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Chopper Crash Killed Eight Army Officers
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he nation was shocked by the news of a chopper crash on April 3, which claimed the lives of eight senior army officers. 1The UH-1H helicopter,nicknamedthe “Flying Coffin,” took off at 3:52 p.m. from a base in Tainan for the purpose of an airsurveillance drill. About eight minutes later, contact was lost with it and a report of the crash was received at 4:30 p.m. 2 The rescue team only found five bodies on the day of the crash. 3 The Ministry of National Defensegroundedall theremainingUH-1H helicopters for safety checks right after the accident andundertookan investigation into the cause of the crash. 4 Acontributingfactor to the accident was the presence of TV and radio towers on the mountain tops, which posed a threat to the low flying helicopter. 5
Although the families of the victims willobtain compensationinexcessof ten million NT dollars, what they really wish for is that tragedies like this will never happen again.
A week later, apress conferencewas held to report that theunstableweather that day was the major reason for the crash.
According to a witness, the helicopter hit a Police Radio Station transmission tower and exploded in flames.
Since the accident, people have suggested pulling the aged UH-1H out of service andreplacingit with a newer model.
The other three were discovered stuck in thegirdersof the radio tower the next day.
A detailed investigation revealed that bad weather conditions were the main factor that resulted in the crash.
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UH-1H
：是美國在 1960 年代大量使用的通用直昇機，目前仍是國軍最主要的直昇機機 種。UH-1H 主要特點包括座艙容積大、可搭載 11 到 14 名武裝士兵，最大速度每小時 204 公里、最大航程556 公里，可配備 7.62 公釐米機槍兩挺、火箭發射器兩具。在這次的失事 之後，國防部已經研擬自民國88 年實施延壽檢整，97 年起籌購新型通用直昇機希望到 107 年完成汰換作業。Vocabulary & Idioms
chopper ['t p ] (helicopter ['h l k pt ]) n. 直昇機
investigation [ n v st 'ge n] n. 調查
reveal [r 'vil] v. 揭露
nickname ['n k nem] v. 給……起綽號
surveillance [s 'vel ns] n. 監視
drill [dr l] n. 演習；練習
transmission [træns'm n] n. 播送；傳送
explode [ ks'plod] v. 爆炸
flame [flem] n. 火焰
girder ['g d ] n. 橋樑及大建築物的主樑
ground [gra nd] v. 停飛
remaining [r 'men ] adj. 剩餘的
undertake [ nd 'tek] v. 承擔；負起
press conference [pr s 'k nf r ns] n. 記者會
unstable [ n'steb ] adj. 不穩定的
contribute [k n'tr bjut] v. 促成
replace [r 'ples] v. 取代
obtain [ b'ten] v. 獲得
compensation [ k mp n'se n] n. 賠償
excess [ k's s] n. 超額的量；過多的數
Patterns
The nation was shocked by the news of a chopper crash on April 3, which claimed the lives of eight senior army officers.
A contributing factor to the accident was the presence of TV and radio towers on the mountain tops, which posed a threat to the low flying helicopter.
關係代名詞之前若有逗點，為非限定用法，用於補述說明先行詞的意思，不能以that 代替。
關係代名詞之前若沒有逗點，為限定用法，用於限定或修飾先行詞。請見以下二例句。
‧We are going to visit our uncle, whohas a big farm in the countryside.
（我們要去拜訪我們的叔叔，他在鄉下有個大農場。→我們只有一個叔叔，而他在鄉下有個大農場。）
‧We are going to visit our unclewhohas a big farm in the countryside.
（我們要去拜訪在鄉下有個大農場的叔叔。→我們有幾個叔叔，而我們要去拜訪在鄉下有個大農場的那位。）
Translation
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月3 日直昇機墜機，奪走了 8 條高級陸軍軍官性命的消息震驚全國。細部調查指出，惡劣的天氣狀況是導致這 次失事的主要因素。陸軍直昇機 UH-1H，又被戲稱為「飛行棺材」，在下午 3 點 52 分從台南的基地起飛，進行一項空中偵察演習。
大約8 分鐘後它就失去聯繫，並在 4 點 30 分獲報失事的消息。根據一位目擊者指出，這架直昇機撞上了警察廣播電台 的發射塔，爆炸後起火燃燒。救難小組在失事當天只找到了5 具屍體，另外 3 具則在隔天被發現卡在塔台的鐵架中。
國防部在意外發生後，立即將其餘的 UH-1H 直昇機停飛以進行安全檢查，並且著手進行這次空難的原因調查。
在一星期後，舉行記者會，並提出當天不穩定的天氣狀況是失事的最主要原因。還有一項意外的肇因，是山頂上電視 及廣播發射台對飛行高度低的直昇機所造成的威脅。在這次意外發生後，人們一直建議淘汰 UH-1H 並且以較新型的 直昇機取代。
雖然罹難者家屬可獲得超過一千萬元新台幣的賠償，但他們真正希望的是這樣的悲劇永遠不要再發生。
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Tsunami Devastated the Solomon Islands
n April 2, 2007, a massive earthquake in the Pacific Ocean caused tsunami waves that devastated parts of the Solomon Islands. Theextentof the damage and the exact number ofcasualtiesare still unknown, but early reports indicated that over 40 people have lost their lives and many more are injured or missing.
