高一英語必修三課文sandstorms in asia翻譯

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高一英語必修三課文sandstorms in asia翻譯

解答：

Sandstorms in Asia
模塊
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亞洲的沙塵暴



Sandstorms in Asia
亞洲的沙塵暴



Sandstorms have been a major
①
disaster for many Asian countries for centuries.





幾世紀以來,沙塵暴一直是亞洲許多國家的主要災難.

Scientists have tried many ways to solve this problem and in China, a mass campaign
②




科學家曾嘗試多種方法來解決這個問題,在中國,爲了幫助解決這個





①
major

adj.
「主要的」
.
major
還可做動詞,
major in
表示「專修」
.

②
compain


n.
「戰役；活動」
.注意區別：
war
「戰爭」
；
campaign
「戰役」
；
fight
「戰鬥」
.
a mass campaign
「大規模的活動」
.


has been started to help solve it.
問題一個大規模的活動已經開始.



Sandstorms are strong, dry winds that carry sand. They are often so thick that





沙塵暴是攜帶沙粒的強大而乾燥的風,它們經常是那麼濃,






you cannot see the sun, and the wind is so metimes strong enough to move sand dunes
你看不到太陽,有時風大到足夠能移動沙丘.

①
. The four main places in the world where there are sandstorms are Central Asia,

世界上四個主要的沙塵暴多發區是中亞、

North America, Central Africa and Australia. Ren Jianbo, from Inner Mongolia described

北美、中非和澳洲.來自內蒙古的任建波描述了

a terrible sandstorm he experienced as a child in the desert
②
.
「
To have been caught

兒時在沙漠上經歷的一次可怕的沙塵暴.
「遇到沙塵暴

in a sandstorm was a terrible experience,
③」
he said.
「
There was nothing to be done
是件可怕的事情,
」他說.
「你一點辦法也沒有,

④
. It was the most frightening and the most dangerous situation I
』
ve ever been in
那是我曾遇到過的最可怕、最危險的情況.

⑤
. Y
ou just had to hope you
』
d survive
⑥
. I thought I was going to disappear under

你只希望能活著,我原以爲我會消失在沙丘下.
」

the sand.
⑦

Northwest China is part of the sandstorm centre in Central Asia. Sandstorms begin

中國的大西北是中亞沙塵暴的中心,沙塵暴在沙漠地區開始.



in desert areas. Sandstorms in China appear to have increased in recent years as a

由於「荒漠化」越發嚴重,近幾年中國的

result of
「
desertification
」①
. This is a process that happens when land becomes

沙塵暴好像有增加的趨勢.由於氣候變化和人們濫伐樹木、破壞植被,

desert because of climate changes and because people cut down trees and dig up grass
②
.

當土地變成沙漠時沙塵暴就發生了.



Sandstorms sometimes affect
③

Beijing. Citizens wake up to an orange sky and





有時,沙塵暴會影響到北京.居民早上醒來時,


strong winds that cover the city in thick, brown-yellow dust
④
. The storms sometimes

看到昏黃的天空,狂風夾雜著黃沙在城裡肆虐.


continue all day and traffic moves very slowly because the thick dust makes it

沙塵暴有時持續一整天,車輛開得很慢,因爲濃濃的塵埃降低了能見度.

difficult to see
⑤
.


The Chinese Central Weather Station can forecast a sandstorm some weeks before








中央氣象台能在沙塵暴襲擊北京前幾周預報它,




it arrives in Beijing, but the strength of the storm sometimes surprises people




但是沙塵暴的力量有時令人驚奇.

. When a sandstorm arrives in the city, weather experts advise people not to go





沙塵暴到達城市時,氣象專家建議人們不要外出.

out. Huang Xiaomei, who lives in Beijing says, 「To be cycling in a sandstorm is

住在北京的黃曉梅說：
「在沙塵暴中騎車真可怕,

frightening
②
. The winds are very strong. It
』
s difficult to breathe and the dust makes

風太大了,我呼吸都困難,而且塵土讓我噁心.

me ill. So if you want to go out, you
』
d better wear a mask.
③」

所以,如果你想外出,最好戴著口罩.
」

The desert is only 250 kilometres away to the west of Beijing. To prevent it coming

沙漠離北京西部僅僅
250
公里.

nearer, the government is planting trees
④
. Already the government has planted more

爲了防止沙漠逼近,政府已開始植樹.

than 30 billion trees and plans to continue planting for the next five years
⑤
.



政府已經植了
30
多億棵樹,並計劃在今後的五年裡繼續植樹.