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美语情景对话 第256期:Hurricane 飓风

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  • So Ivan, in America, in California we have earthquakes.
  • 伊万,美国加州发生过地震。
  • Do you have any natural disasters in Houston?
  • 你在休斯敦经历过什么自然灾害吗?
  • Uh, it floods a lot and we get hurricanes.
  • 嗯,那里经常发洪水,还有飓风。
  • Houston's called a bayou city.
  • 休斯敦被称为牛沼城。
  • Bayou is kind of like a dirty river.
  • 牛沼是一种很脏的河流。
  • Sometimes it rains a lot, that thing fills up over, and the next thing you know you got water in your house.
  • 有时休斯敦会下许多雨,会积水,之后你的房间里就会进水。
  • Hurricanes are really, really angry typhoons I think.
  • 我想飓风是非常强的台风。
  • The first hurricane I ever remember we name our hurricanes, you give them names, usually girl names,
  • 我记得经历的第一场飓风是,实际上我们会为飓风命名,赋予它们名字,通常会是女孩的名字,
  • and the first hurricane I remember was back in 1984 named "Hurricane Alice" I believe.
  • 我记得的第一场飓风要追溯到1984年,名为“飓风艾丽丝”。
  • Um, I was in a soccer camp.
  • 嗯,我当时在参加足球夏令营。
  • It starts raining, oh my God it's raining,
  • 突然开始下雨,天哪,下雨了,
  • trees are falling down and cars are kind of being pushed away from the water and stuff
  • 树被冲倒了,汽车也被水冲走,
  • and I'm scared to death that my parents are dead right.
  • 我怕得要死,我怕父母会出事。
  • I was only seven years old.
  • 我当时只有7岁。
  • So I remember, I couldn't remember my phone number
  • 我记得,我都记不起电话号码了,
  • and the camp counselors were trying to look it up. Call up: ring, ring, ring.
  • 夏令营辅导员试图查找电话号码。然后拨通了电话,铃铃铃。
  • My mom answers the phone, "Are you OK? Are you OK?"
  • 我妈妈接了电话,“你们还好吗?你们还好吗?”
  • "Yes, Ivan, we're OK. Don't worry about it. It's just a rain storm."
  • “是的,伊万,我们很好。别担心。这只是一场暴风雨。”
  • But it was an absolute mess.
  • 不过那真是一片混乱。
  • The next day, the soccer field is completely wiped out.
  • 第二天,足球场完全被毁了。
  • It was, yeah, they're big angry storms.
  • 没错,飓风是非常强的台风。
  • How long does a hurricane usually last?
  • 一般情况下飓风会持续多长时间?
  • Usually, about two or three days.
  • 通常来说,大约会持续两天到三天的时间。
  • Oh, really?
  • 哦,真的吗?
  • Yeah, they just kind of stay in Houston.
  • 对,它们就待在休斯敦。
  • They like Houston.
  • 它们喜欢休斯敦。
  • Something about the weather pattern.
  • 这与气候模式有关。
  • They just float to Houston and stay there.
  • 它们抵达休斯敦然后停在那里。
  • Man, that's pretty intense.
  • 嘿,那真令人紧张。
  • So afterward everything is just kind of wiped out.
  • 那之后一切都会被摧毁。
  • Ah, a lot of windows are broken.
  • 嗯,会有大量的窗户破掉。
  • I said a lot of cars are upside down sometimes, cause the wind is really, really high,
  • 有时大量汽车被掀翻,因为风力太强了,
  • plus you got the water that floats the cars,
  • 而且飓风带来的洪水会淹没汽车,
  • but it's fun when it stops cause the streets are flooded and you can go swimming.
  • 不过飓风停止以后会很有意思,因为街道被淹了,你可以在那里游泳。
  • You swim in the water?
  • 你在那水里游泳?
  • Sure. Sure. It's just rain water.
  • 没错。对。那其实就是雨水。


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重点讲解:
1. be scared to death
非常恐惧的;极度害怕的;吓得要死的;吓傻的;
eg. In high school I was scared to death of you.
高中时我怕你怕得要命aN8*YVzuVo
eg. His face was white and he looked scared to death.
他脸色苍白,非常惊慌e|X@q,TbXWx
2. call up
(给…)打电话;
eg. He called up the museum.
他给博物馆打了电话k8c%KYTR)nYW2Abwc
eg. Sometimes I'd even call up at 4 a.m.
有时我甚至早上四点都打电话Gqwj9Xh@)=EmRZ
3. wipe out
摧毁;毁灭;使灭绝;
eg. The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.
这次原油泄漏可能会使波斯湾的海龟灭绝#J=HjMxGraI!l-
eg. The man is a fanatic who is determined to wipe out any opposition to the way he conducts himself.
这人是个狂热分子,决意扫除任何反对其行事作风的声音WAk0Ut*_bW*Q,Evtn=o^

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hurricane ['hʌrikən]

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n. 飓风,飓风般猛烈的东西
adj.

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spill [spil]

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v. 溢出,洒,使 ... 流出,泄漏
n.

 
intense [in'tens]

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adj. 强烈的,剧烈的,热烈的

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pattern ['pætən]

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n. 图案,式样,典范,模式,型
v. 以图案

 
fanatic [fə'nætik]

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adj. 狂热的,盲信的
n. 狂热,狂热者,

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determined [di'tə:mind]

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adj. 坚毅的,下定决心的

 
opposition [.ɔpə'ziʃən]

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n. 反对,敌对,在野党

 
population [.pɔpju'leiʃən]

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n. 人口 ,(全体)居民,人数

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turtle ['tə:tl]

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n. 海龟

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