时间:2019-02-17 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   Northland has had heavy rain and strong winds for the past 24 hours with flooding in some areas. About 200mm of rain fell last night and it is still raining. Some farm land is flooded. Some roads and schools are closed and the police said that people should stay at home if possible. Logs 1 and branches 2 floating 3 down flooded roads are dangerous for anyone driving.


  One woman was driving on a rural 4 road near Whangarei when the road became a river. She climbed out of her car then was swept down the river until she managed to grab 5 onto a tree. She was lucky because a family saw her in the tree and managed to rescue 6 her using a kayak and ropes.
  The weather was caused by sub-tropical low air pressure 7. It is slow-moving so the rain and wind will continue until tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday. More rain is expected for Wednesday.
  Most of the North Island has also had wind and rain today.
  Vocabulary
  logs – trees which have fallen down
  rural – country
  swept – past tense of sweep; here it means she had no control
  grab – take hold
  kayak – small canoe or boat
  tropical – hot and humid like near the equator; sub-tropical – not quite so hot
  low atmospheric air pressure brings wind and cloud

n.练习用球瓶;原木,木材,木料( log的名词复数 );航海[飞行]日志
  • logs for the fire 烧火用的木材
  • The logs were knocked together as they floated down the stream. 圆木顺流而下时互相碰撞着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.树枝( branch的名词复数 );分支;(机构、组织、体系的)一部分;[航海学](领航员在某一水域的)领航执照
  • The bank has branches all over the country. 那家银行在全国各地设有分行。
  • I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
adj.不固定的,流动的,浮动的v.(使)浮动( float的现在分词 );(使)漂浮[飘动];(使货币汇率)自由浮动;轻盈走动
  • a bloated body floating in the canal 沟渠里一具发胀的浮尸
  • His decapitated body was found floating in a canal. 人们发现他被斩首的尸体漂浮在一条水渠里。
adj.乡下的,田园的,乡村风味的
  • He lived a rural life.他过着田园生活。
  • We left the city for a rural home.我们离开城市,去农村安家。
vt./n.攫取,抓取;vi.攫取,抓住(at)
  • It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
  • The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包,但被我推开了。
n.援救,解救,营救;v.援救,救出,营救
  • The rescue party had arrived.营救队已经来了。
  • I know he will rescue me.我知道他将会援救我。
n.压力,压迫,压强;vt.迫使,使增压,密封
  • He changed his mind under the pressure from others.他在别人的逼迫之下改变了主意。
  • This type of sheet steel could stand high pressure.这种薄钢板能抗高压。
学英语单词
a streaker
a.m.
adenanthrea microsperma l.
AGA,A.G.A.
air cleaner
annual ring density
Bayerbach bei Ergoldsbach
Bence-Jones protein
blacklers
cagewashes
cartographic design
cerebral irritation
chief executives
ciprofibrate
clutter rejection
coherent brittle stage
commutator-controlled weld
cryogenic technology
digital to image conversion
discipleships
double faced hammer
dress
drewe
Dunnet
eeps
efficiency factor
enthalpy of swelling
equatorial system
exterior varnish
exult over
farigue
Fat Analysis Committee colour
flat billet
get his
Gojra
graynet
Guaranteed Death Benefit
half-binding
hexaquarks
high-sulphur fuel
improvement by lessee
injector feed
interaction volume
intoxilyzer
IP fragmentation IP
key variable
korahl
leakage spectrum
lenslets
linolenate
logolepsy
long - term care
loop termination
lql
lutnick
malgwyn
material for test
Medveditskiy
Metroval
mintels
miscellaneous asbestos product
Neolitsea pinninervis
newbattles
non-dividend payee
operational technical manual
penetration of grease
pole setting
pretell
primary mother-tree selection
production strategies
psauoscopy
Qarshi
random noise level
reference oscillator muting
reservoir sensitivity evaluation
reversible code
roller-ball
runners
salty milk
scarifie
see sth with half an eye
sentenceable
shilt
Shimabara-hantō
simple radical
special transfer paper
steinhausers
sulphur cement mortar anchor
superefficiency
temperature classification
thelephoid
theory of growth
thermal processes
thrash over
tooth abscess
USB stick
velascas
vermilions
voltaic irritability
wad hamid
with expedition
zygoplast