VOA标准英语2009-Severe Heat Wave Grips Many Parts of India
时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(六月)
A severe heat wave sweeping 1 across the plains of India has claimed at least 100 lives. It has also led to power and water shortages in many parts of the country, including the capital, New Delhi.
Dogs join daily wage laborers 2 and rickshaw pullers as they take rest seated over wet sand to keep off the heat in New Delhi, 26 Jun 2009
As temperatures hovered 3 around 44 degrees Celsius 4 across northern, eastern and central India, officials in several states reported scores of heat-related deaths. Many of the victims belong to India's poorest states such as Orissa and Jharkhand.
In Orissa, hospitals opened special wards 5 for heat stroke victims.
High temperatures are common starting May, but seasonal 6 monsoon 7 rains usually bring some cooling showers in June. However there has been no respite 8 from the scorching 9 weather due to poor rains in recent weeks.
The impact of the prolonged heat spell has been aggravated 10 by acute power and water shortages in many parts of the country.
In New Delhi, angry residents in parts of the city have held street protests to draw attention to the dry taps and lengthy 11 power outages.
Purnima Mehta, who lives in Delhi's posh South Delhi area, complains of power outages for up to six hours a day.
"Lack of power leads to immense discomfort 12 for everyone, and of course water is a basic necessity, and without that how can any household function?" Mehta asked.
Officials say there is little they can do to ease the situation. Levels in water reservoirs have fallen, and power stations are unable to cope with the huge surge in demand as air conditioners work overtime 13.
New Delhi's chief minister, Shiela Dikshit, has warned of tough days ahead if monsoon rains do not arrive soon, and is asking people to conserve 14 both water and power.
The warning came after officials forecast that monsoons 15 are likely to be "below normal", and the maximum shortfall will be in northwestern India.
Minister of Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan said this week that government officials are monitoring the situation that may arise due to the deficit 16 in rains.
"There are many implications about irrigation, about electricity generation, about drinking water and steps to mitigate 17 that would be taken," Chavan said.
Officials have resorted to a variety of measures to cope with the situation. In New Delhi, summer vacations in schools have been extended by one week to protect school children from the blazing sun. In Punjab - a rich, agricultural state - the state government has ordered that air conditioners in government offices should be turned off so that power can be conserved 18 to pump water to farms. In Andhra Pradesh, the government has drawn 19 up plans for cloud seeding operations if rains are delayed further.
- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
- Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
- A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
- A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。
- The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
- The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。
- This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
- It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区,下设三个分区。
- The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
- The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。
- 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。
- She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。
- Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。
- a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳
- a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评
- If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我,我就要揍他。
- Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳,反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。
- One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。
- She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。
- They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
- He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
- He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸。
- Conserve your energy,you'll need it!保存你的精力,你会用得着的!
- In Ban-gladesh, the monsoons have started. 在孟加拉,雨季已经开始了。 来自辞典例句
- The coastline significantly influences the monsoons in two other respects. 海岸线在另外两个方面大大地影响季风。 来自辞典例句
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。
- Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.政府应努力缓解贫困问题。
- He conserved his energy for the game. 他为比赛而养精蓄锐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Under these conditions, the total mechanical energy remains constant, or is conserved. 在这种条件下,总机械能保持不变或机械能保存。 来自辞典例句