VOA标准英语2009年-Air France Plane Did Not Break Up in Air,
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(七月)
Initial results of an investigation 1 into last month's Air France crash over the Atlantic find the aircraft plunged 2 into the ocean at high speed. French investigators 4 also say they are far from establishing the cause of the crash and the investigation will continue.
Alain Bouillard, leading investigator 3 into AF447 crash, briefs reporters at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, 02 Jul 2009
Top French investigator Alain Bouillard told a news conference the Air France craft was not destroyed in mid 5 air, as some observers had previously 6 suspected. The French aircraft, carrying 228 people on board, crashed into the Atlantic on June 1 as it headed from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
Bouillard said that preliminary conclusion was drawn 7 from scouring 8 the debris 9 of 640 items from the plane along with other important information.
Bouillard told reporters the investigation to date suggests the airplane was not destroyed in air and it appeared to have hit the water with a strong vertical 10 acceleration 11. He said efforts to find the plane's black boxes would continue until July 10. After that, investigators would enter a second phase in their search, using different methods.
Bouillard also said control of the flight failed to pass from air traffic controllers in Brazil to those in Senegal, as planned. Efforts to connect to a data system in Dakar failed, he said, apparently 12 because the Senegalese never received the plane's flight plan. He said that was not normal.
The crash was one of the worst in recent aviation history and the worst ever for Air France. Bouillard said one suspected cause of the crash, faulty speed sensors 13 on the craft, were only one factor in the crash, but not its cause.
Meanwhile a teenage girl believed to be the only survivor 14 of another crash off the Comoros Islands has returned to France. The Yemenia aircraft crashed early Tuesday. The other 151 people on board are presumed dead.
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
- He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
- The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
- He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
- The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。
- This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
- The northern side of the mountain is almost vertical.这座山的北坡几乎是垂直的。
- Vertical air motions are not measured by this system.垂直气流的运动不用这种系统来测量。
- All spacemen must be able to bear acceleration.所有太空人都应能承受加速度。
- He has also called for an acceleration of political reforms.他同时呼吁加快政治改革的步伐。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句