澳大利亚海军营救从加利福尼亚横渡太平洋的划船者
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A Lithuanian rower attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean has been rescued by an Australian warship after hitting stormy waters off the coast of Queensland state.
一名试图横渡太平洋的立陶宛赛艇选手在昆士兰州海岸附近遭遇风暴后，被一艘澳大利亚军舰救起。
Royal Australian Navy officer Justin Jones said in a statement that Aurimas Mockus was brought aboard the warship on March 3.
澳大利亚皇家海军军官贾斯汀·琼斯在一份声明中表示，奥里马斯·莫库斯于3月3日被带上军舰。
The 44-year-old adventurer began his trip alone in October from San Diego, California.
这位44岁的冒险家于10月从加利福尼亚州的圣迭戈独自启程。
He made it to within 740 kilometers of Australia’s mainland before running into a tropical cyclone.
他在遇到热带气旋之前，已经到达了距离澳大利亚大陆不到740公里的地方。
Australia’s Maritime Safety Authority organized the rescue.
澳大利亚海事安全局组织了这次救援。
It said the enclosed boat that Mockus traveled in was mostly destroyed by the powerful waters.
报道称，莫库斯乘坐的封闭式船只大部分被汹涌的水流摧毁。
He was only able to recover a few personal belongings from the boat.
他只能从船上找回几件个人物品。
Adventurer stranded for 3 days by storm
冒险者因暴风雨被困3天
Mockus was stranded for three days in the Coral Sea east of Queensland’s coastal city of Mackay.
莫库斯在昆士兰沿海城市麦凯以东的珊瑚海被困了三天。
His goal was to make it from California to the Australian state’s capital, Brisbane.
他的目标是从加利福尼亚一路抵达澳大利亚该州的首府布里斯班。
The whole distance is about 12,000 kilometers.
全程大约12000公里。
The rower turned on an emergency signal while experiencing stormy seas fueled by 80-kilometer-per-hour winds caused by Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
划船者在遭遇由热带气旋阿尔弗雷德引发的每小时80公里强风所掀起的狂风巨浪时，打开了紧急信号。
That led to rescuers establishing radio contact with Mockus.
这促使救援人员与Mockus建立了无线电联系。
Mockus reported he was "fatigued," the team said.
团队表示，莫库斯报告称自己“感到疲劳”。
Navy officials said the warship was taking Mockus to Sydney in New South Wales.
海军官员称，这艘军舰正将莫库斯送往新南威尔士州的悉尼。
Rowers traveling by themselves have crossed the Pacific Ocean nonstop in the past.
过去，独自划船的人曾不间断地横渡太平洋。
Mockus was attempting to become one of the few to cross the sea alone and without stopping.
穆库斯正试图成为少数独自不间断横渡大海的人之一。
Peter Bird of Britain became the first to do so in 1983.
1983年，英国的彼得·伯德成为第一个这样做的人。
He rowed from San Francisco and was pulled behind another boat for the last 48 kilometers to the Australian mainland.
他从旧金山出发划船，在最后48公里处被另一艘船拖行至澳大利亚大陆。
Even though he did not complete the whole trip alone, he is considered to have rowed close enough to Australia to have made the crossing.
尽管他并非独自完成整个旅程，但他被认为划船到了距离澳大利亚足够近的地方，从而完成了横渡。
Fellow British citizen John Beeden rowed from San Francisco to the Queensland city of Cairns in 2015.
2015年，同为英国公民的约翰·比登从旧金山划船到了昆士兰的凯恩斯市。
He is considered by some to have made the first successful crossing.
有些人认为他完成了首次成功的穿越。
Australian Michelle Lee became the first woman to successfully make the crossing in 2023.
2023年，澳大利亚人米歇尔·李成为首位成功完成横渡的女性。
She rowed from the Mexican coastal city of Ensenada to Port Douglas in Queensland.
她从墨西哥沿海城市恩塞纳达划船到了昆士兰的道格拉斯港。
Another Australian, Tom Robinson, attempted to become the youngest to row across the Pacific in 2022.
另一名澳大利亚人汤姆·罗宾逊在2022年试图成为最年轻的横渡太平洋的划船者。
He was 24 years old at the time.
他当时24岁。
During his trip, Robinson took a rest in the Cook Islands.
在他的旅途中，罗宾逊在库克群岛休息了一下。
He set out from Peru and spent 265 days at sea before he was rescued off the southwestern Pacific nation of Vanuatu in 2023.
他从秘鲁出发，在海上度过了265天，直到2023年在太平洋西南部的瓦努阿图附近海域获救。
I’m Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
Rod McGuirk reported this story for the Associated Press.
罗德·麦吉尔克为美联社报道了这则新闻。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
