中国南部发生赛船事故致17人死亡 [美国媒体]

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Seventeen people were killed after two dragon boats capsized in Guilin south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Saturday according to local media.

周六，据本地媒体报道，在中国南部广西壮族自治区两艘龙舟翻船致17人死亡。

A total of 60 participants fell into the water in an accident that took place during a rehearsal on Taohuajiang River for an upcoming dragon boat race.

他们当时为即将到来的龙舟赛于桃花江进行演练，事故发生时总共60人落水。

Local fire department medial teams and policemen had been deployed to the scene. The fire department said on its official social media account that search efforts ended late Saturday.

当地消防部门、医疗队及警察已在现场部署。消防部门在其官方社交账号上表示搜索工作已于周六晚结束。



Authorities said the practice session was held without the police being notified in advance.Two organizers have been detained following the accident.

当局表示该次演练未提前通知当地警察。两位活动组织者在该事件发生后已被拘留。

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–]eoffif44 46 指标 1 天前* 
No surprise here - a lowhead dam aka death machine. I'm 99% sure they are no longer made in the western world since if you happen to get caught in them (even with a lift jacket) you're not coming out. Often times people don't come out even after they have drowned - and it's too dangerous to retrieve them. It's happened many times in the US where these dam types were fairly popular in decades past - they are now being removed slowly. Here's the number of deaths per state for such dams in the US: http://www.safedam.com/uploads/3/4/7/6/34768672/published/2016-state-death-map.jpg?1490197301
Here's an diagram of what is happening to the water: http://www.safedam.com/uploads/3/4/7/6/34768672/2749391.jpg?479 .
Basically that little drop-off you see from the surface is a super-fast stream that is sending everything deep into the water beneath. That's where you will go if you're caught. When you try to surface you're sucked back towards the dam and then pushed under again. Repeat until you drown. The only way to get out is to swim down with the current and don't surface until you're far away from the dam that you're not sucked back.

对此毫不惊讶——低位差（水位差较小，可储蓄的单位势能较小）水坝就是杀人机器。我99％确定西方不会再修建这种水坝了，因为如果你不巧陷进那里（即使有穿救生衣），你也无法从中顺利逃脱。很多时候即使他们溺水身亡了也没法从中脱身——且营救他们太过危险。几十年前这种大坝在美国非常受欢迎，但由于（类似事故）在美国发生了太多次——那些水坝现已慢慢被拆除了。
以下链接是美国各个州因这些大坝而死亡的人口数据：http://www.safedam.com/uploads/3/4/7/6/34768672/published/2016-state-death-map.jpg?1490197301



以及事故发生时水中情况的示意图表：
http://www.safedam.com/uploads/3/4/7/6/34768672/published/2016-state-death-map.jpg?1490197301



如图所示，你从表面上看到的那个小急降区，那里水流很急足以把所有东西都卷入水下。如果你陷进去了，那就是你被卷入的地方。当你尝试着游上水面时，大坝（的水）又把你卷回去并再次把你推向水下。以此往复，直到你沉入水底。唯一一个能够脱离险境的办法是顺流而下，不要急着游向水面，直到你离水坝很远了以至于你不会被再次吸入水下时才游向水面。

[–]jiaxingsengChina 5 指标 1 天前 
I was thinking that people couldn't swim then panicked and drowned others (a common occurrence in many places). Thanks for the info.

我想是其中不会游泳的人把其他人一同拖下水的（这种事在很多事故中都经常发生的）。谢谢科普。

[–]PristinePlankton 7 指标 23小时前 
I'm not sure if they are still made or not but as someone who's into kayaking I can tell you they're everywhere still. So many people have died in them it's really sad. Kayakers know the dangers but many regular people don't. And if you don't know what to do chances are slim that you get out alive once trapped. When your survival instincs kick in the last thing you'd do is dive down. Also if the current is strong enough you might not be able to get out on your own even if you know what to do.

