雅思阅读材料：避难者船只撞毁在澳大利亚海岸_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读材料：避难者船只撞毁在澳大利亚海岸

　　一艘载有很多避难者的木船在澳大利亚沿岸被巨浪撞毁在石头上。不冷静的女人和孩子尖叫着跳入搅动的海水中，加大了事故的死亡人数。让我们来看看详细情况。

　　A wooden boat packed with dozens of asylum seekers smashed apart on jagged rocks in heavy seas off an Australian island today, flinging screaming women and children into churning water and sending many to their deaths.

　　Christmas Island residents on cliffs above watched in horror as the boat broke apart with a crack, dumping passengers into huge waves that pounded them against the rocks. Rescue efforts are under way and officials said it is not yet clear how many people were killed.

　　While many details about this tragedy are still unconfirmed, I understand there have been a large number of fatalities and numerous injuries to those aboard the vessel, including women and children, Western Australia state premier Colin Barnett said in a statement.

　　Acting prime minister Wayne Swan said the vessel was a people smugglers boat, but it was not clear how many people were on board or where they were from. A number of people have been rescued but sadly, some bodies have been retrieved, Mr Swan said.

　　Christmas Island is a remote Australian territory closer to Indonesia than the Australian mainland and a frequent target of refugee hopefuls, who are housed in a detention centre there.