纪录片《全球怪象》 第35期：内涝（在线收听）

This man has created

这个人建造了一个

something that's dark, cold and utterly functional.

暗藏于阴冷的地下 但却相当实用的设施

What we saw in the last years

过去的几年里

is that we had an increased amount of heavy rainfall events.

强降水天气出现次数逐渐增加

With these heavy rainfall events,

伴随着这些强降水天气

actually the centre of the city has water problems.

城市的中心则会出现内涝

If the weather gets weird in the streets above,

地面上如果出现极端天气

it can be dealt with at the press of a button...

可以通过按几个按钮来解决问题

That pulls a plug in the sewer system

按下按钮后 排水系统的一个开关会打开

and the excess floodwater is siphoned off down here.

过量的洪水则会被引入到这些池子里

For Daniel Goedbloed,

丹尼尔·古德布莱德

the man who designed and built these bunkers,

设计并建造这些池子的工程师

they're an essential element in the city's defence

认为为了抵御极端天气

against the new weather extremes.

这些池子至关重要