【读新闻学英语】四驱车奥克兰西区陷入泥地
By 新西兰先驱报中文网 · 2017年01月11日 01:07
新西兰先驱报中文网 Sara 编译 大家好，又到了今天的读新闻学英语时间啦。
夏天来了，出去玩的人越来越多，新西兰最好的旅行方式就是自驾游啦。不过自己开车，要小心别去不该去的地方，比如最近有这么两辆看起来可以上山入地的四轮驱动，就悲催的陷落了……
4WD stuck in the mud in West Auckland
四轮驱动汽车奥克兰西区陷入泥地
4WD：四轮驱动汽车，four wheel drive的缩写。按汉语拼音也可以说是“四万多”，新西兰的四轮驱动车还真差不多四万多纽币～
Two 4WDs were stuck in the mud in Parau, West Auckland today and one was set to spend another night stranded.
今天，奥克兰西区Parau有两辆四轮驱动汽车陷在泥地里，其中一辆注定要在泥地里再过一夜了。
be set to：已成定势
strand：搁浅
A 4WD got stuck in Big Muddy Creek, near Cavern Point, on Monday.
本周一，一辆四轮驱动汽车在Cavern Point附近的Big Muddy Creek被困住。
get stuck：被困住
When its owners called for help, a second 4WD failed in its rescue mission and became stuck as well.
车主求救后，另一辆四轮驱动汽车救援任务失败，也被泥地困住了。
fail in：在…方面失败
rescue mission：营救任务；抢险救援任务。Mission Impossible，就是大名鼎鼎的汤姆·克鲁斯主演的《碟中谍》系列啦。
Today more reinforcements were called in and a team of people took six hours to free the second vehicle.
今天，更多的增援到来，一队人花了6小时终于解救出第二辆汽车。
Reinforcement：增援部队
Take (some time) to do (something): 某某人花了某些时间做成了某件事。这个句式也可以写成：It took a team of people six hours to free the second vehicle.
Deep wheel marks were left in the soft, muddy ground and huge splatters of mud could be seen on the side of a yellow 4WD.
深深的轮胎印留在柔软泥泞的地面，黄色四驱车一侧能看到巨大的泥点。
Wheel mark：轮胎印
Splatter：飞溅，尤其指被脏东西溅到
As the tide started to come in again at 6pm, the first stuck vehicle hadn't even begun to be freed from its muddy prison and it looked set to spent a third night in the mud.
下午6点开始涨潮后，人们甚至还没能开始营救第一辆车，只得把它在泥地里留第三个晚上。
Tide：潮水，涨潮
Muddy prison：泥泞的监狱，指汽车陷在泥地里出不来的状况
再来看一遍英文原文：
4WD stuck in the mud in West Auckland
Two 4WDs were stuck in the mud in Parau, West Auckland today and one was set to spend another night stranded.
A 4WD got stuck in Big Muddy Creek, near Cavern Point, on Monday.
When its owners called for help, a second 4WD failed in its rescue mission and became stuck as well.
Today more reinforcements were called in and a team of people took six hours to free the second vehicle.
Deep wheel marks were left in the soft, muddy ground and huge splatters of mud could be seen on the side of a yellow 4WD.
As the tide started to come in again at 6pm, the first stuck vehicle hadn't even begun to be freed from its muddy prison and it looked set to spent a third night in the mud.
看懂了吗？记得每天积累，量变才会质变哦！
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