新西兰英语 396 Queensland recovering after cyclone
Cyclone 1 Yasi, a category 5 cyclone, hit the coast of northern Queensland yesterday. Winds up to 290 km per hour caused damage to houses, yachts in harbours, power lines, trees and crops. Heavy rain caused flooding. High waves washed over the land. Thousands of people went to safe shelters before the storm began. It was too dangerous to be outside during the storm.
A cyclone is a tropical storm in the Southern Hemisphere. It blows winds in a clockwise direction. Category 5 is the strongest. A hurricane and typhoon are tropical storms in the Northern Hemisphere and winds blow anti-clockwise.
After the storm people are finding it difficult to get home because debris 3 covers the roads – trees, timber from houses, iron from roofs, and glass from broken windows. Many people who stayed home have no power. It could be some time before power is back on again.
Growers have lost 75% of their banana crop and sugar cane 2. There will be a shortage of bananas and sugar. New Zealand imports sugar from Queensland so we can expect a price increase.
Queensland has had a bad time in the last few weeks with floods and cyclones 4. This is the cyclone season and it is possible there will be more cyclones in the next two or three months.
Question
How can people prepare for cyclones?
- An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
- The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
- This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
- English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。