国家地理-2008-10-23 沙尘暴袭击巴格达
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：国家地理2008年
A heavy sandstorm blanketed Baghdad on Thursday, causing havoc 1 for residents of the Iraqi capital with flights delayed and dozens of residents with respiratory problems taken to hospitals.
Many people on the streets of Baghdad wore scarves or masks over their mouths as breathing aides.
One man at a hospital told AP Television that he finds it hard to breathe when sandstorms take place, and so he goes to the hospital to help himself feel better.
The number of cases is increasing year by year, and the most aggravating 2 factors is the bad weather that happens along of the year.
Dust and sandstorms are persistent 3 problem in Iraq and other areas in the Middle East. Many Iraqi wetlands have been drained for agriculture or seriously deprived of water by reservoirs upstream.
This can exacerbate 4 dust as wind lifts dry silt 5 from exposed lake and marsh 6 beds.
Sandstorms are most prevalent in the spring and summer months due to the strong winds that characterize the weather during the seasonal 7 transitions.
Blanket: to cover something with a thick layer
Havoc: disorder or chaos
Respiratory: relating to breathing or your lungs
Exacerbate: to make a bad situation worse
Silt: sand, mud, soil etc that is carried in water and then settles at a bend in a river, an entrance to a port etc
- The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
- This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
- How aggravating to be interrupted! 被打扰，多令人生气呀！
- Diesel exhaust is particularly aggravating to many susceptible individuals. 许多体质敏感的人尤其反感柴油废气。
- Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
- She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。
- WMO says a warming climate can exacerbate air pollution.世界气象组织说，气候变暖可能会加剧空气污染。
- In fact efforts will merely exacerbate the current problem.实际上努力只会加剧当前的问题。
- The lake was almost solid with silt and vegetation.湖里几乎快被淤泥和植物填满了。
- During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.每年河水泛滥时都会在田野上沉积一层淤泥。
- There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。
- I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。