Inside the Chilean Mine Rescue (Full Episode) | Witness to Disaster | National Geographic
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minemainn. excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracteddrilldriln. a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)rockrɒkn. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral mattertraptræpn. a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and pennedrescue'reskju:n. recovery or preservation from loss or danger
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Every time I went into mine, we did a sign of a cross.
每次我进入矿井，我们都会画十字祈祷。
You know where you're going in, but you don't know if you'll come out.
你知道你进去了哪里，但你不知道是否还能出来。
In 2010, the San Jose mine in northern Chile suffers a catastrophic collapse.
2010年，智利北部的圣何塞矿发生了一场灾难性的坍塌。
We were left, of course, mercy.
当然，我们只能听天由命。
Thirty-three miners are trapped beneath some of the hardest rock on the planet.
三十三名矿工被困在地球上最坚硬的岩层之下。
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