20240913 经济学人| Typhoon Yagi! 台风魔羯席卷东南亚| 气候英语

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Hey guys! It's Sep 13th 2024. Today’s news is about Typhoon Yagi. It hit South East Asia severely last week, causing death and huge economic loss.

【听力原文】

Super Typhoon Yagi made landfall in northern Vietnam, killing one person. The cyclone, the most powerful in the Pacific this year, ripped roofs from buildings, uprooted trees and swept boats out to sea. It had earlier passed across the Chinese island of Hainan, where two people died. Scientists think that typhoons in the region will form closer to the land and strengthen more quickly because of climate change.

【参考译文】超强台风摩羯在越南北部登陆，造成一人死亡。这场今年太平洋最强的飓风掀翻了建筑物的屋顶，将树木连根拔起，并将船只卷进大海。它早些时候经过中国海南岛，造成两人死亡。科学家认为，由于气候变化，该地区的台风将在离陆地更近的地方形成，并更快地增强。

【逐句分析】

1. Super Typhoon Yagi made landfall in northern Vietnam, killing one person.

超强台风摩羯在越南北部登陆，造成一人死亡。

Make landfall on/in：在…登陆

三个星期之后，他们登上了爱尔兰的海岸。

The cyclone, the most powerful in the Pacific this year, ripped roofs from buildings, uprooted trees and swept boats out to sea.

这场今年太平洋最强的飓风掀翻了建筑物的屋顶，将树木连根拔起，并将船只卷进大海。

Rip: v. to remove sth quickly or violently, often by pulling it猛地扯开；突然拉开

< He ripped off his tie.> 他一把拽掉领带。

地毯已经从楼梯上拖走了。

Uproot: to pull a tree, plant, etc. out of the ground将…连根拔起

- to leave a place where you have lived for a long time; to make sb do this（使）离开家园（或熟悉的地方等）

我们决定迁往苏格兰。

如果我接受了这份工作，那将意味着我得举家搬迁到意大利去。

Sweep: v. to move or push sb/sth suddenly and with a lot of force（迅猛地）推送，吹走，冲走，带走

< The little boat was swept out to sea.> 小船被吹到大海的深处去了。

v. 扫走

< She swept the crumbs into the wastebasket.> 她把面包屑扫进废纸篓里。

It had earlier passed across the Chinese island of Hainan, where two people died.

它早些时候经过中国海南岛，造成两人死亡。

区分pass, past

Pass: v. 通过；走过

< The road was so narrow that cars were unable to pass.> 道路太窄，汽车无法通过。

通过障碍；经过步哨旁边；通过检查站

v. 时间推移

< Six months passed and we still had no news of them.>半年过去了，我们仍然没有他们的音讯。

Past: prep/adv. 经过

Prep：他匆匆走过他们身边，连停都没停。

Adv: 他跑过时，我大声喊他。

一个星期过去了，情况毫无变化。

Scientists think that typhoons in the region will form closer to the land and strengthen more quickly because of climate change.

科学家认为，由于气候变化，该地区的台风将在离陆地更近的地方形成，并更快地增强。