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英语课
By Jeff Swicord
Washington
18 May 2007
 






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Entrance to mine rescue chamber



It is being called revolutionary in the field of mine safety.  A West Virginia company has unveiled a new piece of technology that the company says could prevent most deaths from mining accidents.  VOA's Jim Bertel reports from Capitol Hill.


In January 2006, a methane 2 explosion trapped 12 miners at the International Coal Group's Sago mine in West Virginia.  All but one died of carbon monoxide asphyxiation 3.  It was the nation's worst mining accident in recent years. 


This week on Capitol Hill, the West Virginia mine equipment company A.L. Lee Corporation, unveiled new technology that it claims could have saved the Sago miners' lives. 


Company officials call it an underground rescue chamber.  Congressman 4 George Miller 5, a Democrat 6 from California, is chairman of the Education and Labor 7 Committee that oversees 8 mine safety.


"It is a very exciting moment in the history of mine safety to now know that this will become the standard of care, the duty of care that the government and mining companies owe to those individuals that go down into the mines everyday," said Mr. Miller.


Most mine deaths occur due to lack of oxygen and the presence of carbon monoxide and other toxic 9 gases.  A.L. Lee Corporation officials say the emergency shelter contains enough oxygen, food, water and light sources for 35 miners to survive for up to 96 hours while they await rescue. The company is planning to build the chambers 10 large enough to hold 50 miners.


The shelter is housed in a steel containment 11 vessel 12.  Inside are water, food and oxygen.  The shelter inflates 13 in about three minutes, and breathable air is immediately discharged into the shelter.  The covering is made of five protective layers. The center layer is aluminum 14. The A.L. Lee Corporation says that guarantees that carbon monoxide cannot enter the chamber.


Congressman Nick Rahall represents the state of West Virginia. It is one of the largest coal producers in the U.S.  It will be the first state to require that all mining companies equip their mines with rescue chambers like this within the next year.


"Protecting our nation's coal miners and improving their working conditions is a constant and ongoing 15 process.  And we can never say it is complete," said the congressman.


An A.L. Lee Corporation representative says the company plans to sell its chamber for $70,000 to $90,000 each and the International Coal Group that owns the Sago mine is buying $3 million worth.  The coal company plans to begin deploying 16 them in its mines this August.




n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
n.甲烷,沼气
  • The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。
  • Methane may have extraterrestrial significance.甲烷具有星际意义。
n. 窒息
  • Objective Inquiry into the heavy asphyxiation rescues measure of the new born. 摘要目的探讨新生儿重度窒息抢救的措施。
  • Self-contained breathing apparatus(SCBA) may be required to prevent asphyxiation of rescue personnel. 可能要求有自给式呼吸器(SCBA),以防止救援人员窒息。
n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
n.磨坊主
  • Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
  • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
v.监督,监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )
  • She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网
adj.有毒的,因中毒引起的
  • The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
  • There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅
  • The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间:Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
n.阻止,遏制;容量
  • Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
  • Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说,心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
v.使充气(于轮胎、气球等)( inflate的第三人称单数 );(使)膨胀;(使)通货膨胀;物价上涨
  • Mass advertising often inflates prices rather than reducing them. 大宗广告常常是抬高物价而不是降低。 来自辞典例句
  • The device periodically inflates the cuff and takes a blood pressure reading. 定期气囊打气及进行血压读数。 来自互联网
n.(aluminium)铝
  • The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
  • During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段,它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的现在分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用
  • Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
  • Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。
学英语单词
accessible singularity
Agapetes angulata
aporphine
arenaemyein
atavism reversion
auto-exciting
bacterial enteritis
basalt-plain
be unschooled in sth
building damage statistics
C. of E
cabinet radiation
cadavid
case mould plaster
center cracked tension specimen
chloropropanol
Consolidated Natural Gas
contextual effect
customer setup
damage water
deisidaimonia
dofetilide
doubletube plate condenser
durational verb
earthquake proof construction
electron configuration
Emiratizing
epoxy glass laminated sheet
Eraverm
F-format
failed broker
fellaheen
flame cut(ting)
foreign workers statistics
fusion warhead
Georgia Institute of Technology
honorablenesses
hydraulic classifier
hypoprogestinism
immunity from suit
incrust
indian-american
infrared remote control
isostearate
isotopic molecule
johnny bags
Kawaura
keep out
knight of the community/parliament
lead-acid storage battery
lockstitch
Lunache
lunar seismograph
machining constant
Macrosolen robinsonii
MediaFLO
mesalamine
Mglin
Mindanao
Mohembo
nova sofala(sofala)
oil production engineering
oncotrephin
one's bump of locality
out of door
pedia-gastrofiberscope
pigeon hawks
place utility
playpipe
police launch
power handling capacity
preexponential factor
primary current of a current transformer
quasi-two-dimensional
Quelpart I.
radio-electroencephalograph
read-write random-access memory
refering
representative rates of exchange
Rokitansky-Aschoff ducts
rubber anti-icer
sastre
selective electrode
separator-spatula
set afoot
ship control centre
Short Circuit Rating
Silver-grain
spidergrams
spring vegetable
start stop self-phasing code
stream layer
summission
three-tined
thrush breast
titrated
total labour force
triethyleneglycol
triple-screw steamer ship
urinary catheter
USAB
water beetles