英语听力：探索发现 2012-03-16 荒野求生 澳洲金伯利—7

 The bad weather is about to hit me. I’ve got minutes until the deluge¹ begin. Even though I’m not staying out here tonight, I’ll show you how the Aborigines would build a shelter against this sort of rain. Ok. What I can do here is build a bit of a bed straight across from here, one brace² here, one onto this edge. And the worst thing you can do when it’s a torrential thunderstorm is just be on the ground because all of this can just turn to water. So the first thing is I need a platform. 

 

The native Australians use whatever is at hand to do this. Sticks for the framework³, ivy⁴ for the cordage, and bunches of leaves make perfect roofing and bedding. God, hear that? And this is getting closer as well, this lightning. And that’s where the 100 percent humidity⁵ has gone straight up into the air and now it’s pouring down. And this is a wet season, Kimberley, northern Australia. 

 

That’s why I was building a bed. This five minutes ago was completely dry. And look, now a foot of water. And you know, the amazing thing is tomorrow it will be all bone dry again by lunchtime. Look at that. you see that? Just pouring off this sandy outcrop. 

 

It might well just stop raining in five minutes’ time. So I wanna fill this up. This is just like manna from heaven. So nice. Come on, rain! I’m hydrated. Again, I’ve even had a bit of a wash. But being drenched⁶ in the night is no fun. So make sure you build your shelter before the sun goes down. But a much bigger danger out here is lightning. And in Australia, lightning strikes are responsible for ten deaths a year. And this storm is getting closer. 

1 deluge   

n./vt.洪水，暴雨，使泛滥

参考例句：

• This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.雨大的时候，这条小溪能变作洪流。
• I got caught in the deluge on the way home.我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。

2 brace   

n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备

参考例句：

• My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
• You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。

3 framework   

n.参照标准；准则；观点；框架，结构

参考例句：

• It's a bridge of steel framework.那是座钢铁结构的桥梁。
• Physicists seek rules or patterns to provide a framework.物理学家寻求用法则或图式来构成一个框架。

4 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

5 humidity   

n.湿度，潮湿，湿气

参考例句：

• The house is not comfortable tonight ,because of the high humidity.由于湿度高，今晚屋子里不舒服。
• It's difficult to work because of the humidity.由于空气潮湿，工作很困难。

6 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》