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The eyes of the world are glued to the Atacama Desert in Chile as 33 trapped miners are finally being brought to the surface one by one.

Florencio Avalos was the first to be freed, at 0010 local time (0310 GMT). Chile's president, Sebastian Pinera, was on hand to hug Mr Avalos after he came to the surface.

"This country shows its true soul, shows what it is capable of, when we face adversity" the President said in an address. But he added: "This won't be over until all 33 are out."

There were further scenes of jubilation¹ when Mario Sepulveda, the second miner to be rescued, reached the surface.

Mr Sepulveda emerged from the Phoenix² rescue capsule smiling and seeming as fit as a fiddle³. He had brought with him a bag of rocks from the bottom of the mine, which he started to hand out as mementoes. He then led a group of rescue workers in joyful⁴ chanting.

The engineers overseeing the rescue are planning to winch up the miners at a rate of roughly one an hour.

Much thought has gone into the order in which they are saved. The first men were amongst those in the best condition, physically⁵ and mentally.

Next, the rescuers started to retrieve⁶ those who were weaker or ill.

Inside the capsule, the miners' heart rate, temperature and oxygen consumption is monitored and they can speak to controllers on the surface.

At the top, they emerge into the glare of the world's cameras wearing state-of-the-art sunglasses supplied by an American optics company.

The intense media attention, and the free sunglasses, are an introduction to what will doubtless be very changed circumstances in the men's lives.

"It's not only bright lights, it's millions of jabbering⁷ people. Millions of people, prodding⁸ and poking⁹ them," said Dr James Thompson, a senior psychology¹⁰ lecturer at University College London.

The miners have already received offers of book deals and new jobs.

We don't know if they will cope well with their fame. However, one thing is for sure: if the miners continue to show the sort of collective resolve that has come to define their amazing story then they have a good chance.

Glossary 词汇表

glued 紧紧盯着 

to be on hand 在现场 

to hug 拥抱 

adversity 极度艰苦 

jubilation 欢庆 

phoenix 凤凰（号） 

capsule 救生舱 

as fit as a fiddle 健康无恙 

memento 纪念品 

chanting 诵唱 

to winch up 用绞车吊上来 

to retrieve 解救 

consumption 氧气消耗 

glare 刺眼的光 / 众目睽睽之下 

state-of-the-art 最新式的 / 最先进的 

optics 镜片 

jabbering 喋喋不休地说 

prodding （用手）戳 

poking （用手指）捅一捅 

collective resolve 集体信念 / 决心

1 jubilation   

n.欢庆，喜悦

参考例句：

• The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.主场球迷为进球欢呼。
• The whole city was a scene of jubilation.全市一片欢腾。

2 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

3 fiddle   

n.小提琴；vi.拉提琴；不停拨弄，乱动

参考例句：

• She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
• Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。

4 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。

5 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

6 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

7 jabbering   

v.急切而含混不清地说( jabber的现在分词 )；急促兴奋地说话；结结巴巴

参考例句：

• What is he jabbering about now? 他在叽里咕噜地说什么呢？
• He was jabbering away in Russian. 他叽里咕噜地说着俄语。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 prodding   

v.刺，戳( prod的现在分词 )；刺激；促使；（用手指或尖物）戳

参考例句：

• He needed no prodding. 他不用督促。
• The boy is prodding the animal with a needle. 那男孩正用一根针刺那动物。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

9 poking   

n. 刺，戳，袋 vt. 拨开，刺，戳 vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
• He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。

10 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。