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新西兰英语 655 Demolition by implosion

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 　　Yesterday morning a crowd in Christchurch watched from a safe distance as a 14 storey building was demolished2 in just 10 seconds by implosion3. It fell sideways a little then collapsed5 into a heap of rubble6, with a large cloud of dust. A 6-year old boy who has cancer pressed the button which started the collapse4. The winner of a Trade Me auction7 paid $26,000 for the chance to press the button but gave that chance to the Child Cancer Foundation.

　　Inside the building were 47.5 kg of explosives. Twelve men spent a week drilling holes in the concrete support columns for the explosives. Most of these were placed in the ground floor, but also in the second, fifth and ninth floors. It cost the insurance company $1 million to demolish1 the building this way, slightly less than the usual demolition8 method.
　　This is the first time implosion has been used in New Zealand. Not every building is suitable for this method of demolition. There must be no other buildings nearby and it must be safe enough for workers to enter to place the explosives. Now that so many buildings have already gone in the Christchurch CBD, this method may be suitable for other buildings.
　　Vocabulary
　　implosion – collapsing9 inwards
　　rubble – broken concrete etc.
　　column – like a tube or cylinder of concrete, supporting the floors above

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1 demolish 1m7ze     
v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)
参考例句：
  • They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
  • He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。
2 demolished 3baad413d6d10093a39e09955dfbdfcb     
v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光
参考例句：
  • The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
  • They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。
3 implosion DaexX     
n.向内破裂，内爆
参考例句：
  • The population explosion is accompanied by a population implosion.人口爆炸还伴随着人口爆聚。
4 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
5 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
6 rubble 8XjxP     
n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾
参考例句：
  • After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
  • After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
7 auction 3uVzy     
n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖
参考例句：
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
8 demolition omezd     
n.破坏,毁坏,毁坏之遗迹
参考例句：
  • The church has been threatened with demolition for years. 这座教堂多年来一直面临拆毀的威胁。
  • The project required the total demolition of the old bridge. 该项目要求将老桥完全拆毁。
9 collapsing 6becc10b3eacfd79485e188c6ac90cb2     
压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂
参考例句：
  • Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
  • The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

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