新西兰英语 586 Storm hits North Island
英语课
Strong winds and heavy rain have caused problems in many places in the North Island and the upper part of the South Island. About 16,000 homes in South Taranaki and Wanganui have no electricity as power poles and lines fell. 600 power lines are down. Some trees fell on roofs or across roads. Shop windows fell out. Roofs flew off some houses.
Wellington also had strong winds of about 120 km 1 per hour. One fire fighter was injured 2 when she was trying to remove a tree from a roof and a branch fell on her.
Some airports were closed. The Cook Strait 3 ferries 4 did not operate. Posties did not deliver mail today in many places because it was too dangerous to be outside.
The bad weather has now moved to eastern parts of the North Island.
Vocabulary
flew – past tense of fly
ferries – ships which travel between the North and South Islands, across Cook Strait. This usually takes about 3 and a half hours if the weather is good.
operate – go, travel
posties – they deliver mail to houses, usually by bicycle
n.(=kilometre) 公里，千米
- Our speed averaged out at 50 km an hour.我们的平均速度是每小时50公里。
- The car does ten km. to the litre.这辆汽车每升汽油跑10公里。
adj.受伤的
- Our best defender is injured and won't be able to play today.我们最佳的防守员受伤了，今天不能参加比赛。
- The injured men have been dug out of the snow.受伤人员从雪中被挖了出来。
n.海峡，困难；adj.困难的，窘迫的，狭窄的
- The sea narrows into a strait.海变窄形成海峡。
- The ship passed through the strait between two islands.船从两岛之间的海峡穿过。