CCTV9英语新闻：打捞沉没的渡轮sewol计划
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：CCTV9英语新闻2014年04月
The South Korean Coast Guard is in the final stage of preparing for the salvage 1 efforts. Four crane barges 2 that can lift a thousand tons each, have arrived at the incident area. The 145-meter-long, 22-meter-wide passenger ferry is the biggest ferry among its class in South Korea. It will take all four crane barges to salvage the sunken ship. And before lifting it out of the water, the ferry has to be turned rightside up.
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Rescuers take a body on board.
"Now, every article in the ferry is upside-down. In this case, if we carry out our salvage effort directly, there will be a secondary incident, which will lead to a more dangerous situation. So we need to recover the original shape before the salvage. It’s the basic principle." Head of the salvage team said.
The salvage operation is being divided into four stages. The first step is to fix the wirerope onto the ship. This is expected to take 15 to 20 days. The second step is righting the ship with the help of the crane barges. Then it will be pulled to just below the water’s surface and the water will be expelled 3 from the ship with the help of dewatering pumps.
This may take a long time. Finally, the ship will be pulled out from beneath the water. The salvage operation also has to deal with bad weather and ocean conditions.
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salvage
v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救
参考例句：
All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。
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barges
驳船( barge的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The tug is towing three barges. 那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。
There were plenty of barges dropping down with the tide. 有不少驳船顺流而下。
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expelled
驱逐( expel的过去式和过去分词 )； 赶走； 把…除名； 排出
参考例句：
She was expelled from school at 15. 她15岁时被学校开除了。
After the outbreak of fighting,all foreign journalists were expelled. 战斗开始后，所有的外国记者都被驱逐出境。
- All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
- The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。
- The tug is towing three barges. 那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。
- There were plenty of barges dropping down with the tide. 有不少驳船顺流而下。