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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.

词汇解析

slogan

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

n.口号；标语

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The advertising slogan was a play on words.

那条广告口号是双关语。

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commission

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.佣金；委员会；委托；委任；犯罪

vt.授予；使服役；委托

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The prisoner pleaded that he was drawn in to the commission of the crime.

囚犯辩解说他是受人引诱而犯罪的。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

The musician was commissioned a new symphony for the festival.

那位音乐家受托为这个节庆写一首新的交响乐曲。

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accelerate

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

v.加速；提前；跳级

参考例句

用作动词 (v.)

We will accelerate the reform of the financial system under these circumstances.

在这一背景情况下,我们将加快金融体制改革。

The decline of her health seemed to suddenly accelerate.

她的健康状况好像突然提前衰退了。

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software

难度：5星基本词汇，属常用1000词

英汉解释

n.软件

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

There are many sorts of software in my computer.

我的计算机里有很多软件。

Our English software is an interactive educational software.

我们的英语软件是一种交互式教育软件。

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research

难度：5星基本词汇，属常用1000词

英汉解释

n.研究；调查

v.研究；调查

参考例句

用作名词 (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烟。

用作动词 (v.)

They have been researching the effects of the drug on mice.

他们一直在研究老鼠对这种药物的反应。

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technical

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

adj.技术的；专业的；工艺的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

On technical matters, I defer to the experts.

在技术问题上，我遵从专家的意见。

It is special craft art technical skill in Yunnan.

这是云南独特的工艺美术技艺。

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orbit

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

n.势力范围；眼眶；轨迹

vt.绕轨道而行；进入轨道

vi.盘旋

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

Hou Kou district fell into Japanese orbit before the outbreak of the second sino-Japan war.

虹口区在抗日战争爆发前就已落入日本人手中。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

The space shuttle will orbit a weather satellite.

太空梭将把一个气象卫星送入运行轨道。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

Make one more orbit to the left again.

左转弯再盘旋一圈。

 

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