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China Finds More Bodies, and a Survivor, in Trains’ Wreckage(nytimes) 纽约时报wreckage n.残骸BEIJING — Rescuers said Monday that they had recovered several more bodies from the wreckage of Saturday’s high-speed train collision in eastern China, putting the death toll at 39, including two Americans.recover vt.找到collision n.碰撞The accident occurred near Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province when a train rear-ended another train that had lost power during a storm and stalled on a viaduct. Xinhua, China’s official news agency, had earlier announced 43 deaths, but it said Monday that some bodies had been counted twice.rear-end vt.停在尾端stall vi.（车辆等）发动机熄火viaduct n.高架桥Xinhua on Monday highlighted some positive developments: the rescue of a 2 ?-year-old girl on Sunday, about 21 hours after the crash, which killed her parents; the resumption of train service on the line; and orders for nationwide safety investigations. The United States Embassy in Beijing confirmed the deaths of two Americans but released no details.positive a.乐观的resumption n.恢复train service 列车运行confirm vt.证实Chinese officials released only a sketchy description of the crash. Some indications suggested that either automatic safety mechanisms designed to warn of an imminent collision had failed to activate or that train operators had failed to heed the alarms.sketchy a.粗略的imminent 即将发生的activate vt.启动heed vt.注意到The authorities in Beijing ordered local officials to step up efforts to improve the safety of public transportation, saying a nationwide safety inspection should commence immediately.step up 加快速度commence vt.着手Bowing in contrition, Wang Yongping, a spokesman for China’s Railways Ministry, apologized late Sunday for the disaster, which also injured 192 people. While he acknowledged that China’s new high-speed rail service presented challenges, Mr. Wang said: “China’s high-speed train is advanced and qualified. We have confidence in it.”bow vi.鞠躬contrition n.愧疚China’s state-controlled media outlets responded sluggishly to