Six Feet Under
<p> 《365个英语小故事》:实用简洁的小故事，都是日常生活小故事，在学习英语的同时了解美国文化，循序渐进，轻松掌握。</p><p> <span word="Six">Six</span> <span word="coal">coal</span> <span word="miners">miners</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Utah">Utah</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span> 1,500 <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="underground">underground</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="beams">beams</span> <span word="collapsed">collapsed</span>. <span word="Digging">Digging</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="six">six</span>. <span word="Five">Five</span> <span word="volunteer">volunteer</span> <span word="miners">miners</span> <span word="risked">risked</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="descend">descend</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="location">location</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cave">cave</span>-<span word="in">in</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="another">another</span> <span word="cave">cave</span>-<span word="in">in</span> <span word="occurred">occurred</span>, <span word="killing">killing</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="would">would</span>-<span word="be">be</span> <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mine">mine</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="banned">banned</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="attempts">attempts</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="men">men</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="machines">machines</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="burrow">burrow</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>. <span word="Listening">Listening</span> <span word="devices">devices</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="detect">detect</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="probes">probes</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="detect">detect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="oxygen">oxygen</span> <span word="present">present</span>. <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="figured">figured</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span>, <span word="five">five</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="holes">holes</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="dug">dug</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="deliver">deliver</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="to">to</span>, <span word="survivors">survivors</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="searchers">searchers</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="exact">exact</span> <span word="location">location</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="cave">cave</span>-<span word="in">in</span>.</p><p> <span word="After">After</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span>, <span word="fifth">fifth</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sixth">sixth</span> <span word="digs">digs</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="results">results</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="owner">owner</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mine">mine</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="Enough">Enough</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="enough">enough</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="do">do</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="water">water</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="anyone">anyone</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="alive">alive</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="miners">miners</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="outraged">outraged</span>, <span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="owner">owner</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="lip">lip</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="attempts">attempts</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sue">sue</span>.</p>
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