The oil workers are sinking a well.

石油工人正在打油井。

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Within the protection zone for a water project, any act of blasting, sinking a well, quarrying rock, and collecting earth, which endangers the safety of the water project, shall be prohibited.

在水工程保护范围内，禁止进行爆破、打井、采石、取土等危害水工程安全的活动。

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This lines up remarkably well with the ZetaTalk predictions for the sinking of the plate tongue holding Sumatra and Java.

这与齐塔人之声对承载着苏门答腊和爪哇的板块“舌头地带”将要下沉的预测相当一致。

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Venice is both a well-preserved monument and a living, breathing, sinking city, full of contemporary art, traditional crafts and high culture.

BBC: Living in: Venice

As well as black-and-white photographs there are some snippets of film and rare colour transparencies, rescued from the sinking Endurance by Hurley, who plunged into the icy water to grab the plate glass negatives.

ECONOMIST: Antarctic exploration