CNN News：伊朗油輪與中國(guó)貨船東海相撞 發(fā)生石油泄漏

Paris, France, is just over 40 square miles in area. That`s also about the size of an oil spill that`s spreading in the East China Sea.

法國(guó)巴黎的面積只有40多平方英里。大約等于中國(guó)東海石油泄漏的面積。

It started when an Iranian oil tanker collided with a freighter from Hong Kong. That happened on January 7. The oil ship caught fire, and stayed afloat, burning, until it exploded and sank a week later on January 14th.

事情起因是1月7日，一艘伊朗油輪與一艘來(lái)自香港的貨輪相撞。之后這艘油船著火，然后一直持續(xù)燃燒在海上漂浮，直至一周后，1月14日爆炸沉默。

Officials believe all of its 34 crew members died in the accident. The tanker was carrying 136,000 tons of condensate oil. It`s a type used to jet fuel and it`s lighter in color than the thick black crude oil that`s been seen in other oil spills.

官員認(rèn)為，所有34名船上人員都在事故中喪生。這艘油輪裝載了136,000噸凝析油，這是一種用于噴氣的燃料，顏色比其他石油泄漏所見(jiàn)的濃稠的黑色原油更輕。

But though environmentalists say some of the oil on board the ship probably burn in the fire, their concern that what remained could still hurt marine life in the area, like whales and porpoises. They`re also worried that the fuel that power the ship will leak as well, and that could make things worse. It`s very toxic.

但是，盡管環(huán)保人士表示船上的一些石油可能會(huì)在火災(zāi)中燃燒，但他們?nèi)匀粨?dān)心可能會(huì)傷害該地區(qū)的海洋生物，比如鯨魚(yú)和江豚。他們還擔(dān)心，這艘船的燃料也會(huì)泄漏，這可能會(huì)使情況變得更糟。因?yàn)槿剂嫌卸尽?/p>

The oil slick, China says there are four of them, almost doubled in size this week. Other boats are in this area of the East China Sea, working to clean up the oil and environmental group Greenpeace expects any contamination to stay relatively close to the sunken ship, though winds have pushed the spill east toward Japan.

中國(guó)稱有4處浮油，本周幾乎翻了一倍。其他船只也在中國(guó)東海的這片海域，努力清理油污。環(huán)保組織綠色和平組織(Greenpeace)預(yù)計(jì)，污染可能在沉船附近的區(qū)域，但風(fēng)向已將漏油推往東向日本。