纽约一大型帆船撞桥

近日，墨西哥海军“库奥特莫克”号三桅帆船在美国纽约布鲁克林大桥发生撞击事故，引发全球关注。

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🤔️小作业：

1. Based on the article, what can be reasonably inferred about the height clearance of the Brooklyn Bridge?

A. It was insufficient for any ship with masts

B. It is only safe for ships with retractable masts

C. The Cuauhtémoc likely exceeded safe mast height during the incident

D. The bridge was structurally compromised after the impact

无注释原文：

Mexican navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving two people dead

From: The Guardian

A Mexican navy sailing ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a promotional tour in New York City, the top of its mast brushing the iconic span as it sailed through the East River.

New York City mayor Eric Adams said two people were killed in the incident – another 19 people were injured, including two critically. There were 277 people aboard the ship – the Cuauhtémoc – when it lost power and struck the bridge, Adams said.

In a scene captured in multiple eyewitness videos, three masts of the ship could be seen snapping and partially collapsing as they crashed into the deck of the bridge. Videos showed heavy traffic on the span at the time of the collision. The vessel, which was flying a giant green, white and red Mexican flag, then drifted toward the edge of the river as onlookers scrambled away from shore.

The Mexican navy said in a post on the social platform X that the Cuauhtémoc, an academy training vessel, was damaged in an accident with the Brooklyn Bridge that prevented it from continuing its voyage. It added that the status of personnel and material was under review by naval and local authorities, which were providing assistance.

“The secretary of the navy renews its commitment to the safety of personnel, transparency in its operations and excellent training for future officers of the Mexican Armada,” it said in Spanish.

Sydney Neidell and Lily Katz told the Associated Press they were sitting outside to watch the sunset when they saw the vessel strike the bridge and one of its masts snap. Looking closer, they saw someone dangling from high on the ship.

“We saw someone dangling, and I couldn't tell if it was just blurry or my eyes, and we were able to zoom in on our phone and there was someone dangling from the harness from the top for like at least like 15 minutes before they were able to rescue them,” Katz said.

They said they saw two people removed from the ship on stretchers on to smaller boats.

The Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in 1883, has a nearly 1,600-foot (490 metres) main span that is supported by two masonry towers. More than 100,000 vehicles and an estimated 32,000 pedestrians cross every day, according to the city's transportation department, and its walkway is a major tourist attraction.

The Cuauhtémoc – about 297 feet long and 40 feet wide (90.5 metres long and 12 metres wide), according to the Mexican navy – sailed for the first time in 1982. Each year it sets out at the end of classes at the naval military school to finish cadets' training.

This year it left the Mexican port of Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, on 6 April, the Mexican navy said.

The ship was scheduled to visit 22 ports in 15 nations, including Kingston, Jamaica; Havana, Cuba; Cozumel, Mexico; and New York.

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含注释全文：

Mexican navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving two people dead

From: The Guardian

A Mexican navy sailing ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a promotional tour in New York City, the top of its mast brushing the iconic span as it sailed through the East River.

一艘墨西哥海军帆船在美国纽约进行宣传巡航时撞上了布鲁克林大桥。航行穿越东河时，其桅杆顶部与这座地标性桥梁发生了擦碰。

mast /mɑːst/ 1）表示“天线杆”，英文解释为“a tall metal pole used to support an aerial for radio, television, or mobile phonesignals”如：a television/radio mast 电视/广播天线杆；

2）表示“旗杆”，英文解释为“a pole that holds a flag”

3）表示“船桅，桅杆”，英文解释为“a tall pole on a boat or ship that supports its sails”

brush /brʌʃ/ 1）本身表示“刷子；画笔”，英文解释为“an object with short pieces of stiff hair, plastic, or wire attached to a base or handle, used for cleaning, arranging your hair, or painting”举个🌰：I can't find my brush, but I still have my comb. 我找不到发刷，不过我还有梳子。

2）表示“轻擦，轻碰”，英文解释为“a quick, light touch”举个🌰：He felt the brush of her hand on his. 他感觉到她的手轻擦过自己的手。

brush /brʌʃ/ 作动词，表示“轻轻地碰；轻触”，英文解释为“the tail of a fox” 举个🌰：His lips gently brushed her cheek and he was gone. 他的嘴唇轻触了一下她的脸颊后便离去了。

iconic /aɪˈkɒn.ɪk/ 表示“偶像的；图符的；象征性的；非常出名的，受欢迎的”，英文解释为“An iconic image or thing is important or impressive because it seems to be a symbol of something.”举个🌰：He gained iconic status following his death. 他死后成了偶像级人物。

New York City mayor Eric Adams said two people were killed in the incident – another 19 people were injured, including two critically. There were 277 people aboard the ship – the Cuauhtémoc – when it lost power and struck the bridge, Adams said.

