Disaster Relief
救灾
Voice 1: Thank you for joining us for today's Spotlight program. I'm Ryan Geertsma.
声音1:谢谢大家收听今天的重点报道节目。我是瑞安·吉尔兹玛。
Voice 2: And I'm Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
声音2:我是利兹·韦德。重点报道节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。便于全世界各地民众的理解。
Voice 1: In November of 2007, a terrible storm happened in Bangladesh. The wind blew at two hundred forty kilometers an hour. A huge wave, more than six meters high, caused floods and destroyed crops. The storm lasted for many hours.
声音1:2007年11月,孟加拉国发生了一场可怕的风暴。风速达到每小时240公里。一股六米高的巨浪引发洪水,并毁坏了庄稼。这场风暴持续了数个小时。
Voice 2: This cyclone, called cyclone Sidr destroyed thousands of villages. Millions of people lost their homes. Most of the country's crops were ruined. And more than three thousand people died.
声音2:这场被称为“锡德气旋”的风暴摧毁了数千个村庄。致数百万人失去家园。毁坏了孟加拉国大部分庄稼。还导致超过3000人死亡。
Voice 1: Big storms happen every year in many parts of the world. They have different names — some are called typhoons, others are called hurricanes or cyclones, and some are just called tropical storms. When the storms reach land, they cause a lot of damage. Often, they become natural disasters.
声音1:世界上许多地方每年都会发生大型风暴。这些风暴有不同的名字——有些被叫做台风,有些被称做飓风或气旋,有些名为热带风暴。当风暴到达陆地时,会造成大量破坏。它们往往会演变为自然灾害。
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