CNN 2010-10-13

It's been a struggle so yeah, they actually break through and been in the miners was an incredible feeling. It was a sign of relief and a little stressful relief and yet very emotional because we know we provided the avenue for these guys to get out. Drilling business is just not an easy business. So every day, every moment something can go wrong and so we say, ah, it is an ongoing¹ battle, but at the same it is what we got to do and there are 33 lives at stake. There was certainly an issue in the motivation on that point. There were some very long days, some very hard-working days. We have a great team lay in geo-tech together, all the guys work on this, everybody just put a hundred and ten percent, and just came together, to go with mad and it's just an awesome² feeling.

 

We should not take another collapsed³ bridge or failing leavy to shock us in edge. So we are already paying for our failure act and what's more the longer our infrastructure⁴ erodes⁵ the deeper our competitive edge erodes. Over the next 6 years, we will rebuild 150,000 miles of our roads, enough to circle the world 6 times. We will lay and maintain 4,000 miles of our railways, enough to stretch from coast to coast. We will restore 150 miles of one-ways and advance a next generation air-traffic control system that reduces the lays for the American people. These plans will be fully⁶ paid for, they will not add to our deficit⁷ over time and we are going to work with Congress to see to that.

 

 

She is ten years old, she is scared, she has the disabilities. I can't imagine what's going through her head right now. Obviously the longer that we go without knowing where she is, the less was the chance she is going to have to survive.

We are trying to establish timeline prior to her disappearance⁸. We are trying to follow up one leads that has been invited to the investigation⁹. According to the investigation and trying to pinpoint¹⁰ if we can find video tape that cooperates that timeline that we establish through interviews.

 

 

I have been stopped by several，I mean by 2 gentlemen and two of them proved me walking in the street, you know this block right here. They don't approve what I did but they don't approve this.

1 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

2 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

4 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

5 erodes   

侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的第三人称单数 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• The sea erodes the rock. 海水侵蚀岩石。
• The sea erodes the land. 海洋侵蚀陆地。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

7 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

8 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

10 pinpoint   

vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置

参考例句：

• It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
• I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。