华盛顿邮报 加拿大野火失控 美国东海岸空气严重污染(1)（在线收听）

    The sky right now, to say the least, looks dystopian.

    现在的天空，至少可以说，看起来很反乌托邦。

    That's Amudalat Ajasa. She's a weather reporter for The Post.

    这是阿穆达拉特·阿贾斯。她是《华盛顿邮报》的天气记者。

    She's talking about the hazy orange yellow sky that has been looming over the East Coast these past few days and is now heading toward the Midwest.

    她说的是过去几天赫然出现在美国东海岸，现在正在向中西部移动的雾蒙蒙的橘黄天空。

    I spoke to some sources in upstate New York who said it looked like they woke up on Mars.

    我采访了纽约北部的消息人士，他们说天空看起来就像他们从火星上醒来一样。

    One source even said it looked like doomsday outside.

    一位消息人士甚至说，天空看起来像世界末日似的。

    It looks like doomsday because for the past few weeks, hundreds of wildfires have been burning through the Canadian forest.

    天空看起来像是世界末日，因为在过去的几周里，数百场野火燃烧过加拿大森林。

    Smoky conditions caused by wildfires in Canada triggering a code red alert for the entire Delaware Valley.

    加拿大野火造成的烟雾天气引发了整个特拉华山谷的红色警报。

    New York City topping the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world for a bit.

    纽约一度成为世界上空气质量最差的城市。

    And the White House says that more than 600 federal firefighters have been deployed to Canada.

    白宫表示，已有600多名联邦消防员被派往加拿大。

    While the United States has grown used to increasingly devastating wildfires ravaging the West Coast, the effects of wildfires reaching the other side of the country is new.

    虽然美国已经习惯了肆虐西海岸的破坏性越来越大的野火，但野火蔓延至美国另一边(东海岸)的影响还未发生过。

    And it's not something that, you know, we're really accustomed to on the East Coast, dealing with wildfire smoke, but it's something that it looks like we might have to start getting used to.

    这种事情在东海岸并不是司空见惯的，处理野火烟雾，但我们可能得开始习惯应对这种事。

    Today people along the East Coast and parts of the Midwest are experiencing some of the worst air quality in years because of wildfires in Canada.

    今天，由于加拿大野火，东海岸以及中西部部分地区的人们正经历着多年来最糟糕的空气质量。

    I'll talk to Amudalat about the current state of the wildfires, how the smoke can affect your health, and who is at increased risk during this moment.

    我将与阿穆达拉特谈谈野火的燃烧现状，烟雾如何影响人们的健康，以及哪些人目前面临更大的风险。

    In the past two weeks, there have been over 400 wildfires in Canada, nearly 250 of which that are still uncontrolled, which means they are dispersing a lot of fine particulate matter into the air.

    在过去的两周里，加拿大发生了400多起野火，其中近250起仍未得到控制，也就是说，这些大火正在向空中扩散大量细颗粒物。

    And then on top of that, it's burning a lot of ground. I saw some readings that said about 8.2 million acres of land have been burned, according to officials there.

    除此之外，大火燃烧了很多土地。我看到一些数据，当地官员称约820万英亩的土地被烧毁。

    It seems like there's some trouble getting it contained.

    看来要控制住野火有点困难。

    Are wildfires in Canada common? We hear a lot about wildfires in the West Coast like California. But I don't often hear as much about Canadian wildfires.

    加拿大的野火常见吗? 我们经常听说西海岸发生野火，比如加州野火。但我很少听到关于加拿大野火的消息。

    I don't think you hear as much about Canadian wildfires because they aren't normally this bad.

    我认为你没有听到太多关于加拿大野火的消息，是因为那里的野火通常没有那么严重。

    Wildfires in Canada aren't necessarily uncommon, but the amount of wildfires that are burning, how much damage it's causing, and the amount of smoke that we're seeing drift down the northeast corridor is what's unprecedented.

    加拿大野火并不罕见，但野火燃烧的数量，造成的破坏程度，以及我们看到的沿东北走廊飘落的烟雾量都是前所未有的。

    So, a lot of us on the East Coast are noticing this wildfire smoke and we're hearing these alerts for measuring how bad the air quality is like code red, code yellow.

    我们东海岸的很多人都注意到了野火产生的烟雾，我们也听到了这些测量空气质量有多差的警报，比如红色警报，黄色警报。

    Can you help us make sense of these alerts?

    你能帮我们解释清楚这些警报吗?

    Yeah, so the difference is the severity and impact on people.

    好，区别在于严重程度和对人的影响。

    When it's green, which is below 50, that means the air quality is good.

    当为绿色警报时，也就是说数值低于50，这意味着空气质量很好。

    When it's 51 to 100, that means the air quality is moderate. That's yellow.

    当数值在51到100之间时，这意味着空气质量中等，此时为黄色警报。

    When it is 101 to 150, that means the air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

    当数值在101到150之间时，这意味着空气质量对敏感人群来说不健康。

    And once you get above 150, the air quality is unhealthy for everyone.

    数值一旦超过150，这意味着空气质量对每个人而言都不健康。

    And depending on how severe it gets, it just kind of heightens the risk for everyone.

    这取决于空气有多恶劣，这只会增加每个人的风险。