Two people died after a Boeing 777 from South Korea crashed Saturday upon landing at San Francisco's airport, sending up a huge fireball, shedding its tail and spinning before screeching to a stop.
upon(on) ～ing : ～すると同時に、～するときに（when,as soon as 両方の意味で使える。）
shed : (v.t) ～を脱ぎ捨てる、
screech : (v.i) キーキー音を立てる、金切り声を上げる
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Two people died after a Boeing 777 from South Korea crashed Saturday upon landing at San Francisco's airport, sending up a huge fireball, shedding its tail and spinning before screeching to a stop.
upon landing at the airport は、前置詞＋動名詞の副詞句とみて、後ろの３つの付帯状況と分けて訳してみる。
３つの付帯状況の主語はいずれも a Boeing 777 である。
その２
An airline spokesman in Seoul told CNN that 291 passengers and 16 staff members were aboard when it crashed around 11:30 a.m.
Local hospitals have treated 182 passengers and crew, officials said, 49 of whom were in serious condition. Another 123 people now in the airport terminals were uninjured.
49 of whom : whom = 182 passengers and crew
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An airline spokesman in Seoul told CNN that 291 passengers and 16 staff members were aboard when it crashed around 11:30 a.m.
Local hospitals have treated 182 passengers and crew, officials said, 49 of whom were in serious condition. Another 123 people now in the airport terminals were uninjured.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday it has detected high levels of radioactive substances, including strontium, emitting beta rays in groundwater taken from a well at the port of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
radioactive substances : (n) 放射性物質
strontium : (n) ストロンチウム
emit : (v.t) ～を放出する
beta rays : (n) ベータ線
well : (n) 井戸
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday it has detected high levels of radioactive substances, including strontium, emitting beta rays in groundwater taken from a well at the port of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Tepco said 3,000 becquerels of radioactive substances per liter were recorded in groundwater from the well, located just 6 meters from the Pacific. That concentration is 100 times higher than the maximum legal limit.
As levels of radioactive tritium have been rising in seawater around the port, radioactive substances are suspected to have leaked into the ocean.
becquerel : (n) ベクレル
concentration : (n) 濃度
tritium : (n) トリチウム
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Tepco said 3,000 becquerels of radioactive substances per liter were recorded in groundwater from the well, located just 6 meters from the Pacific. That concentration is 100 times higher than the maximum legal limit.
groundwater from the well, located just 6 meters from the Pacific
↓ 関係代名詞の省略がある。
groundwater from the well, (which is) located just 6 meters from the Pacific
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"It is true that radioactive contamination has been found from groundwater near the sea, but we do not know whether tainted water has made its way into the Pacific," a Tepco official said.
contamination : (n) 汚染物質
tainted : (adj) 汚染された
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"It is true that radioactive contamination has been found from groundwater near the sea, but we do not know whether tainted water has made its way into the Pacific," a Tepco official said.