纽约市市长埃里克·亚当斯（Eric Adams）表示，这起事故造成两人死亡，另有19人受伤，其中两人伤势严重。事故发生时，“库奥特莫克号”船上共有277人，当时该船失去动力并撞上了大桥。

aboard /əˈbɔːd/ 表示“上船（或飞机、公共汽车、火车等）；在船（或飞机、公共汽车、火车等）上”，英文解释为“on or onto a ship, aircraft, bus, or train”举个🌰：The flight attendant welcomed us aboard. 乘务员迎候我们登机。We spent two months aboard ship (= on the ship). 我们坐了两个月的船。

In a scene captured in multiple eyewitness videos, three masts of the ship could be seen snapping and partially collapsing as they crashed into the deck of the bridge. Videos showed heavy traffic on the span at the time of the collision. The vessel, which was flying a giant green, white and red Mexican flag, then drifted toward the edge of the river as onlookers scrambled away from shore.

多段目击者拍摄的视频显示，该船的三根桅杆在撞上桥面后断裂并部分塌落。视频还显示，事发时桥上车流密集。这艘悬挂着巨大墨西哥绿白红三色国旗的船只随后漂向河岸边，岸边人群惊慌逃散。

snap /snæp/ 作动词，1）表示“突然折断，咔嚓一声折断”，英文解释为“to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound”举个🌰：Some vandal's snapped off my car aerial again. 某个蓄意作恶的家伙又把我的汽车天线折断了。

2）表示“拍照；摄影”，英文解释为“(informal) to take a photograph”举个🌰：A passing tourist snapped the incident. 一个过路的游客把这件事拍了下来。

3）作名词，表示“（尤指抢拍的）照片”，英文解释为“a photograph, especially one taken quickly”如：holiday snaps 假日拍的照片。

4）作形容词，snap /snæp/ 表示“匆忙的；不加思索的；不做准备的”，英文解释为“done suddenly without allowing time for careful thought or preparation”举个🌰：He always makes snap decisions and never thinks about their consequences. 他总是匆忙作决定，从不考虑后果。

collapse /kəˈlæps/ 作名词，表示“（系统、组织、企业等的）崩溃，瓦解，失败”，英文解释为“the sudden failure of a system, organization, business, etc.”举个🌰：I don't know what caused the collapse of her marriage. 我不知道她婚姻失败的原因是什么。

作动词，1）表示“崩溃，垮掉，失败”，英文解释为“to suddenly be unable to continue or work correctly”举个🌰：Talks between management and unions have collapsed. 劳资谈判彻底破裂。

2）表示“倒塌，坍塌；崩溃，垮掉”，英文解释为“to fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support”举个🌰：Thousands of buildings collapsed in the earthquake. 数以千计的建筑物在地震中倒塌了。

3）表示“（因疾病或虚弱而）倒下，昏倒”，英文解释为“If someone collapses, they fall down because of being sick or weak.”举个🌰：He collapsed and died of a heart attack. 他心脏病发作，倒地而亡。

collision /kəˈlɪʒ.ən/ 1）表示“碰撞，互撞”，英文解释为“an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other with force”举个🌰：There has been a collision on the southbound stretch of the motorway. 在高速公路南向路段上发生了一起撞车事故。

2）表示“冲突，抵触”，英文解释为“a strong disagreement”举个🌰：There was a collision of interests/opinions. 存在利益冲突/意见不和。

