首宗貨船沉沒記
Taiwanese cargo ship Chang Xin capsized and sank off the coast of Fuzhou on November 20.
台籍貨船萇薪輪於十一月二十日在福州外海附近翻覆沉沒。
cargo ship貨輪船capsize(v.)翻覆off the coast在外海
The 879 tons of goods on the ship all dropped to the bottom of the sea.
船上879噸的貨物沉入大海。
ton(n.)公噸drop(v.)掉落the bottom of the sea海底
According to the Coastguard, the accident happened after the Chang Xin was hit by a Chinese vessel just off Chuangshi Island in the waters near the Minjiang River estuary.
根據海巡署的說法，意外發生在閩江出海口附近的水域，在萇薪輪遭到中國船隻撞擊後發生。
Coastguard海巡署vessel(n.)船艘waters(n.)海域estuary(n.)河口
Nine crew members fell overboard.
有九名船員落海。
crew member船組人員、機組人員overboard(adv.)從船上落水
The Fujian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) picked up the distress signal and sent in rescue ships and helicopters.
福建省海上搜救中心接獲求救訊號，並派出搜救船和直升機。
maritime(adj.)海事的、海運的pick up注意、接獲消息distress signal求救信號helicopter(n.)直升機
Seven people were rescued, but the 879 tons of cargo sank to the sea bottom, along with the ship.
有七人獲救，不過879噸的貨物卻隨著船隻沉入海底。
were rescued被拯救、save(v.)救along with=and以及
It was later revealed that the goods had been ordered by Taiwanese online shoppers on Singles’ Day through the shopping site Taobao.
之後發現船上的貨物是台灣民眾在單身節時透過淘寶網站訂購的。
reveal(v.)發現、揭露shopper(n.)顧客Single′s Day=1111購物節shopping site購物網站
Many of them started feeling anxious after they learned that their orders had been on board the sunken ship.
許多民眾得知他們訂購的商品在船上後便開始感到焦慮。
anxious(adj.)焦慮的learn(v.)知曉、告知on board在船上sunken(adj.)沉沒的
Taobao confirmed that it was no longer possible for them to send the customers their goods, and stated that they would instead offer refunds through Alipay or overseas remittance.
淘寶證實了貨品再也不可能寄給他們，並公告說將透過支付寶或境外匯款的方式進行退款。
no longer不再instead反而、而是refund(n.)退款overseas remittance海外匯款
However, as most Taiwanese people don’t have a bank account in China, they cannot get their money back through Alipay.
然而，由於大多數的台灣民眾沒有中國的銀行帳戶，他們無法透過支付寶拿回款項。
bank account銀行帳戶
Taobao promised that its customer service staff will help the customers through the process.
淘寶承諾其客服人員將協助處理。
promise(v.)承諾process(n.)過程