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
administrative action of water
analog visibility computer
argillaceous odour
ayub
be another story
be inapprehensive of
beidler
Blanquist
bond fee
calculus of interpolation
chemical-sensitive ion channel
cine-record
common product of intermediate metabolism
condyloideus mandibulae Processus
CONVERSIONEX
Cosmonaut Glacier
cultural adaptation
datura stramoniums
deoxyhemoglobin
despots
dethermalization
Diplococcus pharyngis flavus
dividend coupon
division engineering standards
droght
duo-binary system
dynamic triaxial test
edmund halleys
EMGP
eosine
espantoons
experimental serum sickness
exposure compensation
feeding attachment
fixed gate
foot gland
genus Lithospermum
gib head
hair-splitting
hard salting
hot reflux condencer
infrared astronomy
intellectuals
jacquard drum
Jakha
Koyukons
ladas
let me be the judge of that
llambias
magic numbers
magnetic rock
Mannebach
marsupial mole
mean climate characteristics
medical ionization
metastrategy
millfords
missing part
moving-blade shutter
multi-functional counter
neckeropsis lepineana
neontologic
nickel-zinc ferrite
nigra
nitecapone
non-homogeneous population
not to be covered
parallel force system
perquaric(c.i.p.w.)
petrosilex
polarization-maintaining single-mode fiber
poruwas
PWR (pressurized water reactor)
quality products
rainfall map
return in knid
rimando
rupture of felt
sabural
scavenging box fire
scavening air
slab zinc
solvency
standard deviation of mean
storage generator
stream-water
subscribe for shares
superstructure deck
synthetic standard sample
Takeko
to ... wish
topological tree
transcendently
transport of heat
ultimate oxygen demand (u.o.d.)
ultra-violet absorption curve
unnasch
variable-point
virtual front time of a lightning impulse
warp angle
wax wall
Wooramel R.