CCTV9英语新闻：China sends another ship to join search for missing plane

The gruesome task of recovering bodies from the downed Air Asia plane continues. Throughout the weekend bad weather and poor visibility underwater have hampered¹ efforts. But with better conditions, the search for flight data recorders has resumed.

 

And in response to a request from Indonesia, a Chinese naval² rescue vessel³ left a military port in south China's Hainan Province on Monday night to join the search. The Yongxingdao is expected to arrive on Friday in the area where the jet disappared.  It's equipped with underwater search and detect devices and a team of 48 divers⁴. The Yongxingdao and crew also assisted in the search for the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

 

As the search for the missing AirAsia passenger jet resumes, China sent a search vessel to the Java Sea on Monday. It joins 9 other ships from four countries scowering the area. It's capable of detecting black box recorders and is expected to arrive this coming Friday.

 

"We will mainly provide data analysis, search guidance, as well as intelligence support and relevant personnel who can help with decision-making," Yin Jie, director of China Maritime⁵ Search & Rescue Center , said.

 

Ships and aircraft on the hunt for debris⁶ and bodies from Flight QZ8501 widened their search area on Monday- 8 days after the plane crashed in the Java sea.

 

The main focus of the search is about 90 nautical⁷ miles off the coast of Borneo island, where five large objects believed to be parts of the plane have been pinpointed⁸ in shallow waters.

 

So far scores of bodies have been recovered and more than a dozen identified.

 

On Monday an Indonesian naval search and rescue ship returned to Surabaya port carrying more bodies - and parts of the wreckage⁹.

 

"We retrieved¹⁰ ten bodies during our one-week operation and several objects which mostly were parts of the AirAsia plane. All objects will be handed over to the National Committee of Safety Transportation," Captain of Bung Tomo Asia Yayan Sofyan

 

Indonesia's meteorological agency has said seasonal¹¹ tropical storms probably contributed to the crash. But until investigators¹² can examine the recorders, the cause of the crash remains¹³ unknown. 

 

1 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

2 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

3 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。

4 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。

5 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

6 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

7 nautical   

adj.海上的，航海的，船员的

参考例句：

• A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
• It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。

8 pinpointed   

准确地找出或描述( pinpoint的过去式和过去分词 )； 为…准确定位

参考例句：

• His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice. 他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
• Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from. 计算机确定了炮弹发射的位置。

9 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

10 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

11 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。

12 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》

13 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。