新台风又来了……

昨天，超强台风“桦加沙”在广东登陆。新台风就又来了……

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🤔️小作业：

1. How does the final section about “heatwaves, storms, droughts, floods and ruined harvests” function in the article?

A. It shifts the focus from local disaster to the global climate crisis

B. It contradicts the earlier point about effective preparation

C. It predicts that Guangdong will stop being a manufacturing hub

D. It serves as evidence that typhoons are less serious than other disasters

无注释原文：

Howling winds and sheets of rain: In the eye of a typhoon in China

From: BBC

The sound of rush hour in Zhuhai on China's southern coast has been replaced by howling winds and sheets of rain.

Branches from falling trees and what looked like pieces of metal from the edge of a building flew along empty roads on Wednesday as typhoon Ragasa bore down.

It made landfall in China this evening at 17:00 local time. By then nearly two million people in densely populated Guangdong province, home to Zhuhai, had already been evacuated. Officials have also issued a red alert for high tides and coastal surges.

As the eye of the storm barrelled closed to the mainland, the rain lashed the city's tall buildings. The wind, already strong, hit harder in waves and blasts, which made standing upright almost impossible. Even watching from inside, windows in our new hotel creaked under the strain.

This hotel is also hosting some of those who have been evacuated from low-lying areas across this province. Families mill around, with the few possessions they were able to grab for the night, while their children dance through the hallways – perhaps just happy to have the day off school.

Zhuhai is a popular tourist spot, with golf resorts and theme parks. Perched on a delta where the Pearl River meets the South China Sea, it is used to typhoons, and it was prepared for this one.

Householders have been taping up their windows, as businesses had sandbags delivered to put at their doorways to prevent coastal surges seeping into their properties.

There has been no panic, just resignation. We were told that neighbourhood watch officers had gone door to door checking on residents and local shops to ensure they complied with evacuation orders.

There are hundreds of evacuation centres across the city. Police patrols had also started early, with officers posted on street corners and beach areas to stop curious locals getting too close to the waves. Local workers were quickly dispatched to cut down stray branches from trees.

Authorities in China have had plenty of practice at preparing for disasters. They take the warnings very seriously. The warnings come days before the typhoon closes in.

Over the weekend, even before Ragasa had hit the Philippines, the weather department in Guangdong - a hub for Chinese manufacturing - began telling people in the province to prepare for a "catastrophic disaster". Chinese state media described this as a rare warning.

But it's not just typhoons.

This has been a year of extreme weather – heatwaves, storms, droughts, floods and ruined harvests.

And it is not over yet. There are still alerts for heavy rain in the next few days and warnings of landslides in mountainous areas.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Howling winds and sheets of rain: In the eye of a typhoon in China

From: BBC

The sound of rush hour in Zhuhai on China's southern coast has been replaced by howling winds and sheets of rain.

中国南部海滨城市珠海往日的车流喧嚣被狂风暴雨彻底淹没。

howl /haʊl/ 作动词，1）表示“（狼、狗）长嚎，嗥叫”，英文解释为“If a dog or wolf howls, it makes a long, sad sound.”举个🌰：In the silence of the night, a lone wolf howled. 在寂静的夜里，一只孤独的狼在嚎叫。

2）表示“（通常因痛苦、悲伤或其他强烈情感而）号叫，哀号”，英文解释为“to make a loud sound, usually to express pain, sadness, or another strong emotion”举个🌰：We were howling with laughter. 我们放声大笑。

howling /ˈhaʊ.lɪŋ/ 作形容词，1）表示“（风）呼呼的，怒吼的”，英文解释为“(of the wind) blowing hard and making a lot of noise”举个🌰：Once we played crazy golf in a howling gale. 有一次我们在狂风中打疯狂高尔夫。

2）表示“（狗或狼）狂吠的，嚎叫的”，英文解释为“(of a dog or wolf) making a loud, sad sound”举个🌰：Their howling dogs keep us awake at night. 他们的狗整夜狂吠，我们一点也没有睡着。

