泰國蘇梅島海灘。（法新社）
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A French family spent more than 16 hours floating at sea after their jet ski capsized off Thailand’s Koh Samui island before being rescued, a local official told AFP on Saturday.
法國一家人騎水上摩托車在蘇梅島外海翻覆，在海上漂流超過16小時後獲救，一名當地官員週六告訴法新社。
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The 50-year-old father and his two sons, aged five and seven, were taken to hospital for checks after their overnight ordeal but were discharged shortly afterwards, local government official Amorn Chomchoey said.
該名50歲父親和他兩名5歲、7歲兒子，經過一夜驚險漂流後，被送往醫院檢查，不過很快就出院，地方政府官員阿蒙．喬姆喬伊說。
"We found them exhausted after swallowing a lot of seawater," he told AFP.
「我們找到他們時，他們吞下大量海水，十分虛弱」，他告訴法新社。
The father had rented a jet ski from a local operator on Koh Samui, a popular resort island in the Gulf of Thailand, at around 5:00 pm on Thursday.
這名父親週四下午約5時，在泰國灣熱門度假勝地蘇梅島向當地業者租了一輛水上摩托車。
The operator became concerned when the family failed to return at the agreed time and alerted local rescuers and provincial authorities.
當這家人未於約定時間回來，業者開始擔心，並通知當地救難人員和當地政府。
They were found at around 10:00 am on Friday.(AFP)
這家人在週五上午約10時被找到。（法新社）
新聞辭典
adrift：形容詞，漂流的。例句：The small boat was found adrift at sea.（這艘小船被發現在海上漂流。）
ordeal：名詞，痛苦或艱難的經歷，煎熬。例句：The surgery was an ordeal for him.（這場手術對他來說是一場折磨。）
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