ESL Podcast 495 – Describing Winds and Storms
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Ali: It’s just our luck that as soon as we arrive here for our island vacation, there’s a hurricane warning!
Mariela: It’s uncanny, isn’t it? On last year’s vacation, we crossed paths with a tornado 1 and now this.
Ali: Yeah, that tornado was something. I had experienced windstorms before with really strong gusts 2 of wind, but it was nothing like that tornado. Do you remember the way all of the windows, doors, and even walls rattled 3? The tornado blew down power lines and uprooted 4 trees!
Mariela: That was terrifying. Do you think we’ll have another experience like that this time?
Ali: I really hope not. We came for ocean breezes, but if the hurricane makes landfall, we’ll have gale 5 winds of up to 50 miles per hour!
Mariela: And we’re trapped here! What should we do?
Ali: We’ll just buckle 6 down and wait it out. With any luck, the hurricane will miss the island altogether.
Mariela: With our luck, what’s the likelihood of that happening?!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
- Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
- Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
- Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着，树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
- According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。