2007年VOA标准英语-Northern India Sweating Out Summer Power Shorta
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New Delhi
12 June 2007
Temperatures in northern India, soaring above the 50-degree Celsius 1 mark, are heightening the discomfort 2 of widespread power cuts and raising fears of a wider power-grid 3 breakdown 4. VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi.
Laborer sleeps on narrow ledge of wall in shade of tree at old section of New Delhi, 12 Jun 2007
Heat is blamed for killing 7 more than 100 people in northern India in recent weeks and that toll 8 is expected to rise with temperatures continuing above 45 degrees Celsius in some areas. The thermometer in one desert town in the state of Rajasthan hit 51 degrees on Monday.
In urban areas, power-hungry air conditioners running around the clock have put a strain on local transformers and the regional electrical grid. As a result, many neighborhoods in New Delhi, due to rolling blackouts and equipment failures, are enduring power cuts lasting 9 up to 15 hours a day.
The capital on Monday used a record amount of electricity - exceeding 4,000 megawatts for the first time.
Concerns are increasing that the situation will worsen and the regional grid will overload 10.
For years one of the electrical engineers in charge of the grid was K. Ramanathan. He plays down fears of a sustained regional blackout.
"I know it is really miserable 11 but I think these outages are perhaps localized.," he said. "So I do not foresee any serious blackout. That is what I hope - it will not happen."
Now a distinguished 12 fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute, a private research organization, Ramanathan, cautions that the patience of the public, which is sweating it out, could short circuit.
"You cannot take it lightly because people will go to the streets. There will be problems because socially, politically, it is a sensitive issue, especially in summer," he noted 13. "So that is why the government has gotten into it in a big way now."
If India's power ministry 14 is to be believed everyone in the country will have access to electricity by 2012. But many experts question whether so many new power-generating units can be built that quickly.
For now, most rural Indians do not have access to the grid and cannot afford expensive generators 15. For them, there will be no quick relief in sight until the monsoon 16 clouds are spotted 17. That could still be weeks away.
- 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。
- 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。
- In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
- Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。
- She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
- The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。
- Her husband had been a farm laborer.她丈夫以前是个农场雇工。
- He worked as a casual laborer and did not earn much.他当临时工，没有赚多少钱。
- They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
- Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上，摔倒了。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
- We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
- Don't overload the boat or it will sink.别超载，否则船会沉。
- Large meals overload the digestive system.吃得太饱会加重消化系统的负担。
- It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
- Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
- Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
- A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
- Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。