美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-01-06
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2014年(一)月
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All the icy ordeal 1 is one major step close to being over for passengers who were trapped on a ship off Antarctica for ten days. All the passengers aboard that Russian stranded 2 ship have been rescured by helicopter. They are now on an Australia ice breaker. 22 crew members will stay on board the ship untill they can move again. And this is a story that started on Christmas Eve after the ship got stuck in ten feet of ice. Previous rescue attempts had to be abandoned because of treacherous 3 conditions. Now the 52 passengers are no longer stuck, but their journey home is really just beginning. Mathew Chance has the latest.
This is the Chinese helicopter that finally plucked all 52 passengers off the stranded research vessel 4.
The helicopter to take us home. Thanks, everyone.
After more than a week, marooned 5 in Antarctice pack ice, the team of scientists and tourists were airlifted to a nearby Australia ice breaker are now heading into open seas. It's still expected to be mid-Janurary before they make dry land. Since Christmas Eve, hopes were raised repeatedly that rescue of the ship, the Academic Shicaoski was imminent 6. At least 3 attempts failed to cut a path through the sea ice. But those on board kept their spirits high, bringing a brave faith on their ordeal, even continuing the scientific experiments on climate change they were there to conduct.
And it was the passengers you helped prepare the makeshift helipad stomping 7 down the ice to smooth the landing zone. The 22- member Russian crew of the Academic Shicaoski have decided 8 to stay on board, rescue team say could be weeks before the melting pack ice set them and their vessel free. Mattew Chance, CNN, London.
1 ordeal
n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验
- She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
- Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
2 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
3 treacherous
adj.不可靠的，有暗藏的危险的；adj.背叛的，背信弃义的
- The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。
- The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。
4 vessel
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
- The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
- You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
5 marooned
adj.被围困的；孤立无援的；无法脱身的
- During the storm we were marooned in a cabin miles from town. 在风暴中我们被围困在离城数英里的小屋内。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks. 埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。 来自辞典例句
6 imminent
adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的
- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。