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困在矿井里Lesson88Trapped in a mine听录音,然后回答以下First listenand thenanswer thequestion.问题Why isthe rescuetaking solongSix menhave beentrapped ina minefor seventeenhours.If theyarenot broughtto thesurface soon they maylose theirlives.However;rescue operationsare provingdifficult.If explosivesareused,vibrations willcause theroof of the mineto collapse.Rescueworkers are therefore drilling a hole on the north side of the mine.They intendto bringthe menup ina specialcapsule.If therehadnot been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil,they wouldhavecompleted the job ina few hours.As itis,they havebeen drillingforsixteen hoursand theystill havea longway togo.Meanwhile,a microphone,which waslowered intothe minetwo hoursago,has enabledthe mento keep in touch with theirclosest relatives.Though theyare running out of food and drink,the menarecheerful andconfident thatthey willget outsoon.They havebeentold thatrescue operationsare progressingsmoothly.If theyknewhow difficultit wasto drillthrough thehard rock,they wouldloseheart.参考译文个人被困在矿井里已有个小时了如果不把他们尽快救到617地面上来,他们就有可能丧生然而,事实证明营救工作非常困难如果用炸药爆破,震动会引起矿顶塌落因此,营救人员在矿井的北侧钻了一个洞他们准备用一种特制的容器把这6个人救上来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了实际情况是,他们已连续钻了个小时了,但离钻透还早着呢与此同时,两个小16时以前放下井去的一只麦克风使井下的人可以与其亲属保持联系虽然他们的食物和饮料都快消耗尽了,但这些人的心情很好,坚信他们很快就会出去他们一直被告知营救工作进行得非常顺利如果他们知道了钻透那坚硬的岩石有多么困难,他们会丧失信心的自学导读Lesson88Trapped ina mine困在矿井里课文详注Further notesonthetext事实证明
2.Rescue workersarethereforedrillingaholeonthenorth因此,营救人员正在矿井的北侧钻一个洞sideofthemine.表示“因此、“所以”等它是副词,所以它既therefore可以独立使用,也可以位于动词前表示“因此”、“所以”so时通常是连词The newflat islarger andtherefore moreexpensive.这套新房子(比原先的)要大些,因此比较贵His parentsgave himsome money,and he was thereforeableto buya car.他的父母给了他一些钱,所以他能买得起一辆车His parentsgave himsome money,therefore,he wasable tobuya car.(译文同上,前后都可以有逗号,后面通常therefore s不用逗号)We arrivedearly,so wegot goodseats.我到得早,因此我们找到了好座位(表示“所以”、“因so此”时不放在动词前)
3.If therehad notbeenahardlayerofrockbeneaththesoil,如果不是因为they wouldhave completedthejobinafewhours.土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石,他们的营救工作仅用几小时就可以完成了这是第类条件句,表示与过去事实相反的假设课文中3还有第类和第类条件句的例子,仔细体会它们的区别12实际上,事实上(也可以用)
4.as itis,as itwasI thoughtthey wouldhelp us.As itwas,they justsat thereandlooked on.我以为他们会帮助我们实际上他们却只是坐着旁观OI promisedto returnthe booksyesterday.As itis,I wontbeable todo sountil nextMonday.我答应昨天还书的,但事实上我要到下星期一才能还
6.lose heart气”、“灰心”He toldhis mennot tolose heart,saying thatthey wouldsoondiscover goldmines.他告诉手下人不要灰心,并说他们很快就会发现金矿的Seeing thatthe enemywas muchstronger thanthemselves,the soldierslost heartat once.当战士们发现敌军比自己要强大得多时,他们立刻就丧失了勇气词汇学习Word study
1.collapse vi.()倒塌1If explosivesare used,vibrations willcause theroof ofthemine tocollapse.如果用炸药爆破,震动会引起矿顶塌落With noone torepair it,the oldchurch collapsedlong ago.由于无人维修,那座老教堂早就倒塌了()(因精疲力竭等)倒下;(身体等)垮掉2After manyyears hardwork,my mothershealth collapsed.由于多年的辛苦劳动,我母亲的身体垮了He hadrun morethan fortymiles Assoon ashewasout ofdanger,he collapsed.他已经跑了四十多英里路了他刚脱离危险便(累得)倒下了与动词有关的短语
2.run可以与不同的介词或副词搭配产生不同的含义run可表示“用完”、“耗尽”1run outofThey arerunningoutoffoodanddrink.他们的食物和饮料都快消耗尽了He hasrun outof money.他的钱用光了表示“追赶”、“追逐”2run afterShe ran througha forestafter thetwo thieves.她穿过森林,追赶那两个小偷Seeing thathis sisterwas annoyed,heranafter hertoapologize.当他发现他妹妹/姐姐生气时,他便追上去道歉的含义之一是“在……驶过/辗过”3run overThecar ranover asnake/his legs.那车辗过一条蛇/他的双腿The catwas runover bya train.那只猫被火车压死了的含义之一是“试车”、“试转发动机等”4run inJohnis runninghis newcar in.约翰正在试他的新车Run inthe enginebefore youstart work.在开始工作前,先试试发动机可以表示“偶然碰见5run intoI raninto我在花店里碰见了玛丽和Mary andJane inthe flowershop.简He ran,nt0the Sterlingswhile travellingin Italy.他在意大利旅游时遇见了斯特林一家。