CCTV9英语新闻：长江沉船救援仍在继续

Rescue work continues in theYangtze River. Most of the passengers on board were elderly.

 

It was supposed to be a pleasure trip, but now more than four hundred lives are at stake.

 

It only took 2 minutes for the passenger ship "Eastern Star" to sink and no time to signal an SOS. Only seven people were fast enough to escape and swim onshore and they were members of the crew. The hundreds of passengers had no warning that they would be trapped.

 

Rescuers are still struggling to find a way to save more, but chances of survival¹ are falling.

 

"We're not optimistic about the people who are trapped, but we are doing everything we can."

 

Most of those on board are aged² from 50 to 80. The youngest is a three-year-old girl. Families are desperately³ waiting for any information This 65 year-old woman was among the few lucky ones to be rescued. The fate of the hundreds of others is unknown.

1 survival   

n.留住生命，生存，残存，幸存者

参考例句：

• The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子，说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
• The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。