📍be on a collision course 表示“必然导致冲突；势必发生冲突”，英文解释为“If two or more people or groups are on a collision course, they are doing or saying things that are certain to cause a serious disagreement or fight between them.”举个🌰：All attempts at diplomacy have broken down and the two states now appear to be on a collision course. 所有的外交努力都失败了，现在两国发生冲突似乎在所难免。

vessel /ˈvɛsəl/ 1）表示“（盛液体的）容器，器皿”，英文解释为“a container used for holding liquids, such as a bowl, cup, etc.”如：a Bronze Age drinking vessel 青铜器时代的饮具。

2）表示“船，舰”，英文解释为“a large boat or a ship”如：a cargo / fishing / naval / patrol / sailing / supply vessel 货船 / 渔船 / 海军舰艇 / 巡逻艇 / 帆船 / 补给船。

📍词源和词根：来自拉丁语的vasellum，意为“小船或容器”，来自更早的词vas，意为“容器”。

drift /drɪft/ 表示“（尤指在外力作用下）飘，漂流，漂移”，英文解释为“to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction”举个🌰：No one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea. 没有人注意到船已经开始漂向大海了。

scramble /ˈskræm.bəl/ 作名词，表示“争抢；抢占；争夺”，英文解释为“a situation in which people push, fight or compete with each other in order to get or do sth”举个🌰：There was a mad scramble for the best seats. 人们不顾一切地抢占最好的座位。

作动词：1）表示“艰难地（或仓促地）完成”，英文解释为“to manage to achieve sth with difficulty, or in a hurry, without much control”

2）表示“仓促行动”，英文解释为“If you scramble to a different place or position, you move there in a hurried, awkward way.”举个🌰：He threw back the covers and scrambled out of bed. 他掀开被子，急忙下了床。

3）表示“争夺”，英文解释为“If a number of people scramble for something, they compete energetically with each other for it.”举个🌰：More than three million fans are expected to scramble for tickets. 预计会有三百万以上的歌迷抢购门票。

4）表示“扰乱（思维）”，英文解释为“to confuse sb's thoughts, ideas, etc. so that they have no order”举个🌰：Alcohol seemed to have scrambled his brain. 酒精似乎扰乱了他的脑子。

The Mexican navy said in a post on the social platform X that the Cuauhtémoc, an academy training vessel, was damaged in an accident with the Brooklyn Bridge that prevented it from continuing its voyage. It added that the status of personnel and material was under review by naval and local authorities, which were providing assistance.

墨西哥海军在社交平台X发文指出，“库奥特莫克号”是供海军学员训练使用的船只，由于与布鲁克林大桥相撞受损，已无法继续航行。墨西哥海军与当地官方人员正对船员和物资情况进行评估，并提供必要协助。

voyage /ˈvɔɪ.ɪdʒ/ 表示“航海；航行”，英文解释为“a long journey, especially by ship”举个🌰：He was a young sailor on his first sea voyage. 他第一次出海航行时还是个年轻的水手。

📍词源和词根：来自拉丁语的viaticum，意为“旅行用品、旅费”，进一步追溯，其源于via，意为“道路”。派生词：voyager, voyageur，常用短语：voyage of discovery (发现之旅)。

“The secretary of the navy renews its commitment to the safety of personnel, transparency in its operations and excellent training for future officers of the Mexican Armada,” it said in Spanish.

“海军部重申对人员安全、运作透明以及未来墨西哥海军军官高质量培训的承诺，”该声明用西班牙语写道。

transparency /trænˈspær.ən.si/ 1）表示“透明性，透明”，英文解释为“the characteristic of being easy to see through”举个🌰：The old-fashioned type of plastic lacked transparency. 老式塑料透明性不好。

2）表示“透明度；显而易见；一目了然”，英文解释为“the quality of being done in an open way without secrets”

Sydney Neidell and Lily Katz told the Associated Press they were sitting outside to watch the sunset when they saw the vessel strike the bridge and one of its masts snap. Looking closer, they saw someone dangling from high on the ship.

西德妮·奈德尔（Sydney Neidell）和莉莉·卡茨（Lily Katz）告诉美联社，她们当时正坐在外面看日落，目睹了船只撞上大桥，并有一根桅杆断裂。定睛一看，她们发现船上高处竟有人悬在半空中。

dangle /ˈdæŋɡəl/ 表示“（使）垂下；（使）悬荡；悬挂；提着来回摆动”，英文解释为“to hang loosely, or to hold something so that it hangs loosely”举个🌰：Loose electric wires were dangling from the wall. 松散的电线从墙上垂了下来。

“We saw someone dangling, and I couldn't tell if it was just blurry or my eyes, and we were able to zoom in on our phone and there was someone dangling from the harness from the top for like at least like 15 minutes before they were able to rescue them,” Katz said.

