英语听力：2012-01-01 穿越阿尔匹斯山 Alps-10

 They look a bit old and tatty¹ but these things are probably pretty strong and with some of my para cord looped over this. And I’m using, just using some parachute stuff to take the friction² on my hands. There’s no reason why I shouldn’t try and shimmy my way across this. And it should hold me. Ok.

 

I’m going to use what climbers call a tyrolean traverse where you are pulling yourself along, staying on top of the ropes. But it’s not that easy. 

 

At last, my feet are back on solid ground. These mountains are also notorious for their avalanches⁴ which wreak⁵ havoc⁶ on an all-too-regular basis. Moving through the forest, then suddenly, I’m out into daylight. And this is the reason why this whole area of forest has just been smashed by an avalanche³. And this has to be one of the awesome⁷ things I have ever seen, just the power of nature hitting and just stripping all of this bark off the trees, and just splintering it all. And the power of this avalanche would just kill everything in its parth. This avalanche probably hit the forest just a couple of weeks ago. It would have moved up to 150 miles an hour, 100,000 tons of snow breaking tree trunks as if they were twigs⁸. People skiing and snow-boarding off peaks have set off record-breaking number of avalanches in the Alps this year.

1 tatty   

adj.不整洁的，简陋的

参考例句：

• His friends used to tease him about his tatty clothes.他的朋友过去常常笑话他破旧的衣服。
• There were a lot of guest houses which were very tatty.有许多小旅馆都又脏又乱。

2 friction   

n.摩擦，摩擦力

参考例句：

• When Joan returned to work,the friction between them increased.琼回来工作后，他们之间的摩擦加剧了。
• Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.摩擦力作用于运动着的物体，并使其停止。

3 avalanche   

n.雪崩，大量涌来

参考例句：

• They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
• Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。

4 avalanches   

n.雪崩( avalanche的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。 来自辞典例句
• Avalanches poured down on the tracks and rails were spread. 雪崩压满了轨道，铁轨被弄得四分五裂。 来自辞典例句

5 wreak   

v.发泄；报复

参考例句：

• She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.她复仇心切。
• Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle.怯懦的人总是把满腹牢骚向温和的人发泄。

6 havoc   

n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱

参考例句：

• The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
• This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。

7 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

8 twigs   

细枝，嫩枝( twig的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some birds build nests of twigs. 一些鸟用树枝筑巢。
• Willow twigs are pliable. 柳条很软。