The earthquake occurred atapproximately7:40 in the morning and sent a wall of water as much as 10 meters high toward the Solomon Islands that destroyed many homes and public buildings. Thousands of people have been left homeless and millions of dollars in damage has been suffered. Luckily, the earthquake itself could be felt on the islands, giving people who were aware of the dangers posed by tsunamis time toflee to higher ground. Tsunami warnings were issuedbyagencies in countries such as Japan and Australia, but authorities in the Solomon Islands were unable to react quickly enough because of the country’s close proximityto the quake; the first waves took less than 20 minutes to reach the islands.
Some of the Solomon Islands’ wealthy Pacific neighbors, including Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan, have offeredaid relief, medical teams and search and rescueassistanceto help the island nationrecoverfrom the disaster. Not until the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed over 200,000 lives were most people around the world aware of the threat posed by tsunamis. Since then, agencies around the world have been working to establish effective warning systems that will give people in affected areas time to escape to evacuate dangerzonesand get to higher ground.
The tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands .
was caused by a wall of water of ten meters high on the ocean
caused worse damage than the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
hit the island while people were all sound asleep
allowed some people to seek shelter from it
Most people on the Solomon Islands could not react the tsunami in time because .
the islands were very closed to the where the original earthquake occurred
it took authorities too long to receive the warning
the islands’ Pacific neighbors did not offer the country enough warning
people there were not aware of what a tsunami was
Which of the following about the passage is true?
Since the 2004 tsunami, advanced warning systems have been erected.
India is one of the Solomon Islands’ wealthy neighbors.
The damage that the tsunami caused on the Solomon Islands is still being estimated.
Even people who knew the dangers of tsunamis did not have enough time to escape.
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Solomon Islands
：索羅門群島，位於澳洲東北方，是太平洋西南部由數百個島嶼組 成的國家，國土面積約2 萬 8500 平方公里，人口 47 萬人。世界的三大洋為：the Pacific Ocean 太平洋，the Atlantic Ocean 大西洋，the Indian Ocean 印度洋。
Vocabulary & Idioms
devastate ['d v s tet] v. 摧毀；徹底毀壞
extent [ k' t nt] n. 面積；範圍
casualty ['kæ j lt ] n. 死傷者
approximately [ 'pr ks m tl ] adv. 大約
destroy [d 'str ] v. 摧毀；毀壞
flee [fli] v. 逃跑
issue [' ju] v. 發出；公布
agency ['ed ns ] n. 政府的特種機構
authority [ ' r t ] n. 當局；官方
proximity [pr k's m t ] n. 鄰近；接近
aid relief [ed r 'lif] n. 災難救助
assistance [ 's st ns] n. 協助；幫助
recover [r 'k v ] v. 恢復
disaster [d 'zæst ] n. 災難
establish [ 'stæbl ] v. 建立
effective [ 'f kt v] adj. 有效的
affect [ 'f kt] v. 影響
escape [ 'skep] v. 逃脫；逃走
evacuate [ 'vækj et] v. 疏散；將某人移往安全處
zone [zon] n. 區域
Patterns
Not until the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed over 200,000 lives were most people around the world aware of the threat posed by tsunamis.
＝It was not untilthe 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed over 200,000 livesthatmost people around the world were aware of the threat posed by tsunamis.
＝Most people around the world werenotaware of the threat posed by tsunamisuntilthe 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed over 200,000 lives.
Not until...＝ It is not until...that...＝...not...until... 直到……
而以Not until... 連接詞為首的句子，其後面所連接的子句必須倒裝。
Translation
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007 年 4 月 2 日，一個在太平洋上的大地震造成海嘯。摧毀了索羅門的部分地區。破壞的程度及死傷的人數仍未 統計出，但最早的報告指出，有超過40 人死亡，還有更多人受傷或失蹤。這個地震大約發生在早上七點四十分，並且形成一道約10 公尺高的水牆，掃向索羅門，破壞了很多房屋及公共 建築物。有數千人因此無家可歸，遭受破壞的損失達數百萬美元。幸運的是，這個地震本身在群島上可以被感覺到，
給了那些知道海嘯造成的危險的人們足夠的時間逃到地勢較高的地方。海嘯警訊由日本及澳洲等國家的警訊中心發 出，但索羅門群島當局因國家很接近地震的發生點，所以反應不及，第一道海浪不到20 分鐘就到達群島。
索羅門在太平洋上富裕的鄰國，包括澳洲、紐西蘭及台灣，都提供災難救助、醫療團隊、搜尋及救難協助等，以 幫助這個群島從災難中復原。大部分的人在2004 年印度洋所發生的奪走 20 萬條人命的海嘯之前，都不知道海嘯所造 成的威脅。自那時起，世界上有關機構已經在努力建立有效的警訊系統，可以給受襲擊地區的人們時間逃離，從危險 地區疏散到地勢較高的地方。
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新聞瞭望台 第三期
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