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黑山客车坠桥 16人死亡

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-06-24 08:39 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A bus has plunged¹ off a bridge over the Moraca river in central Montenegro, killing² 16 people and injuring at least 30 others, local officials say.

一辆客车在黑山共和国中部莫瑞卡河一座桥梁上坠落，致使16人丧生、30多人受伤。

The bus toppled 40m into a ravine 30km (18 miles) north of the capital Podgorica, reports said.

Officials said there were almost 50 people on board, and all the victims were Romanian nationals.

The cause of the accident - which happened during a rain storm - is now being investigated.

'Huge tragedy'

Montenegro's Interior Minister Rasko Konjevic described the crash as "an extremely serious accident", saying a number of people were "in a life-threatening condition".

The officials say the injured are being treated in hospital in Podgorica.

Most of those on the bus were pensioners³ who had left Romania on Saturday for a holiday, Romanian media reported.

But a child was said to be among those hurt, believed to have been standing⁴ on the bridge at the time of the crash.

Because of the difficult terrain⁵, it took rescuers some time to move all the victims from the ravine（沟壑）.

Romanian ambassador to Montenegro, Mihail Florovici, visited the injured in hospital, describing the incident as a "huge tragedy", the AFP news agency reports.

The narrow winding⁶ roads in the mountainous region are notorious for traffic accidents.

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1 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。 She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 pensioners
n.领取退休、养老金或抚恤金的人( pensioner的名词复数 )
参考例句：
He intends to redistribute income from the middle class to poorer paid employees and pensioners. 他意图把中产阶级到低薪雇员和退休人员的收入做重新分配。来自《简明英汉词典》 I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. 我自己就是一个我们的高贵的施主遗留基金的养老金领取者。来自辞典例句

4 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 terrain
n.地面，地形，地图
参考例句：
He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。 He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。

6 winding
n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈
参考例句：
A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。 The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

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