3）表示“（人）喧闹的，狂呼乱喊的”，英文解释为“(of people) making a lot of noise”举个🌰：Their premises were stormed by a howling drunken mob. 他们的经营场所冲进来一大群狂呼乱喊的醉汉。

sheet of sth表示“一大片；一大团”，英文解释为“a large, wide mass of something such as fire or ice”举个🌰：A sheet of flame shot up into the air immediately after the explosion. 爆炸之后，紧接着腾起一片烈焰。

sheets 表示“大量（雨或冰雹）”，英文解释为“a large quantity of rain”举个🌰：The rain was coming down in sheets. 大雨如注。

Branches from falling trees and what looked like pieces of metal from the edge of a building flew along empty roads on Wednesday as typhoon Ragasa bore down.

周三，随着台风“桦加沙”（Ragasa）逼近，倒下的树枝和疑似建筑边缘脱落的金属片在空荡的街道上横飞。

表示“（尤指风暴、危险等）猛烈逼近，压境；临近，迫近”，举个🌰：The hurricane is bearing down on the Florida coast. 飓风正逼近佛罗里达海岸。With exams bearing down, the students were studying hard. 随着考试临近，学生们都在努力学习。

It made landfall in China this evening at 17:00 local time. By then nearly two million people in densely populated Guangdong province, home to Zhuhai, had already been evacuated. Officials have also issued a red alert for high tides and coastal surges.

今晚17时，台风在中国沿海登陆。广东省人口稠密，包括珠海在内，已有将近两百万人被转移。官方同时发布了风暴潮与海浪红色预警。

densely /ˈdens.li/ 表示“密集地”，英文解释为“with a lot of things close together”举个🌰：England was once a densely wooded country (= a lot of trees grew close together there). 英格兰曾经林木茂密。

表示“有人居住的；聚居了的；栖息了的”举个🌰：The southeast is the most densely populated area. 东南部是最稠密的居住区。

evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ 表示“疏散; 使…撤离”，英文解释为“To evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or area.”举个🌰：They were planning to evacuate the ten officials still in the country. 他们当时在计划将仍在那个国家的10位官员撤离。

As the eye of the storm barrelled closed to the mainland, the rain lashed the city's tall buildings. The wind, already strong, hit harder in waves and blasts, which made standing upright almost impossible. Even watching from inside, windows in our new hotel creaked under the strain.

随着台风眼迫近，暴雨狠狠拍打着高楼。狂风一波接一波扑面而来，几乎让人无法立足。哪怕待在屋里，我们下榻的新酒店窗户也在风压下吱呀作响。

barrel /ˈbær.əl/ 作名词，除了表示“桶”，英文解释为“a large container, made of wood, metal, or plastic, with a flat top and bottom and curved sides that make it fatter in the middle”，还可以表示“枪管”，英文解释为“the long part of a gun that is shaped like a tube”

作动词，表示“飞驰”，英文解释为“to travel somewhere very quickly”举个🌰：We were barrelling along the autobahn at 180 kph. 我们以每小时180公里的速度在高速路上飞驰。

lash /læʃ/ 表示“猛击;狠打”，英文解释为“to hit with a lot of force”举个🌰：The sound of the rain lashing against the windows was deafening. 雨点敲打窗户发出的声响震耳欲聋。

lash out 表示“（突然）狠打，痛打；抨击，斥责”，英文解释为“to suddenly attack someone or something physically or criticize him, her, or it in an angry way”举个🌰：I was only teasing him and suddenly he lashed out (at me) and hit me in the face. 我只是在和他闹着玩，他却突然动起手来，一拳打在我的脸上。

1）表示“（门、地板等）嘎吱作响”，英文解释为“When a door, floorboard, etc. creaks, it makes a long low sound when it moves or is moved.”举个🌰：The door creaked on its hinges. 门打开时合页处嘎吱作响。

2）表示“（因过劳或紧张）显得虚弱（脆弱）”，英文解释为“show weakness or frailty under strain”举个🌰：The system started to creak. 系统开始显得老旧了。

This hotel is also hosting some of those who have been evacuated from low-lying areas across this province. Families mill around, with the few possessions they were able to grab for the night, while their children dance through the hallways – perhaps just happy to have the day off school.

