课文对话 · Trapped in a mine 困在矿井里（课本 Lesson 88，印刷页 402-405）
1Six men have been trapped /træpt/ v. 陷入，使陷于困境 in a mine for seventeen hours.
六个人已被困在矿井下十七个小时了。
2If they are not brought to the surface /'sɜːfɪs/ n. 地面，表面 soon they may lose their lives.
如果不把他们尽快救到地面上来，他们可能丧生。
3However, rescue operations are proving difficult.
然而，营救工作证明很困难。
4If explosives /ɪk'spləʊsɪvz/ n. 炸药 are used, vibrations /vaɪ'breɪʃnz/ n. 振动，颤动 will cause the roof of the mine to collapse /kə'læps/ v. 坍塌.
如果使用炸药，震动会使矿井的顶部坍塌。
5Rescue workers are therefore drilling /drɪlɪŋ/ v. 钻孔 a hole on the north side of the mine.
因此，营救人员正在矿井的北侧钻一个洞。
6They intend to bring the men up in a special capsule /'kæpjuːl/ n. 容器.
他们打算用一种特制的容器把这些人救上来。
7If there had not been a hard layer /'leɪə/ n. 层 of rock beneath /bɪ'niːθ/ prep. 在……之下 the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours.
如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成。
8As it is, they have been drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go.
实际情况是，他们已经钻了十六个小时，但离钻透还早着呢。
9Meanwhile, a microphone, which was lowered /'ləʊəd/ v. 放下，降低 into the mine two hours ago, has enabled the men to keep in touch with their closest relatives.
与此同时，两小时前放进矿井里的一只麦克风使井下的人可以与最亲近的亲属保持联系。
10Though they are running out of food and drink, the men are cheerful and confident that they will get out soon.
虽然他们的食物和饮料快用完了，但他们情绪很好，坚信很快就能出去。
11They have been told that rescue operations are progressing /prə'ɡresɪŋ/ v. 进展，进行 smoothly /'smuːðli/ adv. 顺利地.
他们一直被告知营救工作进行得很顺利。
12If they knew how difficult it was to drill through the hard rock, they would lose heart.
如果他们知道钻透那坚硬的岩石有多么困难，他们就会丧失信心。
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