文档介绍：Lesson 88
Trapped in a mine
diamond mine
coal mine
gold mine
Trap
1) keep (sb) in a place from which he wants to move but cannot
使(某人)陷入困境
他们被困在发生火灾的旅馆里.
They were trapped in the burning hotel.
电梯出故障了, 我们困在里面出不来.
The lift broke down and we were trapped inside (it).
2) device for catching animals, etc
捕动物等的器具; 陷阱:
a mouse-trap老鼠夹 a fly-trap捕蝇器
Six men have been trapped in a mine for seventeen hours.
6个人被困在矿井里已有17个小时了。
mine
监察员已下到矿井里了。
The inspector went down the mine.
If they are not brought to the surface soon they may lose their lives.
如果不把他们尽快救到地面上来,他们就有可能丧生。
However, rescue operations are proving difficult.
然而,事实证明营救工作非常困难。
rescue operations营救工作
Prove+形容词vt. 证明是,结果是
他的手术很成功。
His operation proved essful.
他对我们所说的原来是假的。
What he had told us proved false.
If explosives are used, vibrations will cause the roof of the mine to collapse.
如果用炸药爆破,震动会引起矿顶塌落。
explosive
(1) likely or easily able to explode
爆炸性的; 易爆炸的
(2) substance that is likely or able to explode
爆炸物; 炸药
collapse
①(break into pieces and) fall down or in suddenly
vi. 倒塌
With no one to repair it, the old church collapsed long ago.
由于无人维修,那座教堂早就倒塌了。
整个建筑倒塌了.
The whole building collapsed.
The wind caused the tent to collapse.
风把帐篷吹塌了.