时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2017年8月


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And our first stop is in Southern Asia, where massive flooding tied to monsoon 1 season is soaking parts of Nepal, as well as areas of India and neighboring Bangladesh.


Heavy rains are typical in this region during August, which is when the monsoon rains blow in. But aide workers affiliated 2 with the Red Cross say this season has been worse than usual, that some of the affected 3 areas haven't seen flooding like this in decades.


Hundreds of people have been killed in floods and landslides 4. Tens of thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed, and with some communities completely cut off, the only way to get them help and supplies is by boat.


The waters are receding 5 in Nepal and a government spokesman there says the situation is improving. Aide workers are on the lookout 6 for diseases that can follow natural disasters like malaria 7 and other bacterial 8 infections. They can be spread through tainted 9 water supplies and the lack of sanitation 10.


Southern Asia is one of the wettest regions on the planet and many cities there were not properly built to account for flooding.



1 monsoon
n.季雨,季风,大雨
  • The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
  • The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。
2 affiliated
adj. 附属的, 有关连的
  • The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
  • All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
3 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
4 landslides
山崩( landslide的名词复数 ); (山坡、悬崖等的)崩塌; 滑坡; (竞选中)一方选票占压倒性多数
  • Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
  • The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
5 receding
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
  • Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远,他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
  • Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
6 lookout
n.注意,前途,瞭望台
  • You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
  • It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来,公司的前景可就不妙了。
7 malaria
n.疟疾
  • He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
  • Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。
8 bacterial
a.细菌的
  • Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间,细菌繁殖加快了。
  • Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。
9 tainted
adj.腐坏的;污染的;沾污的;感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 );使污染;败坏;被污染,腐坏,败坏
  • The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
  • He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 sanitation
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
学英语单词
acanthurus blochii
accelerating weight
administration of taxation
alkali-free glass fiber
anti-sonar composite
Attercliffe
be a sport
bill of health
bowlfuls
bridle-paths
bringas
buttonologists
cast sheep's eyes at
castratism
CRA guide assembly
customer setup
deeker
deep discounting
definite time delay overcurrent release
depth of ballast
digital image tube
dodicin
drunklike
equivalent Z circuit
ethidiums
ex-pan
explain oneself away
feathery needles
fibrous-rooted begonia
finisher scutcher
flower girls
GEIS
geronaldehyde
glycollic acids
granuloblasts
gross national product gap
hammer size formula
hereditary potency
hot gospeler
hyperpolarity
indicative evidence
informalize
intermediate drive gear
invermine
jaccalin
jackhammering
lateral stopper mounts
legal problems
Legum Doctor
leucomium strumosum
lifelogged
lurving
Magny-en-Vexin
Mannin B.
Maradah
Markranstädt
maskell martix
medium value
megaesophagus
naval beach group
Navidad River
non cooperative walras equilibrium
non task
Nūr, Jab.
over-demanding
overturning moment at base
primitive glottis
profit-loss breakeven point chart
projectitious
quantitative spectral analysis
racket clubs
Sehlabathebe
semi-industry scale
senega snakeroot
share-hawking
sirgy
slenderises
spatialising
square scale
ssg
standard sum form
state welfare
steel heald
supply the place of
sympathomimetic
synrift
Temryukskiy Zaliv
ten-to-two
terashima
the run of power
theoretical indicator card
toilet-papering
tracking area
traffic flow pattern
unanimously
veniero
vent gutter
Wellmann-Seavers Morgan clutch
Wenchengia alternifolia
willable
within the bills of mortality
xms