S011-2 《水嘯霧都》 Flood
重點(diǎn)詞匯：
1. Surge 洶涌，猛增，波濤
【固】the surge of the sea 海浪澎湃

2. Barrier 障礙物，柵欄
【固】obstacle

3. Volume 冊，容量，音量

4. Amplify 放大聲音，增強(qiáng)，夸張
【固】amplify the signal 增強(qiáng)信號
Ample 充足的，豐富的

5. Specific 具體的，明確的，特定的
【同】explicit , definite
Specify 明確說明，具體制定
Specification 詳述，規(guī)格
Specifically 具體地，明確地
Explicit 詳述的，明確的

原音重現(xiàn)：

A: The storm and the surge are dangerous enough, but tonight's high tide is the highest tide of the year.
光是暴風(fēng)雨和潮水就已經(jīng)夠危險(xiǎn)了。而今天晚上的潮水高度將是全年之最。
B: Yeah, which is why we are closing the barrier?
所以我們才要關(guān)閉水閘啊。
A: My computer model is now predicting that the storm and the surge will reach the mouth of the Thames estuary at high tide. This means that the volume of water moving up river will be massively amplified.
我的電腦模型預(yù)測暴風(fēng)雨和潮水將會(huì)在滿潮時(shí)抵達(dá)泰晤士河河口，屆時(shí)涌向上游的水量將會(huì)大幅增加。
B: Don't underestimate the barrier. It's designed specifically foe problems like this.
不要低估水閘，水閘的設(shè)計(jì)功能就是專門解決這種問題的。