我不确定中国是否还在建造这种水坝，但是作为一个喜欢橡皮艇运动的人，我可以告诉你这种水坝依旧无处不在。那么多人都葬生于这种大坝，这令人难过。喜欢橡皮艇运动的人知道这种大坝的危险性，但是许多普通人不知道。而一旦你遇上了这种事，再次脱身的机会是很渺茫的。当你生存本能被激发出来后，你要做的最后一件事就是潜下去。如果当时的（水流）太急，即使你知道该做什么，也许你也不能仅靠自己就脱离险境。

[–]Smirth 2 指标 18小时前 
What’s more all the air in the water means you lose buoyancy too. Kind of like being dumped on by a big wave... continuously...

更重要的是水里的空气意味着你同时会失去浮力。这感觉就像被一个大浪....连续不断地随意扔弃一样...

[–]BakGikHung 1 指标 20小时前 
What information is leading you to say the accident is due to a low head dam ?

是什么让你说这场事故是低水位差大坝引起的？

[–]eoffif44 3 指标 20小时前 
Watch the video.

看了视频就知道。

[–]BakGikHung 2 指标 20小时前 
ah see it the article didn't mention

啊，我明白了，文章并没有提到这点。

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[–]MrWellAdjusted 3 指标 1 天前 
And here I was thinking it was a hi-performance motorboat accident.

我还以为是高级摩托艇发生事故。

[–]bluesmaker 5 指标 1 天前 
I thought this was going to be speed boats but nope it was dragon boats in calm water. That odd little drop off thing did them in.

我以为发生事故的是快艇，结果是平静水面上的龙舟。这落水的几率应该是很小的吧。

[–]dchinab 5 指标 1 天前 
they're being sucked back into the backwash of the dam. they'd either need to know how to escape or be far away/fast enough not to get sucked into the backwash. doesn't help that a lot of mainland chinese are not the greatest swimmers.

他们被大坝的回流给吸回去了。他们不知道怎么/要多远/要多快才能不被回流吸走。很多中国大陆人都不是很会游泳这点没啥帮助。

[–]YouShouldBeWriting 1 指标 1 天前 
If you see the video noone was wearing life jackets.. also I bed that some didnt knew how to swim and that none had training on emergency situations while on a boat..

如果你看了视频就会发现没一个人有穿救生衣...而且我敢打赌船上有些人还不会游泳，也没人接受过在船上（发发生危急情况时的）急救培训...

[–]eoffif44 3 指标 1 天前 
“noone was wearing life jackets”
No swimming caps or swimming shoes either. Everyone knows it's not safe to go swimming without these accessories.

"没一个人有穿救生衣..."
没人戴泳帽或是穿泳鞋。人人都知道不穿这些设备去游泳是不安全的。

[–]bigwangbowskiUnited States 2 指标 1 天前 
Better wear one of those sun-blocking balaclavas too

最好也戴上那种挡太阳的套头露脸帽。

[–]eoffif44 0 指标 1 天前 
And that's just for taking selfies next to the water.

那只是为了在水上自拍。

[–]d_realist 4 指标 1 天前 
The idiotic organizers didn't realize the danger of dam. Hope they get the punishment they deserve. Very foolish.

那个白痴活动组织者都不晓得水坝的危险。希望他们受到应有的惩罚。真是太蠢了。

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[–]FileError214 1 指标 21 小时前 
How about the local officials who approved the plan?

那么那些批准这项计划的当地官员呢？

[–]d_realist 3 指标 19 小时前 
That's assuming there is a process in place. Not familiar with Guilin but many parts of China are still developing.

这是假设的一个过程。不是很熟悉桂林，但中国有很多地区仍在发展中。

[–]FileError214 1 指标 19 小时前 
Oh that’s right I forgot China is still developing. What a great catch-all-excuse for stupidity and incompetence.

哦，是的，我忘了中国还是发展中国家。一个多么愚蠢又无能的万金油借口啊。

[–]FileError214 6 指标 19小时前 
Oh so the authorities said the authorities didn’t know anything? That’s pretty convenient and very typical.

噢，所以当局表示他们自己啥也不知道？真是非常方便，而且很典型（的借口）。

[–]bigwangbowskiUnited States 4 指标 1 天前 
We might be tempted to make light of this situation or use this tragedy to yet again trash so-called Chinese chabuduo culture but people have lost their lives and we must be resp oh who am I kidding mass loss of life doesn't move me at all anymore. Like most people in China I'll tsk tsk and then go on with my life.

