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1、VOA慢速英语: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