新西兰英语 122 Outdoor Pursuits Centre Fined by Court
Yesterday the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre (OPC) was fined by a court for unsafe practices which caused the death of seven people last year. See January 22nd 2009 Six students and a teacher from Elim Christian 1 College were killed while river canyoning in the central North Island. The instructor 2 from the OPC managed to save four other students. The judge ordered the centre to pay $60,000 to each family who lost someone and $5,000 to the survivors 3.
The OPC also has to pay a $40,000 fine for breaking the law on safety. In total, the OPC has to pay nearly half a million dollars.
Some of the families say they do not want money, nor do they want the OPC to close. They say that money will not make their grief go away. The OPC says it has changed many of their practices to make them safer.
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
- The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。