NBC晚间新闻 一架波音737在索契坠毁起火

Terror for the 164 passengers on board a burning plane, visible in the distance, moments after the Boeing 737 crashed. Daylights showing the stricken aircraft. Only the undercarriage and wing damaged. 18 people were injured, including three children. We didn't feel the plane was slowing down, says this survivor¹, that it skidded² beyond the runway, banked right and caught fire. A firefighter attending the blaze died of a heart attack.

People just jumped, grabbed children and fled. Russian media reporting the plane was trying to land early Saturday at the Olympic city of Sochi in strong winds and heavy rain. The crash comes amid rising concern about the safety of air travel in economically struggling Russia. In February, 71 people were killed when a commercial airliner³ crashed after taking off from Moscow. Tonight an investigation⁴ has been launched into suspected "inadequacies" that may have caused this latest dramatic accident.

164名乘客的惊魂时刻。他们乘坐的这架波音737客机坠毁后不久起火，远处可以看到火焰。天亮之后我们可以看到坠毁的飞机。只有起落架和机翼受损。18人受伤，其中包括3名儿童。这位幸存者说，我们没有感觉到飞机减速，飞机滑出跑道，向右倾斜，起火了。一名参加救火的消防员死于心脏病。人们跳起来，抓住孩子逃跑。俄罗斯媒体报导说，这架飞机星期六早些时候试图在强风和大雨中降落在奥林匹克城市索契。坠机事件发生之际，俄罗斯经济陷入困境，人们对航空旅行安全的担忧日益加剧。今年2月，一架商业客机从莫斯科起飞后坠毁，造成71人死亡。今晚已经开始针对这起最新严重事故中可能存在的“不当行为”进行调查。

1 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

2 skidded   

v.（通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区

参考例句：

• The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。
• The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。

3 airliner   

n.客机，班机

参考例句：

• The pilot landed the airliner safely.驾驶员使客机安全着陆。
• The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道去上飞机。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。