“我们看到有人悬挂着，我一开始还以为是我眼花，后来用手机放大一看，确实有人挂在安全带上，挂了至少15分钟才被救下来，”卡茨说。

blurry /ˈblɜːrɪ/ 1）表示“模糊不清的”，英文解释为“without a clear outline; not clear”如：a blurry picture 模糊的照片。

2）表示“不清楚的，不确定的”，英文解释为“not clear and definite”举个🌰：The law in this area is blurry. 这一领域的法律模糊不清。

harness /ˈhɑː.nəs/ 表示“挽具；系带”，英文解释为“a piece of equipment with straps and belts, used to control or hold in place a person, animal, or object”如：a safety harness 安全带。

作动词，表示“控制，利用（以产生能量等）”，英文解释为“to control and use the force or strength of sth to produce power or to achieve sth”举个🌰：We must harness the skill and creativity of our workforce. 我们必须尽量发挥全体职工的技能和创造力。

🎬《复仇者联盟2：奥创纪元》（Avengers: Age of Ultron）中提到的：If we can harness this power, ...如果我们能够驾驭这种能量，

🎬《奇异博士》（Doctor Strange）中提到的：We harness energy...我们收集/汲取能量，

They said they saw two people removed from the ship on stretchers on to smaller boats.

她们表示目睹了两人被用担架从大船抬到小船上。

stretcher /ˈstretʃ.ər/ 表示“担架”，英文解释为“a light frame made from two long poles with a cover of soft material stretched between them, used for carrying people who are ill, injured, or dead”举个🌰：She was carried off the track on a stretcher. 她被人用担架抬下了跑道。

The Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in 1883, has a nearly 1,600-foot (490 metres) main span that is supported by two masonry towers. More than 100,000 vehicles and an estimated 32,000 pedestrians cross every day, according to the city's transportation department, and its walkway is a major tourist attraction.

布鲁克林大桥建于1883年，主桥跨度接近1600英尺（约490米），由两座石砌塔楼支撑。根据纽约市交通部门的数据，每日通行车辆超过10万辆，步行者约有3.2万人，是游客必打卡的地标之一。

masonry /ˈmeɪ.sən.ri/ 表示“（建筑上用的）砖，石料”，英文解释为“the bricks and pieces of stone that are used to make a building”或表示“石工技艺，砖瓦工技艺”，英文解释为“the skill of building with brick and stone”举个🌰：Several of the firefighters were injured by falling masonry. 几名消防队员被落下的砖石砸伤。

pedestrian /pəˈdes.tri.ən/ 表示“行人，步行者”，英文解释为“a person who is walking, especially in an area where vehicles go”举个🌰：A few pedestrians sheltered from the rain in doorways. 几个行人站在门口躲雨。

The Cuauhtémoc – about 297 feet long and 40 feet wide (90.5 metres long and 12 metres wide), according to the Mexican navy – sailed for the first time in 1982. Each year it sets out at the end of classes at the naval military school to finish cadets' training.

据墨西哥海军介绍，“库奥特莫克号”长约297英尺、宽约40英尺（即90.5米长、12米宽），于1982年首次下水。每年该船都会在海军军校课程结束后启航，以完成学员的海上训练任务。

cadet /kəˈdet/ 表示“军校学员；警校学员”，英文解释为“a student in the armed forces or the police”

This year it left the Mexican port of Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, on 6 April, the Mexican navy said.

墨西哥海军称，今年4月6日，该船自太平洋沿岸的墨西哥阿卡普尔科港启航。

The ship was scheduled to visit 22 ports in 15 nations, including Kingston, Jamaica; Havana, Cuba; Cozumel, Mexico; and New York.

该船原定到访15个国家共22个港口，其中包括牙买加的金斯敦、古巴的哈瓦那、墨西哥的科苏梅尔岛以及美国的纽约。

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