VOA慢速英語：日本海岸驚現(xiàn)11艘“幽靈船” 船內(nèi)有腐尸

At least 11 damaged wooden boats carrying bodies drifted into seas near Japan over the past month, Japanese Coast Guard officials say.

日本海岸警衛(wèi)官員稱，在過去一個月，至少有11艘裝載著尸體的損壞木船漂流到日本附近海域。

Unidentified wooden boat which was found in the sea off Noto Peninsula, is seen in Wajima, Japan, in this photo taken by REUTERS/Kyodo on November 29, 2015.

Most of the boats had fishing equipment, nets and signs containing words in Korean, the Associated Press reported. One boat carried a North Korean People's Army sign.

據(jù)美聯(lián)社報道，大多數(shù)船只裝有漁具、漁網(wǎng)和用朝鮮語寫成的標(biāo)語。一艘木船船身上用朝鮮語寫著“朝鮮人民軍隊”。

Japan's Coast Guard spokesman, Yoshiaki Hiroto, would not confirm the boats came from North Korea, according to the Associated Press. He said the wrecked boats are apparently from the Korean Peninsula.

據(jù)美聯(lián)社報道，日本海岸警衛(wèi)隊發(fā)言人，Yoshiaki Hiroto表示，并未證實這些船只來自朝鮮。他表示失事的船只很顯然來自朝鮮半島。

He also said the small boats the Japanese Coast Guard discovered are not typical of boats used in South Korea.

他還表示日本海岸警衛(wèi)隊所發(fā)現(xiàn)的這些小型船只，并非韓國所使用的典型船只。

What did officials find?

官員們發(fā)現(xiàn)了什么？

Japanese officials say dozens of damaged boats drift toward Japan every year. On November 20, officials found four bodies in two capsized, or overturned, boats. They were off the coast of Ishikawa prefecture, Japanese officials said. visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

日本官員表示，每年數(shù)十只受損的船只漂向日本。11月20日，官員們在兩艘傾覆的船只中發(fā)現(xiàn)四具尸體。日本官員聲稱它們位于石川縣海濱。

Two days later, seven bodies were found inside another wooden boat off the Fukui prefecture.

兩天后，位于福井灣的另一艘木船中又發(fā)現(xiàn)七具尸體。

Many of the bodies are in such bad shape that it has been impossible to determine the cause of death, Japanese officials said. They said some of the wrecked boats were used for fishing, and that some fishermen may have been trying to defect to Japan.

日本官員表示，許多尸體都已嚴重腐爛，因此無法確定死因。他們還表示一些失事船只被用于捕魚，一些漁民可能試圖叛逃到日本。

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VOA News reported on this story for VOANews.com. Bruce Alpert adapted this story for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

origin– n. the point or place where something begins or is created

decomposed– adj. to cause something (such as dead plants and the bodies of dead animals) to be slowly destroyed and broken down by natural processes

drifted– v. a slow and gradual movement or change from one place, condition, etc., to another

prefecture– n. any one of the areas into which some countries (such as Japan and France) are divided for local government

defect– v. to leave a country, political party, organization, etc., and go to a different one that is a competitor or an enemy