泰国翻船事故中遇难人数升至40人 40 killed after boats capsize in southern Thailand

Gao Huiying China Plus Published: 2018-07-06 17:00:41
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泰国翻船事故中遇难人数升至40人 40 killed after boats capsize in southern Thailand

It's reported that 40 people have died(死亡) and a few Chinese tourists(游客) are missing(失踪), and 94 had been rescued(营救) among a total of 148 people on board the three ill-fated boats in rough seas off the popular island(岛) resort of Phuket in Thailand.

泰国翻船事故中遇难人数升至40人 40 killed after boats capsize in southern Thailand

Two boats carrying tourists, mostly Chinese, capsized(翻) in the sea at about 5:45 p.m. local time (1045 GMT) on Thursday. A personal water craft carrying two foreign tourists also capsized.

泰国翻船事故中遇难人数升至40人 40 killed after boats capsize in southern Thailand

The confirmed victim and the missing passengers were all on board the Phoenix tourist boat, which capsized off the Koh He Island of Phuket Province.

泰国翻船事故中遇难人数升至40人 40 killed after boats capsize in southern Thailand

The governor said early Friday that a 24-hour rescue command center had been established and the Thai navy would dispatch helicopters(直升机) to search(搜索) for the missing.

词汇 Words:

[sǐ wáng] 死亡 die
[shī zōng] 失踪 miss
[yíng jiù] 营救 rescue
[fān] 翻 capsize
[sōu suǒ] 搜索 search
[yóu kè] 游客 tourist
[dǎo] 岛 island

重点词汇 Key word:

翻 <动词 v.> 

  • Turn upside down or inside out; turn over
    E.g. Wǒ de sǎn gěi chuī de fān guòqùle.
    我的伞给吹的翻过去了。
    My umbrella was blown inside out.

  • Look/thump through (for); search
    E.g. Tā fānkāi nà běn hòuhòu de zìdiǎn.
    他翻开那本厚厚的字典。
    He opened the heavy dictionary. 

  • Translate; interpret (into)
    E.g. Qǐng bǎ yǐxià duànluò fānyì chéng zhōngwén。
    请把以下段落翻译成中文。
    Please translate the following paragraph into Chinese.

  • Fall out; break up
    E.g. Tāliǎng yīn yìjiàn fēnqí ér fānle liǎn。
    他俩因意见分歧而翻了脸。
    The two split up over differences in opinion.

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