雅思阅读每日一练:载有巴西足球队的飞机坠毁
来源 :中华考试网 2016-12-08
中背景阅读:
当地时间28日晚,一架载有巴西球员的飞机在哥伦比亚坠毁。失事飞机上载有72名乘客和9名机组人员,目前已找到6名幸存者,其中一人在送往医院后死亡。
对于飞机失事的原因,目前还在调查中。有报道称飞机失事前曾发出电路故障警报。事故发生后,巴西总统特梅尔宣布,对遇难者哀悼三天。
A minute's silence will be held before every football match this weekend in memory of the Chapecoense players and staff who died on Monday.
Football's world governing body Fifa also requested that all players wear black armbands in remembrance.
Nineteen players and coaching staff were among the 71 who died when the Brazilian's team plane crashed.
The team was heading to Colombia for the final of the Copa Sudamericana, the biggest game in the club's history.
Periods of silence will also be held before next week's Champions League and Europa League matches.
Similar tributes were held before all four of the EFL Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Three players - defender Alan Luciano Ruschel, reserve goalkeeper Jackson Ragnar Follmann and centre-back Helio Hermito Zampier Neto - were among the six survivors
Of the survivors, Ruschel and Neto were said to be in critical but stable conditions, with the former having had spinal surgery. Follmann has had his legamputated and could lose his other foot.
amputated
v. 切断; (用外科手术) 截(肢等)( amputate的过去式和过去分词 ); 砍掉; 删除;
例句:
To save his life, doctors amputated his legs.
为了挽救他的生命,医生们截掉了他的双腿。
其他:
原型:amputate
Colombian authorities say evidence is growing that the plane crashed because itran out of fuel as it tried to land.
Club director Cecilio Hans said the club would "rebuild from scratch" in memory of those who had died.
Gabriel pays emotional tribute
Arsenal's Brazilian defender Gabriel paid tribute to his late friend Caio Junior, the Chapecoense coach, after his team's quarter-final defeat by Southampton in the EFL Cup.
The 26-year-old said he was "very close friends" with the coach, the backroom staff and two of the players.
"This is really hard to take. It is something we never imagine will happen with us or a close friend," he said.
"The minimum I can do is send my condolences to all their families and wish that they can carry on.
"I ask for strength for this team that enchanted Brazilian football, a group that five years ago was in the fourth division and surprised everybody.
"We only have good memories to keep in our hearts from this team and the friends I made through football."
Chapecoense were in the Brazilian fourth tier in 2009, but had recently made themselves a national force before their run in South American football's secondary continental competition - the equivalent of the Europa League.
continental
adj. 大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的; 〈美〉(独立战争时)美洲殖民地的;
n.欧洲大陆人; 〈美〉(独立战争中的)美国兵[纸币]; 〈美俚〉(起源于英国的)欧洲大陆发式;
例句:
He sees no signs of improvement in the UK and continental economy.
他看不到英国与欧洲大陆经济好转的迹象。
其他:
复数:continentals
Three of Brazil's leading clubs have said they will offer players to Chapecoense.