话题语言应用——自然灾害(知识梳理)
语言积存
交际用语
Will it never end? 没完没了。
That’s too much! 太过分了！
That’s an exaggeration! 太夸张了！
贺卡的制作
Over my dead body! 死都不要(干)！
Happens all the time. 常有的事。
Not necessarily. (反义：definitely) 不一定啦！
Don’t try to pull one over me! 别想骗我！
Don’t even think about it! 想都别想！湖北网通
No wonder! 这也难怪！
You’re getting on my nerves! / You’re really annoying! 你专门烦耶！
早上起来口干舌燥So that’s how it is! 原先如此。
It’s about time! 正是时候。
That’s enough! 真是够了！（说enough时加重语气，显露不耐烦的意思）
I’m joking. / I’m kidding. / I’m (just) pulling your chain. 骗你的啦！
Everyone wins. / Good for both sides. 两全其美。
Don’t make trouble. / Stay out of trouble! 别惹苦恼！
No such thing. 没这回事！
Beat about the bush. 拐弯抹角。
What a mess! 乱七八糟。
话题词句（一）
sandstorm
tornado hurricane
tsunami tornado
Flood volcano
灾难相关词句words and expressions about disaster
earthquake 地震 shake 震动；摇动
temblor [美语] 地震 hit 突击、打击，使遭受
strike 突然发生；打击 jolt 使颠簸，摇动
rock 摇，摇动，使振动 roll across 波动，起伏，横摇
damage 损害；损害 destroy 毁坏，破坏；摧残
shatter 破坏；捣毁；破灭 devastate 蹂躏，破坏；使荒废；毁灭
level 推倒，夷平 flatten 夷为平地
ismological 地震学上的 ismology 地震学
ismograph 地震仪 ismographer 地震学家印度电压
aftershock 余震 smaller tremors 小地震
epicenter 震中 magnitude 震级
Richter Scale(1-10) 里氏震级 earthquake monitoring 地震监控
tsunami 海啸 rock and mud slides 泥石流
海子经典诗歌
tsunami warning system 海啸预警系统 tidal waves 潮汐波，浪潮
natural disaster 自然灾难 tragedy 灾难
wreckage 残骸 death toll 死亡人数
survivors 幸存者 victims 受灾者
周杰伦有多少首歌international contributions 国际援助 evacuation 撤离
rescue team 救援小组 disaster灾难，灾难
casualty伤亡事故 catastrophe突如其来的大灾难
upheaval动乱，大变动 damage 损害；损害
destroy 毁坏，破坏；摧残 shatter 破坏；捣毁；破灭
flatten 夷为平地
话题词句（二）
Severe sandstorm hit North China
The sky across North China turned dark yellow over the weekend as the biggest sandstorm of the year offered a grim(残酷的) reminder of the impact of the country’s worning dertification.
Tons of sand carried by winds of up to 100 km/h has affected more than 270 million people in 16 provinces since Friday, covering about 2 million sq km, said meteorological experts. The storm, the worst since January of last year, reached Shanghai on Sunday.
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Thanks to overgrazing(过度放牧), deforestation(森林砍伐), urbanization and drought, derts now make up more than 16 percent of the country, and scientists say the shifting sands are increasing the risk of sandstorms — the grit(砂砾) from which could travel as far as the western United States.
The Chine Academy of Sciences estimates that the number of sandstorms has jumped six-fold(六倍) in the past 50 years to two dozen a year.
About 80 percent of sandstorms occur between March and May, with the country experiencing an average of 5.2 dusty days — often a byproduct(副产品) of sandstorms — in April, said Lin Jian, chief forecaster with the China Meteorological Administration.
However, as the dusty weather started later than usual this year, it could indicate that the number of sandstorms may be fewer than in recent years, he said.
冯玉祥将军 In Beijing, residents woke on Saturday morning to find the city’s streets blanketed by yellow dust. According to the National Meteorological Center, the sand traveled from derts in the Mongolian People’s Republic and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
China’s national weather bureau gave the air quality a rare 5 rating — “heavily polluted” — and visibility was so bad that veral flights had to be delayed at Beijing Capital International Airport, according to staff. The high-speed rail rvice between Beijing and Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, was also suspended(暂停) for about two hours.
Residents were advid to keep windows clod, and to u masks and scarves to protect their eyes and mouths when going outside.
The storm also affected power supplies in cities across North China, and even vered Internet links for veral hours. Drivers had to turn on their car headlights to e through the midday dust, while some of the pasnger ships scheduled to leave ports in Shandong province were delayed.
Although sandstorms in the country have often been related to the Siberian cold front, scientists say derts are the ultimate(首要的) source of sandstorms. China is home to about 1.6 million sq km of dert, said Zhang Xiaoye, deputy director of the Chine Academy of Meteorological Sciences, who insisted that the “vast majority had been there for hundreds of thousands of years”.
“About 80,000 sq km of grassland turned into derts in the past few decades. With solid forestation and well-covered construction sand, the intensity of the dust and sand could be curbed. But esntially they can’t be stopped,” he said. “It’s wrong to think cities with good forestation and conrvation efforts could prevent sandstorms once and for all.” (News from China Daily in March, 2021)
