【日常生活英语口语100情景】今日话题：自然灾害

Words Storm 常见词汇 

drought 干旱 

epidemic瘟疫流行 

flood洪水

forest fire 森林火灾 

earthquake地震 

lava岩浆

hurricane飓风 

mudslide泥石流 

refugee难民

rubble碎石 

starvation饥荒 

tornado龙卷风

volcano 火山 

tsunami 海啸 

natural disaster自然灾害

tidal waves潮汐波，浪潮 

epicenter 震中 

aftershock 余震

magnitude震级

tragedy灾难 

wreckage残骸

death toll 死亡人数 

survivor 幸存者 

victim 受灾者

earthquake monitoring地震监控

international contribution国际援助

evacuation team疏散小组

smaller tremors轻微地震

impact event陨石冲撞

tsunami warning system海啸预警系统

Useful Expressions  常见句型

The river burst its banks. 河水决堤而出

The tremor only lasted for four seconds.   轻微地震只持续了4秒钟

The lava destroyed everything in its path.  岩浆毁灭了所到之处的所有东西

Fire crews are working round the clock.     消防员在昼夜不停的工作

Buildings had their roofs blown off.    建筑物的屋顶都被大风吹走

Trees were ripped out by their roots.树木被连根拔起

The water level has been rising steadily.    河水在持续上涨

The earthquake, measuring 7 on the Richter scale,was enough to cause large cracks in several roads.   这次地震大约里氏7级，已经有足够的威力

A twenty-metre wall of water swept up the beach.  20米高的巨浪横扫海滩

Along the path of the twister cars were lifted hundreds of metres into the air.

龙卷风所到之处，汽车旋转着被卷上几百米的高空中。

This year's crop has been lost. 今年的庄稼颗粒无收。

The land here is so dry now that farmers are unable to grow anything.

土地干旱太严重了，农民们种不了任何作物。

Tokyo is situated right in the middle of a dangerous earthquake zone.

东京位于高危地震带的正中心

Many low lying parts of Scotland suffer from floods.

苏格兰的很多地势低洼地区遭受了洪水的袭击。

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