美国有线新闻 CNN 山火未灭 澳大利亚又遭洪灾（在线收听）

Our international coverage starts in Australia where there's been some good news then some bad news, then more good news.

我们的国际新闻报道首先来关注澳大利亚，该国先是迎来了好消息，后又传来了坏消息，不过之后又有了更多好消息。

Let me explain. New South Wales is a state in southeastern Australia. It was the hardest hit state by the bush fires we reported on earlier this year though every Australia state's been effected by them. It's summer there now and the country typically sees a fire season but this one was made worse by an ongoing drought. Tens of millions of acres burned. Atleast 28 people have been killed. About 3,000 homes have been destroyed and millions possibly hundreds of millions of animals have been effected.

我来解释一下。新南威尔士州位于澳大利亚东南部地区。我们在今年年初报道过，澳大利亚所有州都遭遇了山火袭击，而新南威尔士州是受灾最严重的州。现在是澳大利亚的夏季，该国通常会在夏季迎来火灾季，但持续的旱情无疑令这一火灾季的形势更加严峻。数千万英亩土地被烧毁。至少28人葬身大火。约3000座房屋遭毁，数百万甚至是数亿只动物受到影响。

So what's good in all that? Well in New South Wales it could be coming to an end. Fire officials say all of the wildfires there have been contained meaning some are still burning but they've all been surrounded and stopped from spreading. Firefighters say it's been a traumatic, exhausting and anxious bush fire season so far but that the containment of the blazes will allow emergency workers to now focus on helping people rebuild.

那好消息是什么？新州的山火可能即将结束。消防官员表示，所有山火都已得到控制，这意味着虽然仍有一些大火在燃烧，但它们已被隔离，不会继续蔓延。消防员说，到目前为止，这是令人痛苦、疲惫且不安的山火季，但火势得到控制使紧急救援人员现在得以集中精力帮助人们重建家园。

OK, more bad news. A tropical cyclone recently rolled along the coast of New South Wales. It brought damaging winds, dangerous waves and it caused major flooding. The storms heavy rains led to the evacuation of several towns. Many schools in the region closed and there are severe thunderstorms in the forecast for the days ahead. But the good thing about the cyclone, which is what hurricanes are called in the south Pacific, is that it's helped put out more than 30 fires since last Friday. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service called that the most positive news they've had in some time.

现在还有一些坏消息。最近，一个热带气旋席卷了新州海岸。其带来了破坏性大风和危险的海浪，并引发了严重洪灾。强降雨导致数个城镇撤离。该地区多所学校停课，天气预报称未来几天该地将迎来雷暴。但这个气旋——即南太平洋称为的飓风——也有好处，自上周以来，它已经帮助扑灭了30余起大火。新南威尔士州乡村消防局称，这是一段时间以来他们听到的最好的消息。