纪录片《全球怪象》 第14期：大雨浸透

Global weirding is a phrase she helped popularise.

她帮助普及了"全球怪象"这一说法

One of the clues to the weirding of the West Texas weather

西德州古怪天气成因的一个线索

lies right under her feet.

就藏在她脚下

What we got here's some West Texas dirt,

这是些西德州的泥土

and this is good dirt

很好的泥土

even though it's blowing away like sand,

尽管风吹起来就像沙子一样

it's just very very dry.

那是因为太干了

Right now we're below 99%, below average right now -

现在比正常情况要干燥太多

so far below average we can't measure how dry it is.

比平均值低太多都无法测量有多干

As the soil becomes drier and drier,

随着土地越来越干

the drought gets worse and worse.

干旱也越来越严重

And that gets amplified² because there's no moisture left in the soil

由于土壤中没有水分蒸发形成降雨

to evaporate into rain.

旱情恶性循环

But the weird¹ thing about the weather in West Texas

但西德州气候奇怪之处在于

is that the year before this record-breaking drought,

这场史无前例大旱出现的前一年

these bone-dry fields were awash in rain.

西德州干旱的大地曾被倾盆大雨浸透

So much rain that it broke all records.

当时降雨量之大同样史无前例

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 amplified   

放大，扩大( amplify的过去式和过去分词 )； 增强； 详述

参考例句：

• He amplified on his remarks with drawings and figures. 他用图表详细地解释了他的话。
• He amplified the whole course of the incident. 他详述了事件的全过程。