纪录片《全球怪象》 第41期：卫星提供的数据

The technological¹ development that's driven the improved accuracy forecast

促成这种准确性的科技

floats thousands of miles above us.

漂浮在数千里的高空

Satellites.

卫星

We've got so much more information because of all the satellites.

借助卫星我们能获取更多的信息

We know you need to know what's going on globally to get a good forecast

你需要知道全球都在发生什么变化

of what's going to happen in the UK for the next five days.

才能更好预测英国未来五日的天气情况

You can't do it without global coverage².

没有全球范围的数据就不能预报

Satellites have given us that global coverage.

卫星给了我们全球的数据

Satellites provide huge amounts of information

卫星提供了大量信息

about the world's most extreme weather events.

告诉了我们世界最极端天气

But making sense of them...

但要处理这些信息

requires one of these.

需要这个东西

This is the Met Office's computer behemoth.

这是英国气象局的巨型计算机

1 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

2 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。