VOA慢速英語：發(fā)現(xiàn)MH370新疑似殘骸

發(fā)現(xiàn)MH370新疑似殘骸

A piece of metal from missing Malaysia Airways Flight 370 may have been found in Mozambique.

莫桑比克發(fā)現(xiàn)疑似馬航MH370殘骸。

The metal is white and about one meter long. It is being sent to Australia for testing.

該殘骸為白色，約一米長，已被送往澳大利亞接受鑒定。

Malaysia's transport minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks at a news conference about debris found on a beach in Mozambique.

The Australian agency supervising the search for the plane will examine the metal to determine where it came from.

澳大利亞方面將會堅定該殘骸來自哪里。

An American beachcomber found the piece of metal and brought it to authorities in Mozambique.

一名美國游客發(fā)現(xiàn)該殘骸，并將其移交至莫桑比克政府。

The piece of metal, or debris, may be from an airplane part called a horizontal stabilizer. It is printed with the words “no step” and has a code on it that makes experts think it is from a Boeing 777. That is the same kind of plane that disappeared in 2014 with 239 people on board.

該殘骸或是飛機的水平尾翼。該殘骸上印有“no step”字樣，上面還有一個編碼。據(jù)此專家認為，該殘骸很可能來自波音777客機。2014年失蹤的載有239人的客機正是這種客機。

Computer models predicted that debris could wash-up in Mozambique.

計算機模型預(yù)測碎片會被沖到莫桑比克。

If the metal turns out to be from Flight 370, it will be the second confirmed piece of debris from the plane. A piece of the wing, called a flaperon, was found on a French island in the Indian Ocean last summer.

若經(jīng)證實該殘骸確實屬于MH370客機，那將會是第二個經(jīng)確認的飛機殘骸。第一塊飛機殘骸于去年夏天在印度洋的法屬留尼汪島海灘上被發(fā)現(xiàn)，該殘骸屬于機翼的一部分，為襟副翼。

The man who found the debris is from the state of Washington. He travels around looking for pieces of the plane. He said he traveled to a number of countries looking for parts of Flight 370.

發(fā)現(xiàn)該殘骸者來自華盛頓，他四處尋找這架客機的下落，他說他已經(jīng)去過很多國家尋找MH370的下落。

The transport minister in Malaysia did not want to get too excited about the discovery. He asked people to wait for more information.

馬來西亞交通部長對這次發(fā)現(xiàn)不想表現(xiàn)的太激動，他告訴人們等待進一步消息。

He says there will be a search if the piece of metal turns out to be from the Malaysian plane.

他說，如果該碎片確實來自馬航，馬方將會展開搜尋。

On March 8, the Malaysian authorities will release more information about the new debris and the search. March 8 is the two-year anniversary of the plane’s disappearance.

馬來西亞政府將于本月8日公布關(guān)于該殘骸和搜尋的進一步信息。3月8日是馬航失蹤兩周年。

The plane was going to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur before it went off course over the Indian Ocean.

MH370客機由馬來西亞的吉隆坡飛往北京，在印度洋海域失聯(lián)。

I’m Anna Mateo.

我是安娜·馬特奧。