BBC地平线系列之《全球怪象》第5集:飓风追逐者
日期:2014-09-29 19:41

(单词翻译:单击)

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The hurricane chasers produce mountains of data from every flight.
飓风追逐者每次飞行 都会收集海量的数据
And one of the things they've discovered
而他们的一项发现是
is that hurricanes pulse at night.
飓风晚上会发生脉冲
More significantly,
更值得注意的是
they've also recorded an increase
他们同时记录下
in the number of category five storms,
五级风暴数量在增长
the most extreme and powerful hurricanes.
它们是最极端最强劲的飓风
If you look at the history,
如果看看历史
we've seen many category fives over the years.
会看到最近几年有许多五级风暴
We certainly have better tracking capabilities right now.
我们现在确实有更好的监测能力
So we can actually see
所以我们可以观测到
category fives maybe happening in the middle of the ocean
海洋中心发生的五级风暴
that we would have missed hundreds and say 50 years ago.
在一百或五十年前 我们可能会错过
So certainly there have been more major hurricanes in recent years
最近几年里肯定有更多大型飓风
and we're trying to understand exactly
我们设法去了解
why that's happening,
其发生的原因
but we have to keep an eye on those.
我们必须得密切关注那些飓风
Because those are the storms that can cause all the damage.
因为那些飓风能造成巨大的破坏
So, Jason and his fellow hurricane chasers
杰森和他的飓风追逐同伴
are recording more category five storms.
记录了越来越多的五级风暴
And this is a development
科学家开始
that scientists are really starting to grapple with.
极力应对这一变化

重点解释

We certainly have better tracking capabilities right now.我们现在确实有更好的监测能力

right now立刻;马上;就在此刻

She's out do some shopping right now.

她现在出去买此东西。

Nobody raised any objection to my do it right now.

没人反对我现在就做这件事。

but we have to keep an eye on those.我们必须得密切关注那些飓风

keep an eye on 留意; 照看

He asked his neighbour to keep an eye on his house.

他请邻居照看他的房子。

Please keep an eye on the children.

请照看一下孩子们。

And this is a development that scientists are really starting to grapple with.科学家开始极力应对这一变化

grapple with格斗; 尽力克服

He did all he could to grapple with the enemy.

他奋力与敌人拼杀。

He did not at all grapple with the real question.

他根本没有设法处理真正的问题。

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重点单词
  • flightn. 飞行,航班 n. 奇思妙想,一段楼梯 n.
  • producen. 产品,农作物 vt. 生产,提出,引起,分娩,制片
  • objectionn. 反对,异议
  • categoryn. 种类,类别
  • hurricanen. 飓风,飓风般猛烈的东西 adj. 有防风罩的
  • understandvt. 理解,懂,听说,获悉,将 ... 理解为,认为
  • recordingn. 录音 动词record的现在分词
  • extremeadj. 极度的,极端的 n. 极端,极限