VOA常速英语2020--自然灾害的威力究竟有多大

Wildfires, Floods, Beirut’s Air — a Look at Extreme Weather Events

This is the port of Beirut one month after a blast that was so powerful it was visible from space.

这是贝鲁特港口，一个月前这里发生了爆炸，爆炸威力如此之大，以至于从太空中都能看到。 

The august explosion of ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse¹,killed almost 200 people injured thousands of others in destroyed homes and buildings,in a vast area of the Lebanese capital.

八月，储存在港口仓库的硝酸铵发生爆炸，造成黎巴嫩首都大片地区房屋和建筑被摧毁，导致近二百人死亡，数千人受伤。

The latest fire is an entire warehouse according to state media.

据官方媒体报道，最新的火灾发生在整个仓库。 

The cause remains² unknown.

原因尚不清楚。 

Meanwhile in Sudan, authorities in the United Nations are providing aid to tens of thousands,who lost their homes in recent record Nile flooding.

与此同时，在苏丹，联合国当局正在向在创纪录的尼罗河洪水中失去家园的数万人提供援助。 

Local resident Idris Ahmed wants international help.

当地居民伊德里斯·艾哈迈德希望得到国际帮助。 

What is the role of government?

政府的角色是什么？ 

Nothing, theyre not doing anything.

什么都没做，他们什么都没做。 

Im asking for rights as a citizen, looking for refuge.

我在请求作为公民的权利，寻找避难所。 

I go right, I go left, is this something anyone can accept?

我四处为家，难道我们必须要接受这样的生活吗？ 

Across the continent in Senegal, the town of Kirimazar remains under water,after clouds dumped three months worth of rain in just seven hours over this area,outside the capital city Dakar.

在塞内加尔的整个大陆，基里马扎尔镇仍然被洪水淹没，此前云层在首都达喀尔郊外的这个地区仅在七个小时内就带来了相当于三个月的降雨量。

The flooding is creating even worse hardship for residents.

洪水给居民造成了更大的困难。 

We are flooded.

我们被淹了。 

Were all going through the same problem, its serious.

我们都在经历同样的问题，这很严重。 

Some people left, some people are unable to reach their homes.

一些人离开了，一些人无法回家。 

Firefighters are helping³ evacuate⁴ with boats.

消防员正在用船帮助疏散。 

Its really difficult.

真的很难。 

Finally this week residents in California report awakening⁵ to orange skies raining ash,as wildfires exploded out of control.

最后，本周，加利福尼亚州的居民报告说，由于野火爆炸失控，橙色的天空开始下雨，火山灰纷至沓来。

In one day alone, climate scientists say one fire expanded more than one thousand square meters.

气候科学家说，仅在一天内，就有一场大火扩大了一千多平方米。 

More than fourteen thousand firefighters are battling the California blazes.

超过一万四千名消防员正在与加州的大火搏斗。 

Two of the largest in the states history are burning in the San Francisco bay area,though after three weeks those are mainly under control.

该州历史上最大的两场大火正在旧金山湾区燃烧，尽管三周后这两场大火基本上得到了控制。 

However wildfire season has just begun.

然而野火季节才刚刚开始。 

1 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 awakening   

n.觉醒，醒悟 adj.觉醒中的；唤醒的

参考例句：

• the awakening of interest in the environment 对环境产生的兴趣
• People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利。