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South Korean Children Learn Water Safety Following Ferry Disaster
GOYANG, SOUTH KOREA— South Koreans are paying more attention to water safety since the deadly sinking of the Sewol ferry earlier this year. About 300 passengers, mostly high school children, died when the boat capsized. Some advocates now want kids to know how to swim more safely and save lives.
Kim Ji-hoon said he already knows how to swim pretty well. But the 9-year-old elementary school student recently learned some new skills in the water.
“I learned how to save a friend if he is drowning. I would throw him a rescue tube and then pull him back in with a rope,” he said.
Kim was among 160 students from Goyang city who participated on the first day of a safety program called Swim 2 Survive. In addition to saving stranded swimmers, they learned how to put on life jackets and perform CPR.
Goyang’s mayor, Choi Sung, said children need to know these skills. “Since the sinking of the Sewol ferry safety has become more important.”
Safety standards
Following the Sewol ferry disaster, there has been a reevaluation of water safety standards in South Korea. Investigators blamed the accident and its high death toll on numerous safety lapses by the ship’s crew, its operator and the coast guard.
The government says it now wants more children to know how to swim. Some advocates say that lessons need to go beyond the basics, though, in order to save lives in the water.
Shin Eun-ho, one of the organizers of the Swim 2 Survive program in Goyang, said, “If more of the students on the Sewol knew how to safely jump into the water, float and keep their bodies warm, I think there could have been more survivors.”
Swim 2 Survive student Kim said he is not afraid of the water. “If I was on a sinking ship, I know how to escape it now,” he said.
Hopefully that is a skill that none of these children will ever have to use.
詞匯解析
slogan
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.口號；標(biāo)語
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
The advertising slogan was a play on words.
那條廣告口號是雙關(guān)語。
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commission
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
n.傭金；委員會；委托；委任；犯罪
vt.授予；使服役；委托
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用作名詞 (n.)
The prisoner pleaded that he was drawn in to the commission of the crime.
囚犯辯解說他是受人引誘而犯罪的。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)
The musician was commissioned a new symphony for the festival.
那位音樂家受托為這個節(jié)慶寫一首新的交響樂曲。
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accelerate
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
v.加速；提前；跳級
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用作動詞 (v.)
We will accelerate the reform of the financial system under these circumstances.
在這一背景情況下,我們將加快金融體制改革。
The decline of her health seemed to suddenly accelerate.
她的健康狀況好像突然提前衰退了。
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software
難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞
英漢解釋
n.軟件
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
There are many sorts of software in my computer.
我的計算機里有很多軟件。
Our English software is an interactive educational software.
我們的英語軟件是一種交互式教育軟件。
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research
難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞
英漢解釋
n.研究；調(diào)查
v.研究；調(diào)查
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用作名詞 (n.)
Research indicates that men find it easier to give up smoking than women.
研究表明，男人比女人更容易戒煙。
用作動詞 (v.)
They have been researching the effects of the drug on mice.
他們一直在研究老鼠對這種藥物的反應(yīng)。
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technical
難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞
英漢解釋
adj.技術(shù)的；專業(yè)的；工藝的
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
On technical matters, I defer to the experts.
在技術(shù)問題上，我遵從專家的意見。
It is special craft art technical skill in Yunnan.
這是云南獨特的工藝美術(shù)技藝。
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orbit
難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞
英漢解釋
n.勢力范圍；眼眶；軌跡
vt.繞軌道而行；進入軌道
vi.盤旋
參考例句
用作名詞 (n.)
Hou Kou district fell into Japanese orbit before the outbreak of the second sino-Japan war.
虹口區(qū)在抗日戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)前就已落入日本人手中。
用作及物動詞 (vt.)
The space shuttle will orbit a weather satellite.
太空梭將把一個氣象衛(wèi)星送入運行軌道。
用作不及物動詞 (vi.)
Make one more orbit to the left again.
左轉(zhuǎn)彎再盤旋一圈。
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