VOA慢速英語：中國軍用飛機(jī)降落在有爭議的南海島嶼

中國軍用飛機(jī)降落在有爭議的南海島嶼

China says a military airplane landed on one of the country’s man-made islands earlier this week in the South China Sea.

中國于本周早些時候表示，一架軍用飛機(jī)降落在南中國海有爭議的一座人工島嶼上。

The plane was on patrol Sunday when it received an emergency call to land on Fiery Cross Reef, Chinese media reported. It said the plane was told to remove three construction workers who were injured.

中國官方媒體星期一報道說，一架正在南海執(zhí)行空中巡邏任務(wù)的海軍巡邏機(jī)緊急飛赴南沙，降落在永暑礁機(jī)場，執(zhí)行三名重病建筑工人的轉(zhuǎn)運任務(wù)。

The workers were flown to Hainan Island, where they received medical treatment.

這些工人被轉(zhuǎn)移到海南島接受治療。

The man-made island has a 3,000-meter long runway for aircraft. Construction workers completed the runway last year. Test flights by commercial airlines started in January.

該人造島有3千米長的飛機(jī)跑道。建筑工人去年完成了跑道的建造。自1月份起，民航飛機(jī)開始試飛。

Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said the United States has serious concerns about China’s actions in the South China Sea.

美國國防部長國防部長艾什·卡特于這月早些時候表示美國嚴(yán)重關(guān)切中國在南海的行為。

He said that other Asian countries have expressed their concerns about China’s actions, both publicly and privately, to U.S. Officials.

他表示其他亞洲國家，不論是公開的還是在私底下，都對美國官方紛紛表示了對中國行為的關(guān)切。

China claims much of the South China Sea. Several other nations, including the Philippines and Vietnam, have competing claims.

中國有南海絕大部分主權(quán)。其他一些國家，像菲律賓和越南也聲稱擁有南海主權(quán)。