纪录片《全球怪象》 第36期：保护环境

We had streets flooding, basements flooding.

我们的街道 地下室都遭遇过洪水的袭击

We had the canals coming up, and more or less overflowing¹.

运河也或多或少有过溢流

So what we did is we actually calculated² how much

因此我们计算了 为了避免内涝

extra storage we needed in the city centre

我们在市中心还需要多大的空间

just to face this problem of extra rainwater.

来储存多余的那部分雨水

This space is big enough

这里能够储存

to deal with ten million litres of water,

一千万升的水

enough to cope³ with the worst flood in a century.

这足以应对百年一遇的洪灾

The whole project cost 11 million Euros,

整个项目花费了1100万欧元

about ten million pounds.

相当于约1000万英镑

But for Daniel and Rotterdam, that's a small price to pay

但丹尼尔和鹿特丹市都认为 花这点钱

for the level of protection it brings.

就能如此有效地保护城市还是很划算的

Rainfall events are going to increase,

强降水天气将不断增多

there are going to be more heavy showers.

将会有更多的暴雨

So over a year, we're going to have less rainfall,

接下来的一年里 降水次数虽然会下降

but it's going to come out in shorter amounts of time,

但短暂的降水过程中 雨水量会增加

in heavier rain showers.

会有更多强降雨

1 overflowing   

n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的，充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
• The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。

2 calculated   

adj.蓄意的

参考例句：

• Cash income is calculated by subtracting total trading income from total receipts. 现金收入是从总收入中减去总贸易收入来计算的。
• I calculated that the trip would take two days. 我估计这段路程要走两天时间。

3 cope   

v.(with)竞争，对抗；对付，妥善处理

参考例句：

• He had a lot of work,but he was able to cope.他的活虽多，但还能应付得来。
• They have to cope with a mountain of problems.他们得应付成堆的问题。