美国有线新闻 CNN 2016-7-14

 

AZUZ: If you`re scared of lightning, this will make you jump. A National Weather Service technician was recording¹ a recent storm. He was indoors where we should be during a thunderstorm. But this was a little close.

如果你害怕闪电，这会让你吓得跳起来。国家气象局的一名技术员当时正在记录最近的一场风暴。他当时在室内，在雷雨期间我们应该在的地方。但这儿离风暴有点儿近。

Yes, told you. A lightning bolt nailed a weather radar² tower and it did some damage at a time when storms were contributing to flash flooding in Brownsville, Texas.

是的，告诉过你了。一道闪电击中天气雷达站塔并且确实造成了一些损害。当德克萨斯州，布朗斯威尔的风暴引发洪水时。

Fortunately, the technician was OK, though he probably considered lightning out of the area. The enlightening lightning video is not to be taken lightly. It shed light on an illuminating³ subject, brightening our concept of nature`s light show and an electrifying⁴ our coverage⁵ of current events.

幸运的是，这名技术人员平安无事。尽管他认为闪电早已离开那个地方。这个有启发性的闪电视频不可小觑。它揭示了一个启发性的话题，使我们对自然闪电的概念变得更加清晰，并且是一个惊人的时事报道。

I`m Carl Azuz and CNN STUDENT NEWS is lights out.

我是卡尔阿祖兹，这就是今天的CNN学生新闻。

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

3 illuminating   

a.富于启发性的，有助阐明的

参考例句：

• We didn't find the examples he used particularly illuminating. 我们觉得他采用的那些例证启发性不是特别大。
• I found his talk most illuminating. 我觉得他的话很有启发性。

4 electrifying   

v.使电气化( electrify的现在分词 )；使兴奋

参考例句：

• The dancers gave an electrifying performance. 舞蹈演员们的表演激动人心。
• The national orchestra gave an electrifying performance of classic music. 国家交响乐团举行了一次古典音乐的震撼性演出。 来自辞典例句

5 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。