环球慢速英语 马尔马雷计划(3)

Voice 2: Under the Bosphorus Straight there is a fault line, a natural split¹ in the earth's surface. Earthquakes often happen along fault lines. The fault line is very close to where the underwater tunnels will be. So, the engineers must make sure the area around the tunnels is strong. One engineer said,

声音2：博斯普鲁斯海峡下面有一个断层线，这是地球表面的一个天然裂缝。地震经常沿着断层线发生。断层线离将建成的水下隧道非常近。因此，工程师必须确保隧道周围的区域是坚固的。一名工程师表示，

Voice 3: "We are strengthening the soil by putting concrete into the sea floor. Then we can place the tunnel tubes easily and take measures to protect against earthquakes in the area."

声音3：“我们把混凝土放进海床，以此来加固土壤。然后我们可以轻易地设置隧道管道，采取措施预防该地区的地震。”

Voice 1: Haluk Ozman is the Marmaray Project leader. He hopes the project will be done by the year 2010.

声音1：哈洛克·奥兹曼是马尔马雷计划的负责人。他希望这个项目能在2010年完成。

Voice 2: But Haluk and the Marmaray Project have run into a problem. During their digging they uncovered² an ancient sea port from the fourth century. Now archaeologists, people who study ancient objects found in the ground, want to stop the Marmaray Project. They want to make sure that no harm comes to the ancient objects.

声音2：但是哈洛克和马尔马雷计划遇到了问题。他们在挖掘过程中发现了一个4世纪的古代海港。现在，研究出土文物的考古学家希望停止马尔马雷计划。他们想确保这些文物不受损害。

1 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。

2 uncovered   

adj.无盖的，未保险的v.揭开…的盖子( uncover的过去式和过去分词 )；揭露，发现

参考例句：

• His head was uncovered. 他光着头。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police. 暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。 来自《简明英汉词典》