1．They boarded the plane in New York City with high hopes. (para.1)
在纽约，美国花样滑冰队的18名成员踌躇满志地登上飞机。
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2．The 18 members of the United States figure skating team would fly to Brussels, Belgium. (para.1)
他们将飞住比利时的布鲁塞尔。
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3．Then they were to go on to Prague, Czechoslovakia, for the world ice skating championships. (para.1)
然后在那儿转机，到捷克斯洛伐克去参加在布拉格举办的世界花样滑冰锦标赛。
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4．A photo was taken of the team members as they stood on the steps of the Sabena Airlines 707 jet. (para.1)
站在比利时沙比那航空公司的707喷气机的舷梯上，全体成员合影留念。
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5．The best of America’s skaters beamed for the camera. (para.1)
这批全美最好的滑冰运动员在摄影机前开心地笑着。
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6．Mostly young, they laughed and giggled, their eyes dancing with excitement. (para.1)
他们大多风华正茂，眼睛里舞动着激动与兴奋。
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7．This was going to be the time of their lives. (para.1)
这将成为他们生命中蔚为珍贵的一刻。
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8．There were three ice skating pairs on the plane. (para.2)
机上有三对双人组合。
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9．Two were brother-and-sister teams: Laurie and William Hickox and Ida and Ray Hadley. (para.2) 其中两对是兄妹组合：希科克斯兄妹和哈德利兄妹。
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10．There was also the husband-and-wife team of Patricia and Robert Dineen. (para.2)
另一对是夫妻搭档，迪宁夫妇。
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11．But the brightest star of all was a singles skater. (para.2)
但众星之中最耀眼的是一名单人滑选手。
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12．Her name was Laurence “Laurie” Owen. (para.2)
她叫劳伦斯·欧文，人称“劳利”。
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13．Only 16 years old, she had won the North American title for women just two days earlier. (para.2)
年仅16岁的她，两天前刚夺得北美花样滑冰女子冠军。
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14．Laurie had great skill, dazzling grace, and a winning smile. (para.2)
劳利技巧娴熟，优雅无比，笑靥如花。
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15．Laurie came from a skating family. (para.3)
劳利出生于滑冰世家。
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16．Her mother, Maribel, had won the U.S figure skating championship nine times. (para.3)
母亲玛丽贝尔曾九次将美国花样滑冰冠军收入囊中。
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17．Laurie had an older sister who shared her mother’s name. (para.3)
劳利还有一个姐姐，与母亲同名。
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18．Maribel Owen, age 20, was not quite as strong a skater as Laurie. (para.3)
玛丽贝尔·欧文20岁，实力不如劳利。
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19．Still, she had just won the U.S. senior pairs championship. (para.3)
但也刚刚获得美国双人滑大龄组的冠军。
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20．All three of the Owen women were on the plane bound for Brussels. (para.3)
欧文家的三员女将都在去布鲁塞尔的航班上。
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21．Sabena Flight 548 took off at 7:30 P.M. on February 14, 1961. (para.4)
1961年2月14日下午7点30分，沙比那548号航班起飞了。
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22．The flight across the Atlantic was pleasant. (para.4)
飞越大西洋的航程是很惬意的。
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23．Early the next day, the plane neared the airport at Brussels. (para.4)
第二天一早，飞机飞临布鲁塞尔的机场。
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24．There seemed to be no cause for concern. (para.4)
看上去没有任何异常。
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25．There was no distress signal of any kind from the pilot, Captain Louis Lambrechts. (para.4)
驾驶飞机的路易斯·兰布莱奇机长，没有发出任何遇难信号。
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26．There were no storms or high winds in the region. (para.4)
该地区没有暴风雨，也没有大风。
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27．In fact, the weather was perfect. (para.4)
事实上，天气很好。
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28．It was warm and sunny. (para.4)
暖和而晴朗。
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29．But something must have gone wrong in the cockpit. (para.5)
但驾驶员座舱肯定出了什么差错。
