CCTV9英语新闻：Rescue workers work around the clock in search mission
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：cctv9英语新闻2015年
Rescue workers are searching around the clock for anyone still be trapped, 37 hours after a cruise ship with more than 400 passengers aboard overturned and sank in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River, central China, during bad weather. Many of those missing are retirees.
Rescuers work at the site of the overturned passenger ship in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province, June 2, 2015. The ship, named Dongfangzhixing, or Eastern Star, sank at around 9:28 p.m. (1328 GMT) on Monday in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River. Carrying 406 passengers, five travel agency workers and 47 crew members, the ship was heading from Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, for southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
The tourist ship was sailing from the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing to southwest China's Chongqing municipality.
Most of the passengers are still missing. Among the 456 passengers, only 14 have been saved. Seven people are confirmed dead.
Premier 1 Li Keqiang Tuesday arranged the next step of the rescue work, reiterating 2 the "all-out efforts" to save lives. More than 4,600 rescuers, including more than 200 divers 3, are battling bad weather to search for those missing.
Rescuers work at the site of the overturned passenger ship in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province, June 2, 2015. The ship, named Dongfangzhixing, or Eastern Star, sank at around 9:28 p.m. (1328 GMT) on Monday in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River. Carrying 406 passengers, five travel agency workers and 47 crew members, the ship was heading from Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, for southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
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premier
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
参考例句：
The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
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reiterating
反复地说，重申( reiterate的现在分词 )
参考例句：
He keeps reiterating his innocence. 他一再申明他无罪。
The Chinese government also sent a note to the British government, reiterating its position. 中国政府同时将此立场照会英国政府。
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divers
adj.不同的；种种的
参考例句：
He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
- The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
- He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
- He keeps reiterating his innocence. 他一再申明他无罪。
- The Chinese government also sent a note to the British government, reiterating its position. 中国政府同时将此立场照会英国政府。