【英音模仿秀】非典回顾

模仿文本：

I'm standing¹ across the road from what was once the Metropole Hotel in Hong Kong. Ten years ago, an unknown, deadly virus arrived here from mainland² China, and from this location went global. Thousands fell ill, hundreds died, and worldwide health care workers went to war.

I'm Kevin Fong, and this is Discovery on the BBC.

 

译文：

我正站在香港京华国际酒店旧址的街对面。十年前，一种未知的致命病毒从大陆降临到这里，然后由此传播到世界各地。数千人患病，数百人死亡，全世界的医疗工作者们都投入了战斗。

我是凯文·冯，这里是BBC的《发现》栏目。

 

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 mainland   

n.大陆，本土

参考例句：

• The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.新的桥梁将把该岛与大陆连接在一起。
• Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于大陆。