酒店里也安置了部分来自低洼地带的撤离居民。大人们提着匆忙带来的行李来回走动，孩子们则在走廊里奔跑，或许只是因为停课而兴奋。

mill /mɪl/ around表示“（一群人）无目的地乱转，闲荡”，英文解释为“If a group of people mill around, they move around with no particular purpose or in no particular direction, sometimes while waiting for someone.”举个🌰：In the square, people were milling around in the sunshine. 在广场上，人们在阳光下徜徉。

possession /pəˈzeʃ.ən/ 1）表示“拥有，占有；具有”，英文解释为“the fact that you have or own something”举个🌰：The possession of large amounts of money does not ensure happiness. 拥有大量金钱并不能保证一定会幸福。I have in my possession a letter which may be of interest to you. 我有一封信，也许你会感兴趣。

2）表示“持有违禁物；私藏毒品（或武器）”，英文解释为“the state of having illegal drugs or weapons with you at a particular time”举个🌰：She was charged with possession. 她被控持有违禁物品。

3）表示“所有物，个人物品；财产”，英文解释为“something that you own or that you are carrying with you at a particular time”举个🌰：Please remember to take all your personal possessions with you when you leave the aircraft. 下飞机时请记得携带好所有个人物品。

Zhuhai is a popular tourist spot, with golf resorts and theme parks. Perched on a delta where the Pearl River meets the South China Sea, it is used to typhoons, and it was prepared for this one.

珠海是著名的旅游城市，既有高尔夫度假区也有主题乐园。位于珠江与南海交汇的三角洲地带，这里习惯了台风，官方也为这次来袭早已布防。

perch in/on sth. 表示“坐在…（的边缘）上；栖息于；停留于”，英文解释为“to sit on or near the edge of something”举个🌰：We perched on bar stools and had a beer. 我们坐在酒吧高凳上，喝了一杯啤酒。

delta /ˈdel.tə/ 表示“三角洲”，英文解释为“an area of low, flat land, sometimes shaped like a triangle, where a river divides into several smaller rivers before flowing into the sea”如：the Mississippi delta 密西西比河三角洲。

Householders have been taping up their windows, as businesses had sandbags delivered to put at their doorways to prevent coastal surges seeping into their properties.

居民在窗户上贴胶带，商铺则把沙袋堆在门口，防止雨水倒灌。

表示“包扎，给…打绷带”，英文解释为“to wrap a leg, arm, or other part of the body in a bandage (= strip of material for wrapping around injuries)”

seep /siːp/ 表示“渗出；渗漏”，英文解释为“to move or spread slowly out of a hole or through something”举个🌰：Pesticides are seeping out of farmland and into the water supply. 杀虫剂正从农田中渗出，进入供水系统。

There has been no panic, just resignation. We were told that neighbourhood watch officers had gone door to door checking on residents and local shops to ensure they complied with evacuation orders.

并无慌乱，默然接受。我们听说，社区巡逻人员挨家挨户走访，确保居民和商铺都按撤离令执行。

resignation /ˌrez.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“辞职；辞去（职务）；放弃（工作）”，英文解释为“the act of telling your employer that you are leaving your job”

2）表示“无奈的顺从；顺从；听任”，英文解释为“Resignation is the acceptance of an unpleasant situation or fact because you realize that you cannot change it.”举个🌰：He sighed with profound resignation. 他极度无奈地叹气。

表示“服从；遵守；依从”，英文解释为“to act according to an order, set of rules, or request”举个🌰：There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations. 不遵守规定者将受到严惩。

There are hundreds of evacuation centres across the city. Police patrols had also started early, with officers posted on street corners and beach areas to stop curious locals getting too close to the waves. Local workers were quickly dispatched to cut down stray branches from trees.

