纪录片《全球怪象》 第40期：错误的报告是灾难性的

If this forecast was wrong,

如果这个预报是错误的

the consequences could have been catastrophic.

结果可能会是灾难性的

So it's no exaggeration to say that the D-Day weather forecast

毫不夸张的说 登陆日的天气预报

didn't just help to change the course of history,

不仅帮助改变了历史进程

it also saved countless¹ lives.

更挽救了无数的生命

And getting an accurate reliable forecast

在未来新的气候条件下

is vital in our new weather future,

获得准确的预报尤为重要

because the hope is prediction will lead to protection.

因为我们期望预测能让我们预防

The point of the weather forecast,

天气预报的意义

when you get down to the nitty-gritty,

如果你去看它的本质的话

is getting extreme weather events

是将一些极端天气条件

heavy rainfall, high temperatures

比如说大雨 高温

the forecasts for those spot-on

提前准确地预报

so people can get correct warnings in the right timescales

人们能提前足够的时间得到正确的警示

so they can take precautions to save themselves, if they need to.

如果需要 就能采取预防措施

And the one thing forecasters

这些年预报员

have managed to improve over the years

一直想要提高的就是

is the accuracy of the forecast.

预报的准确性

1 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。