原文试听

It should. But it doesn ’t. The air’s descending too rapidly.

应该是这样 但是实际不是如此 空气下降太快了

Is this an isolated incident?

这是独立的事件吗?

I’m afraid not.

我想不是

We’ve located two supercells in addition to

除了苏格兰这个 我们已经观察到了

the one over Scotland.

另外两个超级风暴云团

One over Northern Canada...

一个在加拿大北部...

...and another one over Siberia. ...

另一个在西伯利亚

And do we know their projected paths?

我们能预测出他们经过的路线吗?

Yes.

能

Our previous estimates of six to eight weeks weren ’t even close.

我们之前的估计是六到八周 而这差的实在太远了

This one storm is going to change the face of our planet.

这次风暴将改变我们星球的面貌

Here’s a projection of 24 hours out.

这是二十四小时内的路线图

This is 48 hours out.

这是四十八小时内的

And in seven to 1 0 days....

这是七到十天之内的...

When this storm is over...

当这场风暴结束...

... we ’ll be in a new ice age. ...

我们面临一个新的冰川时代

My God.

我的天啊

Professor...

教授...

...it’ s time you got out of there. ...

是你该离开的时候了

I’m afraid that time has come and gone, my friend.

恐怕那时机已经错过了 我的朋友

What can we do?

我们能做什么?

Save as many as you can.

尽你所能救更多的人

Jack...

杰克...

...something’s happened in New York. ...

纽约有情况

No, the power is out. I’ve been in here all day.

不 停电了 我已经在这里一整天了

-Who needs help? -Here. Over here.

有谁需要帮忙吗? 这里 这里

重点讲解

重点单词

1.isolated

adj. 孤立的；分离的；单独的；[电] 绝缘的

v. 使孤立；使绝缘；脱离（isolate的过去分词）

Don't view things as static and isolated.

不要静止地孤立地看待事物。

2.descending

adj. 下降的；下行的

n. 递

减；下行

v. 下降（descend的ing形式）

The plane was descending.

飞机正在下降。

3.supercells

n. 超晶胞，超大胞

The project will build on the findings from the original Vortex study, which was conducted in 1994-95 and gathered data on supercells - long-lived thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes.

Vortex项目在1994和1995年间搜集关于超级种子的数据。 超级种子是一种能产生龙卷风的长期持续的雷暴

重点短语

1.in addition to

除…之外

In addition to being used formally by testers, other groups may use it as well depending on what is appropriate in your environment.

除了由测试人员正式使用之外，其他的组也可以使用它，这取决于在您的环境中什么是合适的。

2.the face of

即使；在…面前

Perhaps you have great intentions, but they crumble in the face of reality.

你也许有长远的打算，但是当你面对现实时，它们破灭了。

考考你（翻译）

1.下面你将看到一些雷暴和极炫的超雷雨胞例子。

2.除了函数，这两种数据库还允许您创建新的类型，以及通过使用表层次结构创建对象层次结构。

3.但是我们必须记住，即使在这样的时刻，在困难面前我们也并不是束手无策。

答案见下期

上期答案

1.If it does, a network of detectors could give us a more detailed picture of the thermal structure of the mantle.

2.We do not belong to it.

3.To warm up for soccer, do slow, soccer-specific running drills.