BBC地平线系列之《全球怪象》第1集:怪异的气候
日期:2014-09-23 06:47

(单词翻译:单击)

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Something strange is happening to our weather.
我们的天气发生了奇怪的变化
It seems to be getting more extreme.
似乎开始变得更极端
Yeah, it could be a record-breaking cold night...
是的 可能会是个破纪录的寒冷夜晚
Britain recently shivered through
最近 英国熬过了两个连续的
two back-to-back record-breaking cold winters.
打破纪录的寒冷冬天
Last year,
去年
Scotland splashed through its wettest year on record.
苏格兰经历了有史以来最多的降水
Yet earlier in the year,
可是今年年初
parts of eastern England had their driest spring ever.
英格兰东部部分地区遭遇了最干旱的春天
But the UK's not alone.
不过 英国不是个特例
Records are being broken all over the planet.
全球各地的天气都打破了以往纪录
I have never, ever seen anything like this before.
我从来没有见过这种情形
Storms appear to be getting bigger.
风暴愈发凶猛
Hurricane power has more than doubled
过去十年与八十年代相比
between the decade of the '80s and this past decade.
飓风强度至少翻了一倍

重点解释

It seems to be getting more extreme.似乎开始变得更极端

seem to似乎 ...

He and his wife seem to be on the outs these days.

他和他的妻子最近似乎感情很不好。

I seem to have been on the go all day.

我似乎整天一直忙忙碌碌。

Scotland splashed through its wettest year on record.苏格兰经历了有史以来最多的降水

on record正式记录的, 公开发表的

He ran the fastest race on record.

他跑出了记录在案的最好水平。

It was the coldest winter on record.

那是有史以来最冷的冬天。

Storms appear to be getting bigger.风暴愈发凶猛

appear to看来像是; 看来似乎

The students appear to be completely out of hand.

学生们似乎已完全无法控制了。

They appear to be able to handle the problem.

他们似乎可以处理这个问题。

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重点单词
  • handlen. 柄,把手 v. 买卖,处理,操作,驾驭
  • hurricanen. 飓风,飓风般猛烈的东西 adj. 有防风罩的
  • planetn. 行星
  • decaden. 十年
  • extremeadj. 极度的,极端的 n. 极端,极限