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新概念英语其次册课程讲解

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If they knew how difficult it was to drill through the hard rock, they would lose heart.

Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine困在矿井里

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Six men have been trapped in a mine for seventeen hours. If they are not

6个人被困在矿井里已有17个小时了。假设不把他们尽快救到地面上来，他们

brought to the surface soon they may lose their lives. However, rescue

就有可能丧生。然而，事实证明营救工作特殊困难。假设用炸药爆破，震惊会引起

operations are proving difficult. If explosives are used, vibrations will

矿顶塌落。因此，营救人员在矿井的北侧钻了一个洞。他们预备用一种特制的容器

cause the roof of the mine to collapse. Rescue workers are therefore drilling

把这6个人救上来。假设不是由于土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，他们的营救工作仅

a hole on the north side of the mine. They intend to bring the men up in a

用几个小时就可以完成了。实际状况是，他们已连续钻了16个小时了，但离钻透

special capsule. If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil,

还早着呢。与此同时，两个小时以前放下井去的一只麦克风使井下的`人可以与其

they would have completed the job in a few hours. As it is, they have been

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

drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go. Meanwhile,

他们很快就会出去。他们始终被告知营救工作进展得特殊顺当。假设他们知道了钻

a microphone, which was lowered into the mine two hours ago, has enabled the

透那坚硬的岩石有多么困难，他们会丢失信念的。

men to keep in touch with their closest relatives. Though they are running

trap v. 陷入，使陷于逆境

out of food and drink, the men are cheerful and confident that they will get

surface n. 地面，外表

out soon. They have been told that rescue operations are progressing smoothly.



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explosive n. 炸药 vibration n. 震惊 collapse v. 坍塌 drill v. 钻孔 capsule n. 容器 layer n. 层

beneath prep. 在......之下 lower v. 放下，降低 progress v. 进展，进展 smoothly adv. 顺当地

例句：I intend to emigrate to Canada. 我预备移民加拿大。

3.If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours. 虚拟语气，也可以省略if，用到装构造

指在if引导的虚拟条件句中，将if省略，把should, had, were提至主语前，形成倒装。

Were I you, I’ll never promise to do that. 假设我是你，确定不会容许那么做的。

4.Though they are running out of food and drink, the men are cheerful

1.If they are not brought to the surface soon they may lose their lives. and confident that they will get out soon. lose ones life丧生

2.They intend to bring the men up in a special capsule. intend to预备(做)..., 想要(做)...

run out of用完

例句：Have we run out of milk? 我们喝完牛奶了吗？



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