Blizzards!
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents The Great White Hurricane.
内容列表 大白飓风.
4 Extreme Storms.
4"极端风暴".
6 Birth of a Blizzard.
6 闪光灯诞生。
9 Blizzard Country.
9 Blizzard 乡村。
11 Being Prepared and Staying Safe.
11 准备和保持安全。
13 Glossary.
13 词汇。
16 The Great White Hurricane On a March Sunday in 1888, it began to rain in New York.
16 大白飓风 1888年3月的一个星期天,纽约开始下雨.
The temperature dropped quickly as night fell.
温度随夜降而迅速下降.
The rain turned to ice, then to snow.
雨又变成冰再变成雪.
On Monday, people woke to howling winds.
星期一,人们惊醒了嚎叫的风.
Snow piled high in the streets.
雪堆起高高 在街道上。
The “Great White Hurricane” lasted three long days.
“大白飓风”持续了三天。
The storm buried the northeastern United States.
风暴将美国东北部掩埋.
Horse carts in New York City haul snow away after the Blizzard of 1888.
纽约市的马车在1888年的"闪电"后 拖去雪地
When it was over, more than four hundred people had died.
事发后,已有四百多人死亡.
The storm caused millions of dollars in damage.
风暴造成数百万美元的损失.
It would be summer before the last of the snow would melt.
在最后的雪融化之前是夏天
The Blizzard of 1888 was one of the worst storms in history.
1888年的布莱扎德是历史上最严重的风暴之一.
Huge snow piles line the roads beneath elevated train tracks in New York City.
大雪堆起 纽约高地铁轨下方的道路
Extreme Storms Three things turn a snowstorm into a blizzard—strong winds, blinding snow, and freezing cold.
极端风暴 有三件事把暴风雪变成暴风雪——强风,使雪盲倒地,冷冻.
In a blizzard, winds blow at speeds of 35 miles (56 km) per hour.
在暴风雪中,风速为每小时35英里(56公里).
They blow for at least three hours.
他们至少吹了三个小时
Wind gusts may even reach a hurricane force of 75 miles (119 km) per hour or more.
风潮甚至可能达到每小时75英里(119公里)以上的飓风强度.
Blizzards are known for fierce winds and blowing snow.
布莱扎德以狂风和吹雪而出名.
The winds whip snow through the air, making it hard to see.
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This is known as a whiteout.
这被称为"出白".
A whiteout is when no one can see anything more than a quarter of a mile (402 m) away.
白化是指在四分之一英里(402米)外没有人能看到任何东西.
Safe travel is nearly impossible during a whiteout.
安全旅行几乎是不可能的 在白道出。
Whiteout conditions make driving difficult.
白发条件使得驾驶困难.
Blowing winds also create something called wind chill.
吹起的风也创造了一种叫"风寒"的东西.
Wind chill causes the body to lose heat faster.
风寒使身体减热速度快.
Skin feels like it is in air that is much colder.
皮肤感觉空气中更冷
Wind chill can cause bare skin to freeze.
风寒可以使裸皮被冻住.
Bundling up protects against wind chill and keeps skin safe from freezing.
防风防风 防皮肤被冻
Word Wise The word blizzard originally meant “a violent hit or blow.”
语出智慧 暴风雪一词最初的意思是“暴力打击或打击。 “
It was used to describe shots fired from a cannon.
它被用来描述从一门大炮上发射的子弹.
A small-town Iowa newspaper was the first to use it to describe a powerful snowstorm in the 1870s.
一本小城爱荷华州报纸最早用它来描述1870年代一场强大的暴雪.
Birth of a Blizzard Blizzards begin as snowstorms.
暴风雪开始诞生
A layer of moist warm air meets cold air.
一层湿暖空气会遇到冷空气.
Clouds form, and the water in them freezes into flakes.
云会形成,其中的水会被冻成碎片
The flakes fall from the sky as snow.
碎片从天而降 如雪.
Snowstorm clouds form and roll across a lake.
雪花云形成并滚过一湖.
In 2016, a huge blizzard dumped several feet of snow across Virginia and Washington, D.
2016年,一场巨大的暴风雪在弗吉尼亚州和华盛顿州上空倾倒了多英尺的雪.
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The conditions made it hard to get from place to place.
条件使得各地难以相通.
Blizzard Country Blizzards can happen anywhere there is snow.
布莱扎德乡村 布莱扎德可以在有雪的地方发生
There is a greater chance of them happening in some places than others.
在一些地方发生这类事件的可能性大于其他地方。
The East Coast of the United States is one such place.
美国东海岸就是这样的地方。
Storms called nor’easters often hit this area.
暴风雨也经常袭击这个地区。
A nor’easter can last for several days and brings lots of snow.
一个更远的人能持续几天,
Nor’easters travel north up the East Coast.
东海岸北部也没有人前往。
United States Nor’easter Canada ATLANTIC OCEAN warm moist air harsh cold air Sometimes a snowstorm begins in western Canada.
美国 加拿大 北极暖湿气 严寒空气 有时加拿大西部开始暴雪
It then travels quickly across the American plains, and heads east.
然后它迅速穿越了美国平原,向东走去.
This type of storm is called an Alberta Clipper.
这种类型的风暴被称为"艾伯塔-克利珀特".
Clippers don’t bring a lot of snow.
克利珀斯不会带太多雪来。
They are known instead for their strong winds and biting cold.
他们以强风和被咬得寒冷而出名。
Many of North America’s blizzards start out as snowstorms that are nor’easters or Alberta Clippers.
许多北美暴风雪开始于暴风雪,
United States Canada Alberta Clipper This map shows the typical path of an Alberta Clipper snowstorm.
美国 加拿大 艾伯塔-克利珀特省 这幅地图显示了艾伯塔-克利珀特暴雪的典型路径.
Being Prepared and Staying Safe The mix of wind, snow, and cold makes blizzards dangerous.
准备和保持安全 风雪和寒冷的混合使得暴风雪变得危险.
Years ago, blizzards caught people by surprise.
多年前,暴风雪给人们带来惊喜.
Today, it is easier to know when and where blizzards will strike next.
今天,更容易知道暴风雪何时何地发生。
A worker at a weather station tracks the path of a storm.
一个气象站的工人跟踪风暴的路径.
This gives people time to prepare.
这给人们准备时间。
They can make sure they have batteries and flashlights in case of a power loss.
他们可以确保有电池和手电筒,以防电力损失。
Families can make sure they have enough food and water to last for several days.
家庭可以确保有足够的食物和水维持几天。
They can hurry home before the snow starts.
他们可以赶在下雪前赶回家
People wait in line to buy groceries before a blizzard.
人们在暴风雪前排队购买杂货.
Once they are prepared, people should settle in and wait out the storm.
准备就绪后,人们应该安顿下来并等待风暴来临.
The best place to be in a blizzard is inside.
在暴风雪中最好的地方就在里面
In time, the storm will end.
等会,暴风雨就会结束
Then it will be safe to have fun in the snow it left behind!
那么在它留下的雪地里玩会很安全!
It’s best to stay inside during a blizzard.
在暴风雪期间最好待在屋里。