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30．During the last few minutes before the scheduled landing, Captain Lambrechts did not contact the Brussels airport. (para.5)
在预定着陆的最后几分钟内，兰布莱奇机长没有与布鲁塞尔机场联系。
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31．Just before 10:00 A.M., he lowered the wheels of the jet and began his approach to land. (para.5)
快到上午十点时，他放下了起落架，开始着陆。
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32．But, at the last moment, he pulled the plane up. (para.5)
但在最后一刻，他又把飞机机头拉起往上攀升。
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33．Perhaps he saw another jet taking off and feared a collision. (para.5)
也许他看见另一架飞机正在起飞，害怕撞机。
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34．Or perhaps he already knew that something was wrong with his plane. (para.5)
也许他已经知道他的飞机出了故障。
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35．In any case, he circled the airport and prepared to try again. (para.5)
不管怎么样，他绕着机场飞了一圈，再次尝试着陆。
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36．Lambrechts came in a second time, flying about 500 feet over a farm near the village of Berg, northeast of Brussels. (para.6)
兰布莱奇第二次出现了，飞过布鲁塞尔东北部的一个叫博格的村庄附近的农场，飞行了大约500英尺。
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37．Then he suddenly increased his speed and pulled the plane into a steep climb. (para.6)
突然他猛地提速，飞机急遽攀升。
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38．By this time, officials in the Brussels control tower could tell that something was very wrong. (para.6)
这时候，布鲁塞尔控制塔的官员们知道大事不妙了
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39． “We saw the crash coming,” said one official. (para.6)
“我们眼睁睁地看着惨剧发生，”有个官员说。
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40． “They couldn’t have been faster,” the official said. “But there was nothing they could do.”(para.6)
“他们的反应够快的了，”该官员说，“可是无能为力。”
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41．A man riding on a train saw that the plane was in trouble. (para.7)
有个坐火车的人看见飞机出问题了。
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42． “The plane appeared to be making a normal approach to land when it suddenly reared up into the sky,” he said. (para.7)
“飞机好像准备正常着陆，突然又攀升到天空，”他说。
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43． “Then it fell back like a great stone and we heard the explosion.” (para.7)
“然后掉了下来，像块大石头一样，接着我们就听见了爆炸声。”
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44．It was 10:05 A.M. when the Sabena jet hit the ground and exploded in a ball of flames. (para.8)
10点05分，飞机撞到地面爆炸了，燃成了一团火球。
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46．All 72 people on board were killed, including 49 Americans and 11 members of the crew. (para.8)
机上72人全部遇难，其中包括49名美国人和11名机组人员。
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47．There was nothing anyone could do. (para.8)
人们无能为力。
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48．The crash site was a scene of total destruction. (para.8)
失事现场一片狼藉。
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50．Charred remains and body parts were strewn all over the area. (para.8)
烧焦的残骸以及肢体满地都是。
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51．Several couples on the plane were found locked in a final embrace. (para.8)
机上的几对夫妇紧紧抱在一起，最后一次相拥。
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52．The crash stunned skaters and figure skating fans around the globe. (para.9)
这场空难震惊了全球滑冰界以及热爱花样滑冰的人们。
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54．To honor the dead, the Prague competition was canceled. (para.9)
为了纪念遇难者，布拉格的冠军赛取消了。
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55．The crash was particularly devastating for some families. (para.9)
这次坠机对某些家庭尤其令人悲痛欲绝。
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56．In addition to the Owen family, with its loss of three women, nine other skating families suffered more than one death. (para.9)
欧文家三名女性全部丧生。除此之外，还有九个家庭至少痛失一名亲人。
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58．All that remained as rescuers combed through the wreckage were three pairs of melted skates dangling from one of the wings. (para.9)
救援人员仔细搜寻了遇难现场，只找到三双已经烧焦的冰鞋，在残留的机翼上摇曳。
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