时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年11月


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CARL AZUZ: It's not unusual to see flooding in Venice, Italy this time of year. The city of lagoons 1 and canals is often overwhelmed 2 by water between October and December but it is unusual to see flooding like this. A low pressure weather system has brought strong winds blowing from south to north across Northern Italy. That combined with high tide has caused flooding in at least 77 percent of Venice. If high tide levels of 5 feet 3 inches above sea level are confirmed, they'll be the city's highest since 1979. Tourists and residents have had to wade 3 through waist high water.


Marathon runners had to splash 4 their way through part of the city on Sunday.


But this has been more than an inconvenience. Schools have been closed. The government has warned people against traveling unless it's necessary and 9 deaths have been blamed on the flooding. Even in the capital of Rome, which is located in Central Italy, officials have issued weather alerts 5 because of heavy rains, strong winds and violent storms. It's limited some of the vacation options for tourists. The Coliseum, the Roman Forum 6, the Ruins of the Ancient Roman City of Pompeii, all these sights were closed because of the bad weather.



1 lagoons
n.污水池( lagoon的名词复数 );潟湖;(大湖或江河附近的)小而浅的淡水湖;温泉形成的池塘
  • The Islands are by shallow crystal clear lagoons enclosed by coral reefs. 该群岛包围由珊瑚礁封闭的浅水清澈泻湖。 来自互联网
  • It is deposited in low-energy environments in lakes, estuaries and lagoons. 它沉淀于湖泊、河口和礁湖的低能量环境中,也可于沉淀于深海环境。 来自互联网
2 overwhelmed
[ overwhelm ]的过去式
  • She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt. 她感到愧疚难当。
  • If (one was) overwhelmed by passion, it could lead to serious blunders. 当感情完全淹没理智时,就可能铸成大错。
3 wade
v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉
  • We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
  • We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。
4 splash
v.溅,泼;n.溅泼声,溅出的水等,斑点
  • I fell into the water with a splash.我跌入水中,激起水花四溅。
  • There's a splash of paint on the white wall.白墙上溅上了一片油漆。
5 alerts
n.警戒( alert的名词复数 );警报期间;警戒状态;报警信号v.使(某人)保持警觉( alert的第三人称单数 );使意识到;提醒(某人)注意(某事);使(部队)处于待命状态
  • Folder level alerts are not available on this server. 此服务器上不支持文件夹级的通知。 来自互联网
  • Monitor daily customer FTP site for Compatibility Matrix & Quality Alerts. 实时注意客户FTP上的兼容性列表和质量警报。 来自互联网
6 forum
n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
学英语单词
A-point
acute parametritis
Allium ramosum
ammonia-potassium water regime
amnicolous
an hourglass figure
anaxipha pallidula
anti-clash key
Aphredoderoidei
assimilations
barness
bepenised
Boldrewood Rolf
box diagram
boxesful
brake camshaft
by product recovery gas producer
car yard
cardiac electrophysiology
checkmates
chemical microencapsulation process
chromite sand
cielo
collapsed face
crooning
cynophile
deaphragm gas meter
delivered cost
die-locking toggle
duty of alcoholic liquor
Euphorbia helioscopia
expanding subspace theorem
fast firing kiln
fire-enhancing grasses
first pylon
fly half
gas-forming property
Gorillas in the Mist
Grezzana
hard nickel
heart disease prevention program
hemicompatible
index of ripple mark
Iron County
irradiation swelling model
irregular articulation
jacket water
jamul
keyna
killingly
kiln site
l-block type wharf
latitude of an observer
lift lug
Ligusticum elatum
linnorm
Lopokino
loungingly
macrosporocyte
marker mark
maximum transverse force
maximum work
mcpc (multiple channel per carrier)
MDMP
microthermal type
morbid physiology
moulded resin
Mumcular
naviss
nuclear magnetic induction
Ortilis vetula macalli
over order
part learning
physical chemistry of electrolytic solution
polyethylene balloon
rasamala
salesclerk
shoring beam
signeted
silence signal
simple chain
social resource
spin paramagnetism
suspension of transit period
tank engine oil
tapered leading edge
territorial limits
Theotiscan
TIC (transfer in channel)
traffic-choked
trail car
tree pie
trunk movement
tutela legitima
ureogenesis
urethral polyp
USSS
wave height coefficient
web former
write against
xylosylation
yao