英語四級：深圳機場奔馳撞人事件

【新聞速遞】3月1日下午，深圳寶安機場高架橋離港平臺轉彎處發(fā)生重大交通事故，一輛紅色奔馳轎車撞向人群，造成9人死亡，23人受傷。肇事女司機已被公安機關控制。

昨晚@深圳公安發(fā)布消息稱，3月1日下午發(fā)生在深圳寶安機場離港平臺的較大交通事故，肇事司機楊某晰(女，24歲，重慶人，現(xiàn)正在醫(yī)院搶救)已被公安機關控制。經(jīng)初步調查，15時32分，楊某晰駕駛一輛奔馳小轎(車牌號粵BA495Q)行至機場高架橋離港平臺轉彎處失控，撞向在路邊觀光的人群。

據(jù)當時與楊某晰同車的吳某鴻(楊的男友)反映，楊某晰駕駛車輛行至該轉彎處時，因后方車輛連續(xù)鳴笛，造成她高度緊張，不慎失控撞向右側護欄，并貼著護欄又行駛了一段距離，撞上路邊人群。

深圳交警官微通報稱，事故車的初次登記日期為 2012年7月16日，沒有交通違法記錄。

相關英語新聞：

SHENZHEN-- A car accident at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in South China's Guangdong province has left nine people dead as of 11 pm, local police said on Sunday.

At 3:32 pm, a red sedan ran over several pedestrians near Terminal 3 of the airport, killing five on the scene and injuring 27 others, local police said on its verified microblog. Four died later in hospital.

The city's emergency center said the injured have been rushed to five hospitals. Five are still in a critical condition and another one is badly wounded.

The driver, a 24-year-old female who allegedly lost control of her vehicle after a honking car made her nervous, has been taken in for questioning by the police.

Initial investigation showed some 30 people were standing on a platform to view takeoffs and landings of planes and take photos when the car rammed into them. The platform is part of a driveway, not designed for pedestrians.

Huang Jiangtao, a witness who narrowly escaped the accident, told Xinhua that he did not realize pedestrians are banned from the area because there were neither signs nor staff workers to caution them.

However, a spokesperson of the airport said their guards patrol the area and disperse people on daily basis. The airport will add warning signs and increase patrols in future, the spokesperson said.(英文文本 via english.sina.com)

重點解析 Key Phrases/Words

1. sedan n. <美語>小轎車

2. pedestrians n. 步行者，行人 adj. 徒步的;，平淡無奇的，一般的

3. critical condition 臨界情況[條件，狀態(tài)]，危篤狀態(tài)

4. caution n. 小心，警告，〈英〉擔保，〈口〉須警惕的事或人 v. 警告;提醒

5. disperse v. (使)分散，(使)散開;散播，傳布(如知識)