(若干价钱)(编辑修改稿)

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crashes into a nearby hotel. Come aboard the Scandinavia Star on Easter, 1990. Nearly 200 passengers sleep peacefully in the early morning hours as they sail from Norway to Denmark after a holiday weekend. No one stirs in their sleep as fire breaks out on Deck 3 until toxic fumes slowly choke 158 passengers to death. Watch to find out if this was an accident or not. It is April 26th, 1986. Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine are conducting routine tests. Something goes horribly wrong and the situation gets out of hand. The nuclear reactor core crumbles and in 56 seconds, 31 workers are dead. Radioactive fuel bursts 1km into the air, contaminating thousands of people with radiation. Seconds From Disaster shows viewers how vulnerable we all are. happened five minutes before the Concorde took off? (A) Someone put a bomb in the wing. (B) The engine was leaking fuel. (C) A piece of steel fell off another plane. (D) A Continental plane ran over it. were the passengers doing as fire broke out on Deck 3 of the Scandinavia Star? (A) Sleeping. (B) Dancing. (C) Sailing. (D) Playing cards. 3. What were the workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant doing on April 26th, 1986? (A) No one really knows. (B) Resting. (C) Sweeping the floor. (D) Conducting routine work. 1. catastrophe n. 災難 , 大禍 2. avoidable a. 可避免的 3. luxury n. 豪 /奢華 4. strip n. 條 /帶狀 (物 ) 5. runway n. (飛機的 ) 跑道 6. leak n. (液體、氣體等的 ) 滲漏 amp。 vt. 漏 /滲 (出 ) 7. stir vi. 起床 , 甦醒 8. deck n. (船的 ) 甲板 9. toxic a. 有毒的 10. choke vt. 使窒息 , 使嗆住 11. conduct vt. 從事 , 處理 12. routine a. 例行的 13. reactor n. 核子反應爐 14. crumble vi. 破裂 /碎 15. radioactive a. 放射性的 16. radiation n. 輻射 (線 ) 17. vulnerable a. 脆弱的 18. sweep vt. 打 /清掃 1. take off (飛機等 ) 起飛 2. run over... 碾 /壓過 …… 3. go wrong 出錯 , 不對勁 1. investigate vt. 調查 =look into... 例 : The famous detective traveled abroad to investigate the violent murder. （這位名偵探出國調查那起凶殺案。 ） 2. a string of... 一連串 …… 例 : Mark has had a string of bad luck lately. （馬克最近衰事連連。 ） 3. in an instant 一瞬間 例 : Once the fire got out of control, over eighty children were killed in an instant. （火勢一發不可收拾，八十多名孩童在瞬間喪命。 ） 4. board vt. 登上 (交通工具 ) 例 : Hurry, Hillary! We39。 d better board the plane before we miss it. （希拉蕊，快點。 我們最好趕快登機，免得錯過。 ） 5. smash into... 衝撞上 …… 例 : The speeding truck smashed into the shop, causing heavy casualties. （這輛超速的卡車撞進店裡 ，造成嚴重傷亡。 ） 6. catch fire 著 /起火 例 : Nina39。 s vacuum cleaner caught fire when the motor overheated. （妮娜的吸塵器因為馬達過熱而著火。 ） 7. stall vi. (飛機等 ) 失速。 (引擎 ) 熄火 例 : Joe was embarrassed when his sports car stalled in the middle of the intersection. （喬的跑車在路口中央熄火，害他糗斃了。 ） 8. crash into... 撞上 …… 例 : Rosanna crashed into a pile of watermelons by the roadside. （羅珊娜撞上路邊的西瓜堆。 ） 9. e/go aboard + 交通工具 登上 (交通工具 ) 例 : James came aboard the night train to Alabama. （詹姆士坐上開往阿拉巴馬州的夜車。 ） 10. 動詞 + sb to death 使某人 …… 致死 例 : Lucy bored Aaron to death during their first date. （露西跟亞倫第一次約會時讓他無聊死了。 ） 11. get out of hand/control 失去控制 例 : The tennis match got out of hand when one of the players attacked a referee. （當其中一名球員攻擊裁判，這場網球賽便失去控制。 ） 12. burst vi. 爆裂 , 猛烈散開 burst into flames 突然起火 例 : The building burst into flames when the plane hit it. （飛機撞上這棟建築後，整棟大樓便起火了。 ） 13. contaminate vt. 污染 例 : The new factory in Lily39。 s town is contaminating the water supply. （莉莉鎮上那間新工廠污染了水源。 ） 14. fall off... 從 …… 掉落 例 : In autumn, maple leaves turn red and fall off the trees. （秋天時，楓葉會轉紅而飄落。 ） First Day Out of a Job 出師不利 1. coworker n. 同事 My coworker Ben is getting married。 2. appreciate vt. 感激 I appreciate your help with my。 3. show sb the ropes 告訴某人詳細步驟 When I first started at this school, Kyle showed me the ，凱爾帶我熟悉環境。 4. start out 開始 We start out as freshmen in high。 5. benefit n. 福利。 利益 The railway brought benefits to the。 1. orientation n. (新進人員 ) 簡介。 說明 It39。 s Nicole39。 s first day on the job. (妮可頭一天上班。 ) on the job為『在職』的意思。 而 onthejob是。