夏说英语新闻晨读 第15期:遇见时认真遇见

 本期内容：

A report by Indonesian investigators¹ into last December’s crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, in which 162 people died, blamed failures of equipment and communication. The Airbus A320’s rudder-control system malfunctioned²; attempting a fix, the crew reset³ the plane’s computer; the autopilot became disengaged; the co-pilot, flying the aircraft manually, misunderstood the pilot’s instructions; and the two lost control.

词义解析:

Rudder: 舵

Malfunction: 失灵

Crew：机组成员

Reset：重启

Autopilot：自动驾驶

Disengage：解除

Co-pilote：副驾驶

Manually：手动地

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 malfunctioned   

发生故障(malfunction的过去式与过去分词)

参考例句：

• Is there any way the dye pack malfunctioned back at the bank? 什么能使爆色板在银行内就失效？ 来自电影对白
• The malfunctioned roller of his mouse is under repair. 他鼠标的滚轴失灵了，正在修呢。 来自互联网

3 reset   

v.重新安排，复位；n.重新放置；重放之物

参考例句：

• As soon as you arrive at your destination,step out of the aircraft and reset your wristwatch.你一到达目的地，就走出飞机并重新设置手表时间。
• He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm.他做了一个手臂复位手术，正在恢复。