北京双胞胎女孩青岛溺亡_公共英语阅读理解

北京双胞胎女孩青岛溺亡

Police in Qingdao, Shandong province, confirmed on Monday that 8-year-old twin girls who traveled from Beijing had been found drowned.

周一，山东青岛警方确认一对来自北京的8岁双胞胎姐妹溺水身亡。

The twins - Pei Yuanjin and Pei Yuantong, according to reports - had come to the coastal city with their mother, surnamed Sun, for a holiday.

根据警方通报，双胞胎姐妹裴元瑾、裴元桐与母亲孙女士来到这座海滨城市度假。

A rescue team found the body of the elder twin around 11:30 am and the other at 3:45 pm in waters near the place the girls were reported missing.

搜救队在周一上午11时30分左右找到了双胞胎中的姐姐，但已经没有生命体征，下午3点45分，妹妹的遗体也在走失地点附近的水域被找到。

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The mother said she lost sight of the girls on a beach in the city’s Huangdao district around 3 pm on Sunday as they were having fun digging in the sand just meters away from her. They were wearing swimming suits and had bare feet.

双胞胎女孩的母亲表示，周日那天她们来到青岛市黄岛区的一处海滩上，姐妹俩就在距离她几米之外的地方玩沙子，下午3点左右，两个孩子都不见了。走失时，两姐妹都身着泳装，没有穿鞋子。

The mother said she would check her mobile phone from time to time as the girls were playing, but she looked up at some point and found that the girls were missing. After almost an hour of searching, she called the police.