CCTV9英语新闻：China sends rescue vessel to help locate black boxes

China's Ministry¹ of Transport says it has sent the rescue vessel² "Nan-hai-jiu 101" to help retrieve³ the black boxes of flight 8501. 

 

The ship set sail at ten AM today from south China's Haikou City. It is heading for the sea area where the wreckage⁴ is located. The ship is expected to arrive there in four days. Meanwhile, a seven-member expert team joined the Nan-hai-jiu 101 in Sanya city. They will bring along high-precision scanning and locating equipment. 

 

The Ministry of Transport also prepared the Nan-hai-jiu 115, another rescue vessel. It is in south China's Yongxing Island awaiting any requests by the Indonesian government.

 

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 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。

3 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

4 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。