英语流行新词：长江沉船事件的相关词汇

长江沉船事件
 导读：6月1日晚，一艘载有456人的“东方之星”客轮在长江湖北石首段倾覆。目前，已确认14人生还，80余人遇难。交通部称，其余乘客生还可能渺茫。6月5日，“东方之星”船体被侧翻过来，扶正作业开始推进。
 
请看中国日报网报道：

▪Ship carrying 458 people sinks at around 9:28 PM Monday night in a cyclone in Yangtze River

6月1日晚9点28分，一辆载有458人的客轮突遇龙卷风，在长江倾覆

▪Premier Li Keqiang has left for the site

总理李克强赴现场指挥救援

▪The travel agency has published emergency call number: 13983654321

旅行社公布了紧急联络电话：13983654321

▪Most passengers are senior domestic tourists aged 50-80

船上大多数乘客是老年旅游团成员，年龄在50-80岁不等

▪More than 30 people believed to have been rescued

超过30人被救起

▪Survivors located inside ship

沉船上发现生命迹象

内宾可以用Chinese passengers表示，旅行社员工是travel agency workers，船员crew members。载客可以用aboard，如：There were 406 Chinese passengers, five travel agency workers and 47 crew members aboard.

船长(captain)和轮机长(chief engineer)已获救(have been rescued)，他们称客轮遇龙卷风(cyclone)后快速沉没。

事件发生后，习近平立即作出重要批示，要求国务院即派工作组赶赴现场(rush to the site)指导搜救工作(guide search and rescue work)。李克强赴现场指挥救援和应急处置工作(direct rescue and emergency handling affairs)。

以下为此次长江沉船事件的相关词汇：

passenger ship 客轮

luxury cruise ship 豪华游轮

Jianli section at the middle reaches of Yangtze River 长江中游监利水域

cyclone 龙卷风

Yangtze River navigation administration 长江航运管理

capsize （船）倾覆，翻船

distress call 求救信号

group tourists 团队游客

minimize the death toll 减少死亡人数

first level emergency response 一级应急响应

rescue operation 救援行动

underwater rescue operation 水下救援行动

senior domestic tourists 国内老年游客

shipping route 航线

life jacket 救生衣

yellow alerts on rainstorms 暴雨黄色预警