和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Movie Recalls ‘The 33’ Trapped in a Chilean Gold Mine

2015-11-27来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. "Mainly for the people to know (he) is the guy that  put some order down there and tried to stretch life as much as possible with the possibilities that they have and the resources that they have were minimal."

as much as possible 尽可能
例句:We will expedite shipment as much as possible.
我们将尽可能加速装运。

2. I had to show in very short time, a few scenes, that the force of those women, you know, really took...made the plan to take off and save them.

take off 起飞; 脱掉;
例句:The plane is about to take off.
飞机就要起飞了。

3. The film then shows the technically difficult and hazardous operation of bringing the men to the surface, one by one.

one by one 逐一; 一个接一个; 逐个地; 一个一个地
例句:He ticked the items delivered one by one.
他把交付的物品一项项作了记号。

4. We're talking about 700,000 tons of diorite, or twice the mass of the Empire State Building.

talk about 讨论,谈论
例句:He went on to talk about his accident.
他接着谈到了他的意外事故。

5. Its special effects and the human interactions inside and outside the mine add to the tension.

add to 增加, 加强
例句:I have nothing to add to my earlier statement.
我对我先前说的话, 没有什么补充的。