一些在路上，另外的一些在海上的石油钻探平台。

Some were on land. Others were on ocean oil-drilling structures.

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“深水地平线”石油钻探平台在燃烧数天后，终于倒塌在墨西哥湾中，浮油伤害了这一区域生活的鸟类。

Oil TrailsThe birds were injured by oil that was released into the water after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burned out of control for several days and collapsed into the Gulf of Mexico.

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故事是大家再熟悉不过的：2010年4月20日，“深水地平线”钻井平台爆炸，造成十一名工作人员死亡并成为美国近海钻探史上最大的石油泄漏事故。

The story is all too-familiar: on April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing eleven workers and creating the largest oil spill in the history of U.S. offshore drilling.

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