英语听力
Unit 10 Frightening Nature Listening
And now the weather forecast for Tuesday 24th,June.
Cooler and drier air over the northwest will advance towards the east on Tuesday.
But as it does so which will meet warm and moist air already in place.
Resulting in showers and wind storms.
Thunderstorms are possible in areas from the southern states to the northeastern states.
Well we might see some pretty bad weather with white snow and strong winds.
Perhaps even some storms.
The showers and thunderstorms that hit the midwest on Monday,
may still be around part of Tuesday.
But will disappear during the afternoon
Comfortable temperatures around 75 degrees are forecast for the south,
68-72 for the midwest,and similar temperatures for northeast.
While higher temperatures up to 88 will be found in the east,along the coast.
While the southwest may see some rain or even thunderstorms.
The rest of the west will be hot,with temperatures over 100 degrees,
and no hope for the cooling shower.
Far to the southeast,the storm,
which had a look as if it will grow into a hurricane,fell apart on Monday.
This year has already seen an unusually high number of hurricanes.
Hurricane Danny in the Atlantic Ocean last week,
has put 2,003 in third place behind 1997,and 1959,
for having the most tropical storms or hurricanes this early in the season.
The first storm usually arrives towards the end of August.
So Danny formed on Wednesday.
Came a month and a half early.
If the fifth named storm,the E storm,develops before July 22nd,
this year will have the hurricane season with the fastest start.
It's name would be Eric.
The hurricane season is from June first to the end of November.
A typical Atlantic hurricane season has ten named storms.
Six hurricanes and two major hurricanes.
The latter can be a real disaster when they hit the coast.
Tropical storms such as hurricanes and Typhoons
are given names to avoid confusion.
Their names start with letters in the order of alphabet.
The first five storms in 2005 will be named Alin,Brett,Syndy, Denis,and Emily.
听力训练
Work Book Unit 10 Listening
A:Hi,Linda,how's your life in Taiwan?
Do you like it there?
B:It's fine,Kate.Thanks.Phil and I like Tainan very much.
A:I've heard that Taiwan is quite often hit by typhoons.
How do you feel about that?
B:That's right.They are quite common between the months of May and November.
A:Terrible.I would not want to live in a place like that.
B:Oh,well.You'll get used to it.
With a bit of common Sansan and taking the right measures,
Typhoon is need not be a big problem.
A:So,what should you do when you know a typhoon is coming up?
B:You should always keep some plastic sheets ready to cover furniture.
Important papers are best kept in plastic boxes or bags
that don't let any water through.
Buy some extra food in metal or in glass containers,
and keep a torch,batteriesa first-aid kit,a radio and such things ready.
A:What else do you do when you know there will be another typhoon?
B:If a typhoon is expected to hit within 24 to 48 hours.
You should make some extra ice to keep foods cool when electricity falls away.
Fill the bath with water for cooking
and make sure there is enough drinking water.
Move furniture away from windows,put loose objects,
such as furniture and plants in pots,baskets or boxes,
from the balcony and the yard into the shed.
You must close the curtains and take shelter
where you can not be hit by glass that's flying around
For example,the hall or a room without windows.
A:Have you ever experienced a big one?
B:Oh,yes.It was a very frightening experience.
A:What happened?
B:When the storm hit we heard all of the windows breaking
and furniture being pushed around.
The roof made a cracking noise,we thought it would be blowing away.
Then the storm seemed to die down.
But it was the eye of the storm.
A few minutes later it came back with full force.
I was afraid the whole house would be swept away.
A:Have you thought of moving to another part of the country?
Where there are fewer natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons?
B:My husband and I have thought about that,
but we really like Taiwan and we prefer to stay here.
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