时间:2019-02-21 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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The eyes of the world are glued to the Atacama Desert in Chile as 33 trapped miners are finally being brought to the surface one by one.


Florencio Avalos was the first to be freed, at 0010 local time (0310 GMT). Chile's president, Sebastian Pinera, was on hand to hug Mr Avalos after he came to the surface.


"This country shows its true soul, shows what it is capable of, when we face adversity" the President said in an address. But he added: "This won't be over until all 33 are out."


There were further scenes of jubilation 1 when Mario Sepulveda, the second miner to be rescued, reached the surface.


Mr Sepulveda emerged from the Phoenix 2 rescue capsule smiling and seeming as fit as a fiddle 3. He had brought with him a bag of rocks from the bottom of the mine, which he started to hand out as mementoes. He then led a group of rescue workers in joyful 4 chanting.


The engineers overseeing the rescue are planning to winch up the miners at a rate of roughly one an hour.


Much thought has gone into the order in which they are saved. The first men were amongst those in the best condition, physically 5 and mentally.


Next, the rescuers started to retrieve 6 those who were weaker or ill.


Inside the capsule, the miners' heart rate, temperature and oxygen consumption is monitored and they can speak to controllers on the surface.


At the top, they emerge into the glare of the world's cameras wearing state-of-the-art sunglasses supplied by an American optics company.


The intense media attention, and the free sunglasses, are an introduction to what will doubtless be very changed circumstances in the men's lives.


"It's not only bright lights, it's millions of jabbering 7 people. Millions of people, prodding 8 and poking 9 them," said Dr James Thompson, a senior psychology 10 lecturer at University College London.


The miners have already received offers of book deals and new jobs.


We don't know if they will cope well with their fame. However, one thing is for sure: if the miners continue to show the sort of collective resolve that has come to define their amazing story then they have a good chance.


Glossary 词汇表


glued 紧紧盯着 


to be on hand 在现场 


to hug 拥抱 


adversity 极度艰苦 


jubilation 欢庆 


phoenix 凤凰(号) 


capsule 救生舱 


as fit as a fiddle 健康无恙 


memento 纪念品 


chanting 诵唱 


to winch up 用绞车吊上来 


to retrieve 解救 


consumption 氧气消耗 


glare 刺眼的光 / 众目睽睽之下 


state-of-the-art 最新式的 / 最先进的 


optics 镜片 


jabbering 喋喋不休地说 


prodding (用手)戳 


poking (用手指)捅一捅 


collective resolve 集体信念 / 决心



n.欢庆,喜悦
  • The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.主场球迷为进球欢呼。
  • The whole city was a scene of jubilation.全市一片欢腾。
n.凤凰,长生(不死)鸟;引申为重生
  • The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
  • The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动
  • She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
  • Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。
adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的
  • She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
  • They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
vt.重新得到,收回;挽回,补救;检索
  • He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
  • The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。
v.急切而含混不清地说( jabber的现在分词 );急促兴奋地说话;结结巴巴
  • What is he jabbering about now? 他在叽里咕噜地说什么呢?
  • He was jabbering away in Russian. 他叽里咕噜地说着俄语。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.刺,戳( prod的现在分词 );刺激;促使;(用手指或尖物)戳
  • He needed no prodding. 他不用督促。
  • The boy is prodding the animal with a needle. 那男孩正用一根针刺那动物。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.心理,心理学,心理状态
  • She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
  • He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
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