失踪近10天的少年足球队成员全都活着 13 missing footballers found alive, safe in Thai cave

Twelve teenagers(少年) and their football coach(教练), trapped(被困) in a cave(洞穴) in northern Thailand for nine days, have been found alive on Monday night, Narongsak Osottanakorn, governor of Chiang Rai province said.

The 12 boys, aged(年龄) between 11 and 16, together(和) with their coach, 25, were found alive(活着的) about 400 meters away from where they were believed to take refuge(避难). They went missing(失踪) on June 23.

According to rescuers at the spot, the water level inside the cave is still too high(高) to take them out from inside immediately. Rescuers warned boys may spend months trapped underground(地下).

Rescuers and cave diving experts(专家) from several countries, including China, have joined the search operation. Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha thanked the tremendous efforts(努力) of all international units that have come to assist(援助).

Chinese rescue team members are seen after diving near a cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing in Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, July 2, 2018.

词汇 Words:

[shào nián] 少年 teenager
[jiào liàn] 教练 coach
[dòng xué] 洞穴 cave
[bì nàn] 避难 refuge
[shī zōng] 失踪 miss
[dì xià] 地下 underground
[zhuān jiā] 专家 expert
[yuán zhù] 援助 assist
[huózhe de] 活着的 alive

重点词汇 Key word: 

活

• <动词 v.> live
  E.g. Wǒmen chīfàn shì wèile huózhe ér búshì huózhe shì wèile chīfàn。
  我们吃饭是为了活着而不是活着是为了吃饭。
  We eat to live, but not live to eat.

• <名词 n.> work; job
  E.g. Zánmen gànhuó qù ba。
  咱们干活去吧。
  Let's get to work.

• <形容词 adj.> alive
  E.g. Zhè shì tiáo huó yú。
  这是条活鱼。
  This is a live fish. 

• <形容词 adj.> vivid; active; quick
  E.g. Zhè háizi xīnyǎnr huó。
  这孩子心眼儿活。
  The child has a quick mind.