💬 新概念英语第二册
共 1071 条英汉对照例句 · 第 33 页
Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine
They intend to bring the men up in a special capsule.
他们准备用一种特制的容器把这6个人救上来。
Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine
If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours.
如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成了。
Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine
As it is, they have been drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go.
实际情况是，他们已连续钻了16个小时了，但离钻透还早着呢。
Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine
Meanwhile, a microphone, which was lowered into the mine two hours ago, has enabled the men to keep in touch with their closest relatives.
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亲属保持联系。
Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine
Though they are running out of food and drink, the men are cheerful and confident that they will soon get out.
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，坚信他们很快就会出去。
Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine
They have been told that rescue operations are progressing smoothly.
他们一直被告知营救工作进行得非常顺利。
Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine
If they knew how difficult it was to drill through the hard rock, they would lose heart.
如果他们知道了钻透那坚硬的岩石有多么困难，他们会丧失信心的。
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one.
人们总要想尽办法看不花钱的演出——哪怕是拙劣的演出。
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P.and U.Bird Seed Company,
当“皮尤”鸟食公司将在我们当地影院演出喜剧节目的消息传开后，
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
we all rushed to see it.
我们都赶紧跑去观看。
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
我们不得不排了好几个小时才进得场去。在演出开始前场内肯定已有好几百人了。
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.
不幸的是，这次演出是我们看过的最乏味的演出了。
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come.
那些没能进到场内的人没有必要感到失望，因为很多应该出场的专业演员都没有来。
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme.
那天晚上唯一有趣的事情是节目开始时那个报幕员的开场白。
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone.
他显然非常紧张，局促不安地在麦克风前站了好几分钟。
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing.
但他刚一开口说话，人们便哄堂大笑起来。
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
We all know what the poor man should have said,
我们都明白那个可怜的人应该说些什么，
Lesson 89 A slip of the tongue
but what he actually said was: 'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company.Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!
“这是‘浦伊’鸟食公司，好女士们，晚上和先生们！”
Lesson 90 What's for supper
Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain,
油煎鱼加炸土豆片一直是英国人喜爱的一道菜，
Lesson 90 What's for supper
but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive.
但是随着海洋里的滥捕滥捞，鱼已经变得越来越昂贵。
Lesson 90 What's for supper
So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs.
因此，听说北海石油钻井平台上的潜水员受到巨型鱼类的恐吓，确实很让人吃惊。
Lesson 90 What's for supper
Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers,who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water,
钻井平台需要经常修理，潜水员常常要在水面100英尺以下摸黑工作，
Lesson 90 What's for supper
have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work.
他们曾在工作时被撞到他们身上的大鱼吓得惊惶失措。
Lesson 90 What's for supper
Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters.
现在他们有了特制的笼子，用来保护他们免受大鱼的侵袭。
Lesson 90 What's for supper
The fish are not sharks or killer whales,
这些鱼并不是鲨鱼或逆戟鲸，
Lesson 90 What's for supper
but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes,
而是深受人们喜爱的食用鱼品种，如鳕鱼和鳐鱼，只不过它们长得出奇地大，
Lesson 90 What's for supper
sometimes as much as twelve feet in length.
有时长达12英尺。
Lesson 90 What's for supper
Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large:
这些因素促使这些鱼可以长得如此巨大：
Lesson 90 What's for supper
the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea;
海底热的输油管道附近的温暖的海水；
Lesson 90 What's for supper
the plentiful supply of food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs;
钻井平台工作人员抛到海里充足的食物；