VOA慢速英语：发现MH370新疑似残骸

发现MH370新疑似残骸

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

莫桑比克发现疑似马航MH370残骸。

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

该残骸为白色，约一米长，已被送往澳大利亚接受鉴定。

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.

澳大利亚方面将会坚定该残骸来自哪里。

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

一名美国游客发现该残骸，并将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.

该残骸或是飞机的水平尾翼。该残骸上印有“no step”字样，上面还有一个编码。据此专家认为，该残骸很可能来自波音777客机。2014年失踪的载有239人的客机正是这种客机。

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

计算机模型预测碎片会被冲到莫桑比克。

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.

若经证实该残骸确实属于MH370客机，那将会是第二个经确认的飞机残骸。第一块飞机残骸于去年夏天在印度洋的法属留尼汪岛海滩上被发现，该残骸属于机翼的一部分，为襟副翼。

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.

发现该残骸者来自华盛顿，他四处寻找这架客机的下落，他说他已经去过很多国家寻找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.

马来西亚交通部长对这次发现不想表现的太激动，他告诉人们等待进一步消息。

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

他说，如果该碎片确实来自马航，马方将会展开搜寻。

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.

马来西亚政府将于本月8日公布关于该残骸和搜寻的进一步信息。3月8日是马航失踪两周年。

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

MH370客机由马来西亚的吉隆坡飞往北京，在印度洋海域失联。

I’m Anna Mateo.

我是安娜·马特奥。