全市设立了数百个避难点。警方也早早布岗，在街角和海滩把守，阻止好奇的居民靠近海浪。当地工人也迅速出动，砍掉树上残枝。

可以作名词也可以作动词，1）表示“派遣”，英文解释为“If you dispatch someone to a place, you send them there for a particular reason.”举个🌰：He had been continually dispatching scouts ahead. 他一直不断地派遣侦察员到前面去。

2）表示“发送”，英文解释为“If you dispatch a message, letter, or parcel, you send it to a particular person or destination.”举个🌰：The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleeful telegram to her. 胜利鼓舞了他发喜电给她。

📍2020年政府工作报告Part 3中就提到：举全国之力予以支援，调派4万多名医护人员驰援，rallying the support of the entire country, dispatching over 40,000 doctors and nurses,

stray /streɪ/ 表示“零星的，零落的”，英文解释为“Stray things have moved apart from similar things and are not in their expected or intended place.”举个🌰：There are still a few stray spots of paint on the window pane. 窗玻璃上还有零星的几个油漆点儿。

Authorities in China have had plenty of practice at preparing for disasters. They take the warnings very seriously. The warnings come days before the typhoon closes in.

中国在灾害防备上积累了丰富经验，对预警极为重视。预警往往在台风临近前几日就已发出。

Over the weekend, even before Ragasa had hit the Philippines, the weather department in Guangdong - a hub for Chinese manufacturing - began telling people in the province to prepare for a "catastrophic disaster". Chinese state media described this as a rare warning.

上周末，甚至早于“桦加沙”袭击菲律宾之时，中国制造业中心广东的气象部门就已向民众发出通知，要为一场“破坏性极强的灾害”做好准备。官方媒体称此类警告极为罕见。

hub /hʌb/ 一词可以理解为“（某地/活动）中心，枢纽，核心”，如：the commercial hub of the city 城市的商业中心，a hub airport 大型中转机场，举个🌰：The kitchen was the hub of family life. 厨房是家庭生活的中心。

📍郑州挺住，河南加油！文中，路透社（Reuters）介绍河南就说的是：a major logistics hub in central China 中国中部的主要物流中枢，原句：Many train services across Henan, a major logistics hub in central China, have been suspended. Many highways have also been closed and flights delayed or cancelled. 河南是中国中部的一个主要物流中枢，整个河南的许多火车服务已经暂停。许多公路也被关闭，航班被推迟或取消。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）2018年8月一篇提到B站的文章是这么表达的，Bilibili, an online hub for fans of comics and games.

catastrophic /ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk/ 1）表示“灾难性的”，英文解释为“Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.”举个🌰：The water shortage is potentially catastrophic. 水资源的匮乏很可能是灾难性的。

2）表示“极糟的；失败的”，英文解释为“If you describe something as catastrophic, you mean that it is very bad or unsuccessful.”

But it's not just typhoons.

然而，这一年遭遇的并不只是台风。

This has been a year of extreme weather – heatwaves, storms, droughts, floods and ruined harvests.

今年极端天气频繁——热浪、风暴、干旱、洪水，收成也惨遭破坏。

And it is not over yet. There are still alerts for heavy rain in the next few days and warnings of landslides in mountainous areas.

而这还没完，未来几天仍有暴雨预警，山区还可能发生山体滑坡。

landslide /ˈlænd.slaɪd/ 1）表示“（山坡或悬崖的）崩塌，塌方，滑坡，地滑”，英文解释为“a mass of earth, rock, etc. that falls down the slope of a mountain or a cliff”；

📍landslip等同于landslide，通常为小规模的。（a mass of rock and earth that falls down a slope, usually smaller than a landslide）

2）表示“（选举中）一方选票占压倒性多数，大胜”，英文解释为“the winning of an election with an extremely large number of votes”如：a landslide victory 压倒性胜利。

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