新西兰英语 323 Fishing boat sinks

　　Early this morning, a fishing boat sank about 700km off the coast of Dunedin. 51 men were on board. 45 men in life rafts¹ were rescued by another fishing boat nearby but three bodies were found. An air force plane searched for three more men today but did not find them. The missing² men are the Korean captain and two Indonesian crew³ members. They are probably dead because the water is very cold – about 7 degrees.
The boat, Oyang 70, is an 82 m factory fishing boat owned by a South Korean company. The crew consisted of 8 Koreans, 26 Indonesians, 6 Filipinos and one Chinese. Although the boat was 38 years old, it had a full safety inspection⁴ last month and was in good condition. The sea was calm at the time so it is hard to understand why the boat sank.
The boat was fishing for southern blue whiting when it gave a mayday call at 4.40am this morning. Ten minutes later, it sank. Six other fishing boats were nearby and they helped to rescue the crew and to look for the missing men. The fishing boat with the Oyang crew on board will arrive in Christchurch on Friday morning.
Questions
1. The company that hired this Korean boat was a New Zealand company. Can you suggest why they used a Korean boat?
2. Why do you think there were so many Indonesian crew members?
3. When the boats are fishing for blue whiting, they usually stay at sea for about six weeks. The boat with the Oyang crew is returning to land after only a few days. Who should pay for the lost fishing time?

1 rafts   

木筏( raft的名词复数 )； 橡皮艇； 充气船； 大量

参考例句：

• Alexander's engineers built floating rafts for the heavy catapults. 亚历山大的工兵修建了浮动的筏子来运载沉重的弩炮。
• Rafts floated down the river. 木筏顺水漂浮。

2 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

3 crew   

n.全体船员，全体乘务员；vi.一起工作

参考例句：

• A captain controls his ship and its crew.船长管理他的船和船上的船员。
• The captain kept his crew at a distance.船长与他的船员总保持一段距离。

4 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。