osei Bonsu是非洲航空领域的专家。他称各国必须同心协力，锁定飞机的失事位置以及对幸存者进行救援。他还表示，随着飞往非洲的往返航班不断增加，空中交通管理和培训是非常有必要的。
非洲的航空管制人员表示，他们并没有充足的工作人员，而且缺乏优良的通讯设备。本周，航空运输安全的专家们聚集在喀麦隆，他们表示一些航空管制员还在使用手机与飞行员保持联系。
还有其他一些潜在的隐患包括机场电量的损耗以及跑道上的小动物等。
航空安全与保障方面的专家表示若改善非洲航空的现有状况，还需要更多的资金投入与飞行培训。
我是克里斯托弗·琼斯-克鲁斯。
译文为可可英语翻译，未经授权请勿转载！
