2007年VOA标准英语-Indonesian Doctors Struggle to Identify Airplan

By Chad Bouchard
Yogyakarta
08 March 2007

Forensic² doctors are struggling to identify the bodies of at least 21 people killed when an Indonesian airplane skidded³ off the runway and exploded Wednesday. As Chad Bouchard reports from Yogyakarta, family members are helping⁴ to identify missing passengers as injured survivors⁵ recover from the harrowing disaster.

Investigators⁶ are picking through the charred⁷ wreckage⁸ of the Garuda 737-400 carrying 140 passengers, which was consumed in a fire early Wednesday. Officials say the cause of the crash is still unknown, but the airplane's in-flight recorder has been recovered, and is expected to be sent to Australia for investigation⁹.

Meanwhile, hundreds of family members of the more than 20 dead passengers waited outside the forensic office of Sargito Hospital in Yogyakarta. Inside, medical teams are examining the remains¹⁰ of victims, some burned beyond recognition.

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A police officer checks the bodies of victims that were killed in Garuda plane crash, in Yogyakarta, 07 Mar 2007

Members of the identification team explained that many of the bodies were burned at temperatures so high that elements normally used to identify remains, such as teeth, were destroyed.

Rinny Risakota, sister of one of the missing passengers, identified her brother among the bodies. She says it is difficult, but you have to control your feelings to make it easier to search the remains. Risakota says her husband helped her to remain calm, and she hopes now that they have identified her brother she can begin grieving.

Survivors of the crash have described violent shaking before the plane touched down, and say the plane was going unusually fast as it approached the runway.

Doctor Dwijo Susono sustained minor¹¹ skull¹² fractures and a concussion¹³ in the crash. He says the airplane shook just before landing, and then touched down hard and bounced off the tarmac before careening off the end of the runway.

"The flight was a little turbulent, and then the flight crashed down. By the grace of God I was still awake, and then I was really going out from the back door," he said. "The fire, I think, I saw after I was out from the aircraft. It is a traumatic situation, I think."

Australia has offered to send additional medical teams to help care for survivors. Wednesday, the Australian government sent a team of specialists to help identify the victims.

Wednesday's explosion marks Indonesia's third airplane crash since January 1. The incidents have raised questions about observance of the country's aircraft maintenance and safety regulations, and the Indonesian president has ordered an investigation.

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 forensic   

adj.法庭的，雄辩的

参考例句：

• The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
• The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。

3 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。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

6 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》

7 charred   

v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式)；烧焦

参考例句：

• the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸
• The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 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。

9 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。

10 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。

11 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

12 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

13 concussion   

n.脑震荡；震动

参考例句：

• He was carried off the field with slight concussion.他因轻微脑震荡给抬离了现场。
• She suffers from brain concussion.她得了脑震荡。