Rescue workers are therefore drilling a hole on the north side of the mine. They intend to bring the men up in a special capsule. If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours. As it is, they have been drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go.
句子講解:
5、Rescue workers are therefore drilling a hole on the north side of the mine.
因此,救援人15在礦井的北面鉆了一個洞。
drilling :
n. 鉆孔;訓練,教練;演練
v. 鉆孔;訓練(drill的ing形式)
例句:
1. To master drilling technique is very important to drilling workers.
掌握鉆井技術對鉆井工人是十分重要的。
6、They intend to bring the men up in a special capsule.
他們想用一種特制的容器把困在下面的人帶上來。
語言點 sb. intend to do sth.某人打算做某事
intend :
vt. 打算;想要;意指
vi. 有打算
例句:
Do you intend to buy that suit?
你企圖買下那套衣服了嗎?
capsule :
n. [醫(yī)]膠囊;[植]蒴果;[航]太空艙;小容器
adj. 壓縮的;概要的
vt. 壓縮;簡述
例句:
1. Can vitamin E capsule treat the scar of wet poison? ?
維生素E膠囊可以治療濕毒的疤痕嗎??
7、If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in few hours.
如果不是土壤下面有一層堅硬的巖石,他們的營救工作僅用幾個小時就可以完成了。
語言點 此處if引導虛擬條件句,表示對過去事實的假設。
layer :
n. 層,階層;地層
vt. 用壓條法培植;把...堆積成層
vi. 借助壓條法生根繁殖
例句:
Each layer of color represents an eruption.
這一層顏色就代表一次噴發(fā)。
8、As it is, they have been drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go.
實際情況是,他們已連續(xù)鉆了 16個小時,但離鉆透還早著呢。
擴展學習:
1.想要做
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Instead instead of 代替,相反
Intend to do 想要做
Involve…… In……介入,卷入 ...
2.打算去做
Phrases for Book I ...
plan to do 計劃去做
intend to do 打算去做
feel like doing 喜歡做….. ...
3.想要做某事
Unite One Occupations ...
It is believed that…人們相信
intend to do 想要做某事
prevent sb from doing 阻止某人做某事