山东德州2013届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精练精析26
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Somewhere on the other side of the world, a small group of workers is busy with a life-or-death struggle. This b attle isn’t about self-protection, as admirable as that might be. By staying to face the radiation and fire at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station following the earthquake and t hen tsunami（海啸）in Japan, the 50 or so workers may have already shortened their lives. They knew that would happen.
And yet they stay, working in near-total darkness, pumping seawater onto exposed nuclear fuel in hopes that they can prevent thousands of tons of radioactive material going into the air, and protect the health of millions of people.
