Madagascar: minister swims 12 hours to safety after helicopter crash

马达加斯加：部长坠机后游泳12小时安全上岸

A Madagascan minister was one of two survivors to have swum about 12 hours to shore after their helicopter crashed off the island’s north-east coast, authorities said. A search was continuing for two other passengers after Monday’s crash, the cause of which was not immediately clear, police and port authorities said. Serge Gelle, the country’s secretary of state for police, and a fellow police officer reached land in the seaside town of Mahambo separately on Tuesday morning.

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helicopter

英 ['helɪkɒptə]美 ['hɛlɪkɑptɚ]

n. [航] 直升飞机

vi. [航] 乘直升飞机

vt. 由直升机运送

helico-,螺旋，-pter,翅膀，词源同feather,pterodactyl.比喻用法。

A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo.

一架直升机在瓦列霍爆炸起火并坠毁。

Madagascan

adj. 马达加斯加或其居民的；同马达加斯加或其居民有关的

n. 马达加斯加本地人；马达加斯加居民

Madagascar

[,mædə'ɡæskə]

n. 马达加斯加岛（非洲岛国）

survivor

英 [sə'vaɪvə]美 [sɚ'vaɪvɚ]

n. 幸存者；生还者；残存物

survive,生存，存活，-or,人。

survivor (n.)

early 15c. in the legal sense of "one who outlives another," agent noun from survive. Meaning "one who has a knack for pulling through adversity" is attested from 1971. Survivor syndrome is first recorded 1968.

A survivor was knocked unconscious when the helicopter ditched.

在直升机紧急迫降时，一名幸存者被撞昏过去。

shore

英 [ʃɔː]美 [ʃɔr]

vt. 支撑，使稳住；用支柱撑住

n. 海滨；支柱

n. (Shore)人名；(英)肖尔

可能来自中古低地德语 schor,海岸，海滨，来自 Proto-Germanic*skur,切，分开，来自 PIE*sker, 切，分开，词源同 shear,share.

Warm weather has attracted the flat fish close to shore.

煦暖的气候将比目鱼引到了近海。

coast

英 [kəʊst]美 [kost]

vi. 滑行；沿岸航行

vt. 沿…岸航行

n. 海岸；滑坡

n. (Coast)人名；(英)科斯特

在大海(ocean)的边上，则是大海的oc，转换成了co，所以与海有关是海岸线。

来自拉丁语costa,肋骨，边，词源同costal,accost.词义由岸边引申为海岸。

The Atlantic coast is within sight of the hotel.

从宾馆可以看见大西洋海岸。

passenger

英 ['pæsɪndʒə]美 ['pæsɪndʒɚ]

n. 旅客；乘客；过路人；碍手碍脚的人

来自法语passer,走过，经过，-enger,人，词源同messenger.引申词义旅客，乘客。

Mr Fullemann was a passenger in the car when it crashed.

出车祸时，福勒曼先生正在那辆车上。

seaside

英 ['siːsaɪd]美 ['sisaɪd]

n. 海边；海滨

adj. 海边的；海滨的

seaside (n.)

also sea-side, c. 1200, from sea + side (n.). As an adjective from 1781. Old English had sæhealf.

Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort.

伊斯基亚是个很受欢迎的海滨度假胜地。

separately

英 ['sep(ə)rətlɪ]美 ['sɛprətli]

adv. 分别地；分离地；个别地

Free gifts are dispatched separately so please allow 28 days for delivery.

赠品会分开发送，所以请预留28天的送货期。

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根据当局消息，马达加斯加一架直升机在该国东北海岸附近坠毁，机上两名幸存者游了大约12个小时才成功到岸，其中一位便是马达加斯加部长。警方和港务局表示，在本周一的坠机事件发生后，对机上另外两名乘客的搜救工作仍在继续，坠机原因尚无法得知。本周二上午，该国警察部长谢尔盖·盖勒（Serge Gelle）和一名警官同事游泳抵达该国海滨城市马哈博，并成功上岸。

来自Guardian （卫报）

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