高中英语人教版2000年高三下05

[06:49.78]有个工人被派去安装“空气管”，
[06:52.11]to provide compressed air for the machines they were using.
[06:54.63]给他们正在使用的机器提供压缩空气。
[06:57.15]It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe
[07:01.90]to the air supply pipe
[07:03.48]花了一段时间，他才把长的橡胶管和提补给管连接起来，
[07:05.06]that ran round the port,
[07:06.64]围绕着这个码头，
[07:08.23]but at last it was done
[07:11.46]and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
[07:14.25]但是最后还是完成了，结果让这项工作更快地进行。
[07:17.03]After three hours,the men stopped for a meal break.
[07:19.60]三个小时后，这些人停下手头工作休息了一会。
[07:22.17]When work continued,one man lit a cigarette as he was working,
[07:25.11]当工作开始时，一个人在他工作时点了一支雪茄烟，
[07:28.05]but,finding it had a strange taste,he put it out.
[07:30.83]但他发现有一股怪味，他就把烟熄灭了。
[07:33.62]Another man lit a cigarette
[07:36.96]but it burnt strangely and so he too put it out.
[07:39.68]另外一个人点了一支烟，但是烟奇怪地烧起来，他也把烟给熄灭了。
[07:42.39]Half an hour later,another man struck a match for a cigarette
[07:45.18]半个小时后，另外一个人点燃了一支烟，
[07:47.96]and this time the whole of the inside of the ship caught fire.
[07:50.78]这一次整艘船里面都起火了。
[07:53.60]As quickly as they could,
[07:56.76]the men ran to the steps and up into the open,
[07:59.19]工人们尽快往楼梯那儿跑，爬上去，跑出舱外，
[08:01.62]many of them with their clothes on fire.
[08:03.50]其中好多人衣服都着火了。
[08:05.38]Most of them were able to climb out in time.
[08:07.44]他们大部分人可以及时爬出去。
[08:09.51]However four men were not quick enough to escape the flames
[08:12.49]然而，有四个人不能够快速地逃离火堆。
[08:15.46]Their burnt bodies were found later.
[08:17.45]他们的身体被烧了，后来才被找到。
[08:19.44]It did not take the firefighters long to put out the fire,
[08:22.06]花了消防员很长时间才把火扑灭，
[08:24.69]and they at once started to look for causes of the fire.
[08:27.06]他们马上开始调查引起火灾的原因。
[08:29.44]They were puzzled by several things.
[08:31.36]他们被几件东西所困惑。
[08:33.28]It appeared that a fierce fire had taken place inside the ship,
[08:36.21]看起来这场凶猛的火灾地发生在船的里面，
[08:39.13]but without damaging the walls.
[08:41.12]但是没有破坏墙壁。
[08:43.10]There had been fuel on the ship,
[08:44.77]船舱里面有燃料，
[08:46.45]but this did not appear to have caused the fire,
[08:50.60]and little smoke was produced.
[08:52.28]但是这些看起来不是引起这场火灾的原因，并且只产生一点点的烟。
[08:53.97]The men who had been working on the repairs
[08:55.99]那些一直在干修理工作的人，
[08:58.02]mentioned the curious way their cigarettes burned and tasted.
[09:00.60]说起他们点燃和品尝雪茄烟的奇怪现状。
[09:03.19]The fire service began to wonder whether a gas might have caused the fire.
[09:06.06]消防队开始怀疑是否有一种汽油可能会引起火灾。
[09:08.94]The question was,which one?
[09:10.92]这问题是哪一种才是？
[09:12.91]It must have been a gas that could burn but that would not explode,
[09:15.59]它一定是一种能够燃烧而不会爆炸的气体，
[09:18.26]a gas that did not smell strong,and a gas that did not kill people.
[09:21.19]一种气味不是很强而且不会杀死人的气体。
[09:24.11]The man who had fixed up the air-line was also questioned.
[09:26.65]安装空气管的人也有问题。
[09:29.18]He explained that he had tried to fix the air-line to the supply line
[09:32.00]他表示他已经试着把空气管连接到补给管上了，
[09:34.82]that ran round the port but could not because the fittings did not match.
[09:37.95]但是因为安装不匹配，他没有装上。
[09:41.07]So he had gone to the stores and had obtained a fixture
[09:43.59]所以他到贮藏室去拿工具，
[09:46.11]that fitted both the tap on the supply line and the end of the air-line.
[09:49.19]把补给管和空气管的末尾连接起来。
[09:52.27]Once he had done this,he had been able to turn on the supply.
[09:55.00]一旦他这样做了，他打开这个服务。
[09:57.73]They then knew that they had discovered the cause of the fire.
[10:00.11]那么他们就知道他们已经发现引起火灾的原因了。
[10:02.49]The man had connected the air-line to a supply line of oxygen,