VOA标准英语2009年-Russia Arrests 8 Suspected Cargo Ship Hija
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(八月)
Russia says it has arrested eight people suspected of the mysterious hijacking 1 of a cargo 2 ship. The vessel 3 disappeared after being boarded by hijackers off the coast of Sweden and then turned up off the coast of West Africa. There are still a number of questions about the incident.
Undated file photo released 12 Aug 2009 by Maritime 4 Bulletin Sovfracht shows the Arctic Sea cargo ship at an unknown location
Russian news agencies Tuesday quoted Defense 5 Minister Anatoly Serdyukov as telling President Dmitri Medvedev that the eight people arrested in connection with the hijacking of the cargo ship Arctic Sea include citizens of Russia, Estonia and Latvia.
Serdyukov also told the Russian president that the hijacking took place in Swedish territorial 6 waters on July 24. The Maltese-registered cargo ship had left a port in Finland two days earlier and was carrying a shipment of timber bound for Algeria.
The Russian defense minister said four Estonians, two Latvians and two Russians had approached the cargo ship in a high-speed inflatable boat which they claimed was in trouble, and then boarded it, brandished 7 arms and told its crew to follow their orders.
According to Serdyukov, the hijacked 8 cargo ship then headed toward Africa with its navigation equipment turned off.
Earlier reports said the raiders had tied up the crew and searched the vessel but left it after 12 hours.
Serdyukov said Monday that the ship and its crew had been found off the coast of Cape 9 Verde and that its 15 crew members, all of them from Russia, were alive and had been transferred to a Russian naval 10 vessel.
There has been much speculation 11 about why the Arctic Sea, which was reportedly transporting a load of timber worth less than $2 million, was hijacked.
Some observers, including Russian political analyst 12 Yulia Latynina, say that many elements surrounding the ship's disappearance 13, including initial speculation that it had been seized by pirates, do not add up.
Latynina says she believes the incident was neither a pirate attack nor involved ordinary cargo, but rather involved some kind of "highly illegal cargo." She says the cargo was possibly nuclear components 14 or, more likely, weapons being sold to a Middle Eastern country.
Latynina says she thinks there was a disagreement between the various people involved, and does not rule out the involvement of "special services."
Police in Finland confirmed that a $1.5 million ransom 15 demand for the ship's return had been issued. But Finnish authorities denied rumors 16 in the press that the ship was carrying a secret cargo of nuclear material.
- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
- 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。
- Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
- The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
- They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。
- "Bang!Bang!"the small boy brandished a phoney pistol and shouted. “砰！砰！”那小男孩挥舞着一支假手枪，口中嚷嚷着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Swords brandished and banners waved. 刀剑挥舞，旌旗飘扬。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
- The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。
- I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
- She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
- There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
- Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
- the components of a machine 机器部件
- Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。
- We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
- The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。