【美国人物志】保罗•尼尔•阿代尔 (5/11)
保罗•尼尔•阿代尔Red Adair——著名的消防员，行走于全世界，每每出现在如地狱一般炎热的火场，去扑灭熊熊燃烧的大火。他的公司在伊拉克军队被击退时,曾奉召扑灭科威特的油田大火,他对这个重要的真理可是一点也不陌生。他是这样说的:人生不是把事情做好,而是努力把事情做好。Hints:
Red Adair
Sahara Desert
Algeria
John Glennhttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201211/201211190401184482996.mp3One of Red Adair's most important projects was in 1962. He and his crew put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. The fire had been burning for six months. This famous fire was called the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter." Fire from the natural gas well shot about 140 meters into the air. The fire was so big that American astronaut John Glenn could see it from space as he orbited Earth. The desert sand around the well had melted into glass from the extreme heat. News reports said Adair used about 340 kilograms of nitroglycerine explosive material to pull the oxygen out of the fire.
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