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1、VOA慢速英語:TheWorldCheers33MinersRescuedinChileThisisINTHENEWSinVOASpecialEnglish.(SOUND)RescueworkersattheSanJosegoldandcoppermineinnorthernChilehadreasontosingthisweek.Asmallholedrilledintotheearthbecameapassagetofreedomforthirty-threetrappedminers.Theyspentsixty-ninedaysunderground."Neverhavepeopl
2、ebeentrappedforsolongsodeeply,"saysadoctoratNASA,theAmericanspaceagency,whichhelpedintherescue.Butthechiefmedicalofficerfortheminerssaidmostareingoodenoughhealthtoleavethehospitalwithinadayorso.ThefirstthreewerereleasedfromthehospitalThursdaynight.FormuchofthedaytheminersrelaxedwithChileanPresiden
3、tSebastianPinera.Thethirty-twoChileansandoneBolivianstillworespecialsunglassestoprotecttheireyes.ApartialminecollapseonAugustfifthtrappedthemmorethanhalfakilometerunderground.Theyhadtostretchatwo-dayfoodsupply.Fortwoweeksnooneknewiftheywerealiveordead.Later,theyreceivedsuppliesandavideolinklowered
4、throughdrillholes.ThatlinkwashowArielTiconawatchedhiswifegivebirthtotheirdaughter.Theminershaveapparentlyagreedtosharethemoneytheyearnfromsellingtheirstory.Theyhavealreadyreceivedgiftsofmoneyandtraveloffers.EdisonPenahasbeeninvitedtotheNewYorkCityMarathonandtoGraceland,thehomeofElvisPresleyinMemph
5、is,Tennessee.Mr.Penadescribedhowheranintheminetunnelstoeasethestress.AndheledtheminersinsingingElvissongs.MarioSepulvedawasthesecondminerrescuedThefirstminerrescuedonWednesdaywasFlorencioAvalos.ThesecondwasMarioSepulveda,whotalkedabouthowtheexperiencetestedhisfaith.MARIOSEPULVEDA(TRANSLATED):"Iwas
6、withGodandIwaswiththedevil,theyfoughtme,butGodwon.Hetookmebymybesthand,thehandofGod."ThelastminerupwasLuisUrzua.Hewastheshiftleaderwhenhiscrewbecametrapped.Rescuersusedametalcagetopulltheminerstosafetyinlessthantwenty-fourhours--fasterthanexpected.Therescuecapsulewasahalf-meterwideandknownasthePho
7、enix.ThePhoenixisanimaginarybirdfromancientstories.Itburstsintoflamesbutiscontinuallyrebornandrisesfromtheashes.Chile'sPresidentSebastianPinera,farright,watchesarescueworkerenterthePhoenixcapsuletobegintherescueo