我们要么是处理减少这种情况的发生，或是利用这次悲剧（来警醒人们），然而我们却又一次用中国所谓的“差不多文化”态度来对待此事，但是很多人因此丧命，我们必须对失去众多生命的事情负责。哎，我想骗谁呢？众多生命的逝去这种事已经不会再使我惊讶震撼了。哦，就像中国的大多数人一样，我会发出同情的啧啧声，之后继续过自己的生活。

[–]FileError214 1 指标 21小时前 
Honestly it’s probably not the first people the Li River has killed this year. Definitely not the last.

老实讲，这可能不是今年第一批在漓江丧命的人。也绝对不是最后一批。

[–]discountErasmus 1 指标 19小时前 
The Li river is fine this was the Taohua.

漓江很不错，但这次没漓江什么事，这说的是桃花江。

[–]FileError214 1 指标 19小时前 
Fair enough but the Li River is not fine. It has an incredibly fast current and numerous people drown in it every year.

你说的在理，但漓江也并不安全。水流很急，每年很多人在此溺死。

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[–]discountErasmus 2 指标 19小时前 
Huh TIL. I've kind of waded in it tons of times never would have thought that it thirsted for human lives.

哈，还真是长知识了。我游泳不说有几万次但也有几千次了，从来就没想过这玩意儿会夺走人的生命。
（译注：TIL=today I learned）

[–]FileError214 1 指标 19小时前 
Yeah the sides are pretty placid but there’s a bit in the middle with a pretty strong current. Every summer in Yangshuo you’d hear about multiple tourists drowning in the Li. It would probably help if more Chinese knew how to swim though.

对，起初那段水面挺平缓的，但是一转眼到中间的时候却遇到了相当强的水流。每到夏天，你都会听见说这个那个游客淹死在桂林阳朔的漓江。如果有更多人学会游泳，那就再好不过了，但事已至此。

[–]laowailaoshistyleUnited States 2 指标 18小时前 
Actually had a college student who grew up on an island in the Yangsze. Of course she couldn't swim a lick asked her why she said her family believed it was more dangerous if you knew how. Not even kidding.

实际上我在中国的时候有遇到过一个大学生，她从小在扬子江的一个江岛上长大，但是呢，她不会游泳，一小段都不行，问她为什么，她说她家里人不让学，她家里人相信会游泳就越危险。我没在开玩笑。

[–]FileError214 1 指标 17小时前 
I’ll totally believe that. I heard a lot of people say their parents didn’t allow them to learn to swim because it’s dangerous.

我完全相信。我听很多人都说过，他们的父母因为这很危险就不让他们学习游泳。

[–]laowailaoshistyleUnited States 1 指标 6小时前 
I was lucky enough to learn to swim in a completely safe wading pool at the YMCA at a young age while so many of my students have told me that their father or uncle literally threw them into a river in order to "teach" them how to swim.

我小时候好幸运啊，在基督教青年会的一个非常安全的浅水池中学会了游泳，而我的那些学生却告诉我，他们的老爸或叔叔是真的把他们扔进江水中‘教导’他们学游泳的。

Nice wading pools were not available to them but I think there were alternatives to the "toss them in sink or swim" method. The fear they had of water made it impossible for me to teach them to swim later. It's one of those weird Chinese things as soon as they put their face in the water they start freaking out. Never saw that in America.

好的浅水游泳池并不是到处都有，但是我认为在相比“丢他们下去看是沉是浮”的方法上还是有的选择的。他们怕水，这让我之后教他们游泳很是困难。中国人有许多怪事，其中之一就是他们的脸一入水他们就会吓坏了。从没在美国见到那样的。

[–]FileError214 1 指标 6小时前 
I was actually talking about this with my dad. The pool he goes to has swimming lessons and he says there’s always a couple of black/Hispanic adults learning as well. Apparently they are pretty freaked out by the water too.

实际上我也和我爸谈论过这个话题。有个他去学习游泳的游泳池，他说在那里总有对差不多也是这样的西班牙裔/黑人成年人，他们怕水也怕得要死。