11月16日9時40分許,甘肅正寧縣榆林子鎮“小博士”幼兒園校車在接到幼兒后,行駛至該鎮西街道班門口時,與一輛陜西籍大翻斗運煤車相撞。截至17日晚,事故遇難人數升至21人。
我們來看一段英文報道:
The victims, now including 19 preschoolers and two adults, died when a nine-seat school bus illegally carrying 64 people crashed head-on with a coal truck in Yulinzi township, Zhengning, Wednesday morning. A further 43 were injured.
Parents of students at the kindergarten said school bus overloading has been a problem for years, despite repeated complaints.
With over 700 children, the privately-run kindergarten has only four vans. All seats have been removed so more passengers can be crammed in.
周三早上,甘肅省慶陽市正寧縣榆林子鎮一輛非法搭載64人的九人座校車迎頭撞上一輛運煤車,造成21人遇難43人受傷,死者包括19名學前兒童和兩名成年人。
據幼兒園學生家長稱,校車超載問題由來已久,屢次抱怨無效。
該民辦幼兒園有超過700名兒童卻只有四輛面包車,而且為了塞下更多的乘客,這些車均被改為無座。
【講解】
文中的school bus overloading即“校車超載”。“overload”可以作為動詞,意思是“使超載,使負擔過重”,也可以作為名詞,意為“超載,負荷“。“超載的校車”英文就是an overloaded school bus。head-on作為副詞,意為“迎面相撞地”,也可以作為形容詞,如a head-on crash/collision。preschool/kindergarten均指“幼兒園”,preschooler即“學前兒童”。