韩国渡轮死亡人数升至49

 　　JINDO, South Korea, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Death toll¹ of a sunken South Korean ferry continued to rise Sunday as divers² has kept entering the hull³ of the submerged vessel⁴, the South Korean Coast Guard said.

　　Koh Myung-seok, director general of the coast guard, told reporters that a total of five underwater ropes, which guide divers through rapid currents to the underwater gate of the ferry from surface, have been installed and the ropes enabled divers to go down into the sunken vessel at a much faster pace than before.

　　Coast guard, navy and private divers have been entering the hull through their separate guidelines simultaneously⁵, Koh said, noting it resulted in random⁶ discovery and retrieval of bodies trapped inside the hull.

　　Death toll rises to 49 as divers enter sunken S.Korean ferry

　　As of 10 a.m., 49 people have been confirmed dead and 174 rescued, leaving 253 passengers still missing.

　　More than 560 divers conducted search operations into the hull overnight 15 times, with 192 rescue ships and 31 airplanes mobilized.

　　One body was found at 7:10 p.m. Saturday by the coast guard vessel in waters near the site of the accident as the divers had difficulties in going into the hull.

　　Three bodies were retrieved⁷ at 11:48 p.m. from the passenger compartment⁸ on the fourth floor of the five-story ship after the divers broke open the window glass and entered the cabin. It was the first recovery inside the hull nearly four days after the 6, 825-ton ferry capsized and sank off Jindo Island, the southwestern tip of South Korea.

　　At 5:35 a.m. Sunday, one more body was retrieved from the cabin, and 15 minutes later, three more bodies were collected. Nine more bodies were retrieved from the hull from 7:40 to 8:02 a.m.

　　A total of 563 divers will enter the hull through the five guidelines to search more bodies and possible survivors⁹, while 204 rescue ships and 34 aircraft will scour¹⁰ the areas near the vessel.

　　The ship Sewol departed the western port city of Incheon Tuesday night for the southern resort island of Jeju. Among the 476 passengers and crew were 325 high school students and 15 teachers on a four-day field trip.

　　Divers have strived against rapid currents to get into the hull of the ship, and they found three bodies with the naked eye for the first time on Saturday morning.

　　The third and fourth floors are composed of passenger cabins, where most of the possible survivors may have been trapped. There are freight compartments¹¹ on the second floor and a dining room on the first floor. Divers succeeded in reaching the first and second floors Friday.

　　Around 87 passengers stayed at the cabins on the third floor, with 353 put up on the fourth floor and seven on the fifth floor.

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

3 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

4 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

5 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

6 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

7 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句

8 compartment   

n.卧车包房，隔间；分隔的空间

参考例句：

• We were glad to have the whole compartment to ourselves.真高兴，整个客车隔间由我们独享。
• The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里。

9 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

10 scour   

v.搜索；擦，洗，腹泻，冲刷

参考例句：

• Mother made me scour the family silver.母亲让我擦洗家里的银器。
• We scoured the telephone directory for clues.我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。

11 compartments   

n.间隔( compartment的名词复数 )；（列车车厢的）隔间；（家具或设备等的）分隔间；隔层

参考例句：

• Your pencil box has several compartments. 你的铅笔盒有好几个格。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The first-class compartments are in front. 头等车室在前头。 来自《简明英汉词典》