时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年2月


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While part of Europe struggles with heavy flood conditions, part of Africa struggles with bone dry conditions. We're starting with France. The Seine River, which runs through Paris, bursts its banks over the weekend.


The flooding isn't quite as bad as it was in 2016, and nowhere near the level it reached during the Great Flood of 1910 when many Parisians had to evacuate 1. But though most people there seemed to be taking this event in stride, officials say it could be another week before the waters have significantly receded 2.


JIM BITTERMANN, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: Stabilize 3 is the word everybody is using this morning because the situation is headed towards stabilization 4, the river levels are still rising and there was some rain overnight. But the Seine here in Paris is expected to peak sometime during the day today or overnight tonight, at about a little less than the levels of the flood of 2016.


But there are big differences between this flood and that flood, and one is that December was a very rainy month, and the month of January, according to some people, was the second wettest in almost the century. And because that, because of that, the reservoir is around Paris, which can have a buffering 5 effect on the flood waters, in fact, are now full. And if there's any further rain, it has no place else to go but here.


But now, as a precaution, officials in Paris have evacuated 6 some the low-lying apartments, basement apartments and especially on the west side of Paris, and they have taken works of art out of some of the museums, out of the basements of some museums. They have as well closed down a gallery in the Louvre here behind me.


In terms of damages, there's no way to estimate it exactly right now. But officials are saying, a former security official for Paris, for example, said that he expected it to be in the hundreds of millions of euros, especially when one considers that the river traffic is a major transport hub for Paris, the river traffic has been cut off now for days as well as they won't be able to determine exactly the extent of damage because they have to wait until the flood waters go down. That could be weeks and it can do a proper inspection 7 of the underground railroads, the footings of the bridges and other things that are presently submerged.


Jim Bittermann, CNN, Paris.



1 evacuate
v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
2 receded
v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
  • The floodwaters have now receded. 洪水现已消退。
  • The sound of the truck receded into the distance. 卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。
3 stabilize
vt.(使)稳定,使稳固,使稳定平衡;vi.稳定
  • They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
  • His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。
4 Stabilization
稳定化
  • The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
  • With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下,高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。
5 buffering
缓冲(作用); 减震; 阻尼; 隔离
  • Fig. 3-13 gives a suggested buffering arrangement for the data lines. 图3―13示出了一种缓冲数据线的方案。
  • It requires buffering for most applications. 在大多数使用场合,它都需要缓冲。
6 evacuated
撤退者的
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
7 inspection
n.检查,审查,检阅
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
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