英语听力精选进阶版 7283

在俄罗斯车里雅宾斯克州坠落的陨石已经造成 1000 多人受伤。

Eyewitnesses¹ describe seeing a fireball curving through the clear sky, and an extremely intense light as it passed overhead.

It seems to have been a meteor, and left a white condensation² trail behind it. A couple of minutes later there was a loud bang.

The shockwave from the blast blew out windows across the region round Chelyabinsk in the Ural mountains.

People who'd rushed to look out and see what was happening were injured by flying glass.

Everyone went outside to check their neighbours were OK, and the mobile phone network collapsed³, briefly⁵ overwhelmed by the volume of calls.

Quiz 听力测验

True or False? Eyewitnesses saw a fireball travelling through the sky creating a very strong and bright light.

True.

True or False? A condensation trail is a line of water vapour in the sky which forms behind a moving object.

True.

Where did the flying glass come from?

The flying glass came from windows which were broken by the shockwave from the blast.

Why did the mobile phone network collapse⁴?

Because too many people were trying to make calls at the same time.

Glossary 词汇表

eyewitnesses 目击者

curving 弯曲，弯成弧形

intense （光）明暗度强的

condensation trail 凝结雾化尾迹

shockwave 冲击波

blew out 打破，击碎

collapsed 瘫痪

overwhelmed by 无法承受

the volume of 大量的

1 eyewitnesses   

目击者( eyewitness的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week. 对所有证人的质询用了一周的时间。
• Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。

2 condensation   

n.压缩，浓缩；凝结的水珠

参考例句：

• A cloud is a condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere.云是由大气中的水蒸气凝结成的。
• He used his sleeve to wipe the condensation off the glass.他用袖子擦掉玻璃上凝结的水珠。

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

4 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

5 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。