[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine [00:25.05]困在矿井里 [00:50.10]Key words and expresions [00:52.23]关键词和短语 [00:54.36]Trap [00:55.59]圈套、陷阱 [00:56.82]surface [00:58.24]地面、表面 [00:59.66]explosive [01:01.13]炸药 [01:02.59]vibration [01:04.07]震动 [01:05.54]collapse [01:06.93]倒塌 [01:08.31]drill [01:09.59]钻孔 [01:10.87]capsule [01:12.24]容器 [01:13.61]layer [01:14.95]层 [01:16.28]beneath [01:17.75]在...下 [01:19.23]lower [01:20.55]放下 [01:21.87]progress [01:23.34]进展、发展 [01:24.82]smoothly [01:26.24]平稳地 [01:27.67]Here are these questions: [01:36.94]有以下问题： [01:46.21]How many man have been trapped in a mine and for how long? [01:52.35]有多少矿工被在矿井里，有多长时间了？ [01:58.49]Why are rescue operations proving difficult? [02:02.81]为什么营救工作很困难？ [02:07.14]Why was a microphone lowered into the mine? [02:11.92]人们为什么把一个麦克风放到矿井里去？ [02:16.70]Why are the six men cheerful [02:18.62]为什么这6个人还这么高兴－－ [02:20.54]even though they are running out of food and drink, [02:27.07]即使他们的食物和饮料快用尽了？ [02:33.60]Six men have been trapped in a mine for seventeen hours. [02:37.14]6个人被困在矿井里已有17个小时了. [02:40.68]If they are not brought to the surface soon they may lose their lives. [02:44.06]如果不把他们尽快救到地面上来,他们就有可能丧生. [02:47.44]However,rescue operations are proving difficult. [02:50.32]然而,事实证明营救工作非常困难. [02:53.19]If explosives are used,vibrations will cause the roof the mine to collapse. [02:57.53]如果用炸药爆破,震动会引起矿顶塌落. [03:01.86]Rescue workers are therefore drilling a hole on the north side of the mine. [03:06.19]因此,营救人员在矿井的北侧钻了一个洞. [03:10.51]They intend to bring the men up in a special capsule. [03:13.63]他们准备用一种特制的容器把这6个人救上来. [03:16.75]If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, [03:19.89]如果不是因土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石, [03:23.02]they would have completed the job in a few hours. [03:25.84]他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成了. [03:28.67]As it is,they have been drilling for 16 hours and they still have a long way to go. [03:33.59]实际情况是,他们已连续钻了16个小时了,但离钻透还早着呢. [03:38.51]Meanwhile,a microphone,which was lowered into the mine two hours ago, [03:42.43]与此同时,两个小时以前放下井去的一只麦克风, [03:46.35]has enabled the men to keep in touch with their closest relatives. [03:49.37]使井下的人可以与其亲属保持联系. [03:52.39]Though they are running out of food and drink, [03:54.75]虽然他们的食物和饮料都快消耗尽了, [03:57.11]the men are cheerful and confident that they will soon get out [04:00.35]但这些人的心情很好,坚信他们很快就会出去. [04:03.59]They have been told that rescue operations are progressing smoothly. [04:06.87]他们一直被告知营救工作进行得非常顺利. [04:10.15]If they knew how difficult it was to drill through the ard rock, [04:13.83]如果他们知道了钻透那坚硬的岩石有多么困难, [04:17.52]they would lose heart. [04:19.13]他们会丧失信心的. [04:20.75]This is the analysis of the text.Part 1.以下为课文讲解。 [05:03.19]以下为课文讲解。讲解一 [05:45.63]Part 2 [07:42.79]Part 3 [10:19.86]Part 4 [11:52.72]Part 5