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智课网TOEFL备考资料意大利船长弃船逃生被捕一托福阅读机经背景 Italy cruise ship disaster: maritime authorities point finger at ships captain Maritime authorities, passengers and mounting evidence pointed toward the captain of a cruise liner thatran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast, amid accusations that he abandoned ship before everyone was safely evacuated and was showing off when he steered the vessel far too close to shore. 近日，意大利一艘豪华邮轮在托斯卡纳海岸附近搁浅倾覆。海事当局、乘客和越来越多的证据将矛头指向了这艘豪华邮轮船长，控诉其在所有人安全撤离前就弃船而去，而且在邮轮过于靠近海岸时仍在卖弄风情。 Divers searching the murky depths of the partially submerged Costa Concordia found the bodies of two elderly men still in their life jackets, bringing the confirmed death toll to five. At least 15 people were still missing, including two Americans. 潜水员在黑暗的深处进行科斯塔?康科迪亚号邮轮的搜救工作，这艘邮轮已经部分沉没。他们找到了两位老者的遗体，遇难时仍然身穿救生衣，这使已经确认的死亡人数上升至五人。至少还有15人失踪，其中包括两名美国人。 The recovered bodies were discovered at an emergency gathering point near the restaurant where many of the 4,200 on board were dining when the luxury liner struck rocks or a reef off the tiny island of Giglio. The Italian news agency ANSA reported the dead were an Italian and a Spaniard. 这两具遗体是在邮轮餐厅附近一处紧急集合点找到的，当时船上的4200名乘客中有很多人正在这里用餐，而这艘豪华邮轮恰在此时在吉利奥小岛附近触礁。据意大利安莎通讯社报道，死者是一名意大利人和一名西班牙人。 Still, there were glimmers of hope: The rescue of three survivors – a young South Korean couple on their honeymoon and a crew member brought to shore in a dramatic airlift some 36 hours after the grounding late Friday. 幸存者生还仍有一线希望：有三名幸存者获救——包括一对度蜜月的韩国年轻夫妇和一名船员，他们三人在邮轮于周五晚间触礁大约36小时后被救起并被直升机送至岸上。 Meanwhile, attention focused on the captain, who was spotted by Coast Guard officials and passengers fleeing the scene even as the chaotic and terrifying evacuation was under way. The ships Italian owner, a subsidiary of Carnival Cruise lines, issued a statement late Sunday saying the captain, Francesco Schettino, made errors of judgment that had very grave consequences. 同时，人们的注意力也转向那位船长。海岸警卫队官员和乘客指认，船长在乘客撤离的一片混乱和恐慌中逃走了。邮轮的