Disaster Relief
救災
Voice 1: Thank you for joining us for today's Spotlight program. I'm Ryan Geertsma.
聲音1:謝謝大家收聽今天的重點報道節目。我是瑞安·吉爾茲瑪。
Voice 2: And I'm Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
聲音2:我是利茲·韋德。重點報道節目用慢速英語的方式播報新聞。便于全世界各地民眾的理解。
Voice 1: In November of 2007, a terrible storm happened in Bangladesh. The wind blew at two hundred forty kilometers an hour. A huge wave, more than six meters high, caused floods and destroyed crops. The storm lasted for many hours.
聲音1:2007年11月,孟加拉國發生了一場可怕的風暴。風速達到每小時240公里。一股六米高的巨浪引發洪水,并毀壞了莊稼。這場風暴持續了數個小時。
Voice 2: This cyclone, called cyclone Sidr destroyed thousands of villages. Millions of people lost their homes. Most of the country's crops were ruined. And more than three thousand people died.
聲音2:這場被稱為“錫德氣旋”的風暴摧毀了數千個村莊。致數百萬人失去家園。毀壞了孟加拉國大部分莊稼。還導致超過3000人死亡。
Voice 1: Big storms happen every year in many parts of the world. They have different names — some are called typhoons, others are called hurricanes or cyclones, and some are just called tropical storms. When the storms reach land, they cause a lot of damage. Often, they become natural disasters.
聲音1:世界上許多地方每年都會發生大型風暴。這些風暴有不同的名字——有些被叫做臺風,有些被稱做颶風或氣旋,有些名為熱帶風暴。當風暴到達陸地時,會造成大量破壞。它們往往會演變為自然災害。
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