Deadly Mining Accident in Guangxi
廣西致命礦災
【新聞關鍵字】
1. miner ：礦工
2. flood ：v. 淹進
3. mine shaft ：n. 礦井
4. oxygen level ：n. 氧氣含量
5. trapped underground ：v.phr., 受困於地底
6. exhaust ：v. 耗竭
7. escape ：v. 逃脫
8. gas blast ：瓦斯爆炸（同gas explosion）
Anchor:
29 Chinese miners are trapped underground after water flooded into their mine shaft on Monday in Guangxi. Seven have so far been confirmed dead.
新聞主播：廣西省礦坑週一時因水淹入坑道，造成29名中國礦工受困地底。
Concern is growing as the miners spend a third day trapped underground. rescuers say that low oxygen levels in the mine shafts could exhaust the miners, leaving them with no strength to escape.
當礦工在受困的地底度過第三日，人們愈來愈擔心。救援者說礦坑道內的低氧氣含量可能會讓礦工耗竭，造成他們沒有力氣逃脫。
Some 56 miners had been working in the mine when it flooded on Monday. Seven miners escaped on their own and 13 have already been rescued.
週一當水淹進來時，大約有56名礦工在礦坑內工作。有7名礦工自行脫困，13名礦工獲救。
A total of 3,786 Chinese coal miners died in gas blasts , flooding and other accidents in 2007.
在2007年，總數有3786名中國礦工死於瓦斯爆炸、淹水與其他的意外事故。◇
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