2023年03月02日 VOA慢速英语：希腊客运列车事故造成多人死伤

 

At least 36 people died and many others were hurt when two trains crashed into each other late Tuesday in northern Greece.
周二晚些时候，两列火车在希腊北部相撞，造成至少 36 人死亡，多人受伤。
 
One train was carrying people and the other was moving goods. Many of those who died were young people in their 20s.
一列火车载人，另一列载货。许多死者都是20多岁的年轻人。
 
The accident took place near the Vale of Tempe, about 380 kilometers north of Athens.
事故发生在雅典以北约380公里的坦佩谷附近。
 
Investigators are working to find the cause of the crash. Greek police said they arrested the stationmaster in the nearby city of Larissa.
调查人员正在努力寻找坠机原因。希腊警方表示，他们在附近的拉里萨市逮捕了这名站长。
 
State broadcaster ERT said the trains were traveling at speeds of more than 140 kilometers per hour when they ran into each other.
国家广播公司 ERT 称，两列火车相撞时的时速超过 140 公里。
 
Survivors said the crash threw passengers through windows. Some bodies were found 40 meters from the crash site.
幸存者说，坠机事故将乘客从窗户抛出。在距离坠机现场 40 米处发现了一些尸体。
 
Stefanos Gogakos was sitting near the back of the passenger train. He said it felt like an explosion. He could see a fire at the front of the train. He was covered in glass, he said.
Stefanos Gogakos 坐在旅客列车的后部附近。他说感觉就像爆炸一样。他可以看到火车前部着火了。他说，他浑身都是玻璃。
 
"My head hit the roof," he said. "Some people started to climb out through the windows because there was smoke in the carriage."
“我的头撞到了屋顶，”他说。 “有些人开始从窗户爬出去，因为车厢里有烟。”
 
On Wednesday, pictures showed several train cars off the tracks. Some of the train cars were on top of each other. Emergency trucks were all around the area. A crane was also there to lift the train cars off one another.
周三，照片显示几节火车车厢脱离了轨道。有些火车车厢叠在一起。紧急卡车遍布该地区。那里还有一台起重机将火车车厢相互吊离。
 
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the crash site.
希腊总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯视察了坠机现场。
 
He said, "I can guarantee one thing: We will find out the causes of this tragedy and we will do all that's in our power so that something like this never happens again."
他说：“我可以保证一件事：我们会找出这场悲剧的原因，我们会尽我们所能，让类似的事情不再发生。”
 
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou went to the site to put flowers down.
希腊总统卡特琳娜·萨凯拉罗普卢亲临现场献花。
 
The government said there would be three days of national mourning and flags flew at half-staff outside the European Commission in Brussels.
政府表示将举行三天的全国哀悼，布鲁塞尔欧盟委员会外降半旗。
 
Greece's transport minister, Kostas Karamanlis, resigned on Wednesday. He said he was taking responsibility for the country's "long-standing failures" to fix a railway system that he said was not fit for the 21st century.
希腊交通部长科斯塔斯·卡拉曼利斯 (Kostas Karamanlis) 于周三辞职。他说，他要为该国“长期未能”修复他认为不适合 21 世纪的铁路系统负责。
 
Rescue worker Lazaros Sarianidis told ERT "it will take a long time" to move the train cars and remove the bodies.
救援人员 Lazaros Sarianidis 告诉 ERT “需要很长时间”才能移动火车车厢并移走尸体。
 
Vassilis Polyzos lives near the crash site. He was one of the first people to arrive at the scene. "The trains were completely destroyed," he said. "People … were scared – very scared."
Vassilis Polyzos 住在坠机现场附近。他是第一批到达现场的人之一。 “火车被完全摧毁，”他说。 “人们……很害怕——非常害怕。”
 
The Greek Railroad Workers Union said the drivers of the two trains were both killed.
希腊铁路工人工会表示，两列火车的司机均遇难。
 
Greece's firefighting service said 66 people were taken to hospitals. More than 200 people who survived the crash without serious injuries were taken by bus to Thessaloniki, about 130 kilometers away.
希腊消防部门表示，有 66 人被送往医院。 200 多人在事故中幸免于难，但没有受重伤，他们乘坐公共汽车前往约 130 公里外的塞萨洛尼基。