VOA慢速英語：At Least 15 Dead After Migrant Boats Sink in Greek Waters

At Least 15 Dead After Migrant Boats Sink in Greek Waters
移民船在希臘水域沉沒至少15人死亡
 
 
Greece’s coast guard said Thursday at least 15 people were dead after two boats carrying migrants sank in separate incidents.
希臘海岸警衛(wèi)隊周四表示，兩艘載有移民的船只在不同事件中沉沒，至少有 15 人死亡。
 
Authorities said one boat carrying about 40 people went down near the eastern island of Lesbos, near Turkey.
當(dāng)局表示，一艘載有約 40 人的船只在土耳其附近的東部萊斯博斯島附近墜毀。< br/>
 
A second boat went down off the island of Kythira after hit rocks.
第二艘船在撞到巖石后駛離基西拉島。
 
Authorities said they rescued 30 people from the second boat.
當(dāng)局說，他們從第二艘船上救出了30人。
 
 
Both vessels were operating amid winds as high as 100 kilometers per hour.
兩艘船都在時速高達(dá)100公里的風(fēng)中航行。
 
Migrants typically reach Greece form neighboring Turkey, but smugglers have been utilizing longer and more dangerous routes to avoid patrols in the Aegean Sea.
移民通常從鄰國土耳其到達(dá)希臘，但走私者一直在利用更長、更危險的路線來避開愛琴海的巡邏。