VOA标准英语2008年-Ukraine Mine Blast Traps 37 Workers
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（六月）
By Stefan Bos
Budapest
08 June 2008
At least 37 miners in Ukraine were trapped underground following a powerful explosion during maintenance work at a coal mine in the eastern city of Donetsk. Officials say the blast destroyed the main shaft 1 of the mine. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest.
Relatives of trapped miners outside the Karl Marx coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine, 08 Jun 2008
Ukrainian rescue teams are trying to reach dozens of miners who remain trapped about 1,000 meters underground after a blast at the Karl Marx mine in the eastern city of Donetsk.
Officials say at least four other workers above ground have been injured in the explosion, including three women who were taken to hospital with severe burns.
Speaking on Russia Today television, Coal Industry Minister Viktor Poltavets says the explosion occurred during maintenance work at the 110-year-old mine.
"This was a repair job," said Viktor Poltavets. "They were about 37 people there. People were about to leave when the blast occurred at around 5:00 am local time."
Minister Poltavets says rescuers were unable to reach the workers, after unmanned gondolas 2 got stuck about half way down the mine. But he says rescuers are opening lines of communications with the miners.
Officials say it is difficult to reach them as the main shaft of the mine has been destroyed by the explosion.
The blast is not an isolated 3 incident. In November three explosions at another mine killed 106 workers.
Experts say Ukraine has one of the world's most dangerous mining industries, due to outdated 4 equipment and poor safety standards. The government has begun closing mines due to a high number of fatalities 5.
Since the collapse of the Soviet 7 Union in 1991, more than 4,800 miners are believed to have been killed in accidents. Officials say that for every one million tons of coal brought to the surface in Ukraine, three miners lose their lives.
- He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
- This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。
- When the G-Force is in motion, the gondolas turn as well. 当“惊呼狂叫”开始旋转时，平底船也同时旋转。 来自互联网
- Moreton Engineering &Equipment Co. Ltd. -Services include sales tower crane, gondolas, material hoist construction equipment. 山明模型工作室-制作建筑模型，包括售楼模型、规划模型、比赛模型等。 来自互联网
- His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
- Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
- That list of addresses is outdated,many have changed.那个通讯录已经没用了，许多地址已经改了。
- Many of us conform to the outdated customs laid down by our forebears.我们许多人都遵循祖先立下的过时习俗。
- Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
- The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。