The plane can carry several tons of goods.

这架飞机能运载几吨货物。

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And how many people does it take to drag a block weighing several tons 480 feet up into the sky?

把几吨重的石块提举到480英尺的高处又需要多少人力呢？

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How could this rock, which weighed several tons, have been lifted to this spot, without the aid of many men?

这块大石头重达数吨，假如没有许多人一起用力，怎么能把它抬到这个地方上去呢？

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Now there are so many,experts say up to twenty metric tons a day could be removed with nets ver a period of several years.

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Several tons of rock had to be dug out of the ground just to make one barrel of oil.

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He said he felt justifiable anxiety as he watched the crane part, which weighs several tons, being hoisted over his building.

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On the main deck, crew members using a crane transferred several tons of steel beams and plating to the other ship.

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