停電與停水

outage / autidʒ / n.(AmE) aperiod of time when the supply of electricity, etc. is not working(電、瓦斯、水等的) 停止供應(yīng)

停電 electricity failure, a poweroutage

停水 water supply failure, water outage

停電了！The power is off. /The power is gone. /There is a poweroutage.

在這個(gè)偏遠(yuǎn)的學(xué)院，暴雨來(lái)襲時(shí)得為停電做準(zhǔn)備。

In this remote college, we have to brace ourselves for powerfailure when storm comes.

brace ~ oneself (for sth)steady or prepare oneself for sth difficult or unpleasant（針對(duì)困難的或令人不快的事物）穩(wěn)住情緒或做好準(zhǔn)備

供水系統(tǒng)water supply system

main [C] (a) principal pipe bringing wateror gas, or principal cable carrying electric current, from thesource of supply into a building （自來(lái)水﹑ 煤氣等的）總管道; （電流的）干線(xiàn):

e.g. a burst water main 爆裂的自來(lái)水總管道

e.g. The gas main exploded and set fire to thehouse. 煤氣總管爆炸引起房子失火.

雨季與自然災(zāi)害

雨季 rainy season

自然災(zāi)害 natural disasters

雷暴雨thunderstorm: a storm with thunder and lightning andusually very heavy rain

暴雨 rainstorm: a heavy fall of rain

中/大雨moderate / heavy rain

廣州市氣象臺(tái)The Guangzhou MeteorologicalStation

突發(fā)洪水a flash flood (sudden destructive floodof water)

紅色暴雨預(yù)警a Red Rainstorm Alert

為了讓大家掌握這些詞組，Issy特編寫(xiě)英語(yǔ)新聞一則供大家學(xué)習(xí)：

The Meteorological Station (氣象臺(tái)) issued(v.發(fā)布) a Red Rainstorm Alert (紅色暴雨預(yù)警).Torrential rain(傾盆大雨) struck this area, triggering aflash flood (突發(fā)洪水). The flash flood damaged the principalpipe(主管道) of the water supply system (供水系統(tǒng)) in thisarea. The week-long water supply failure (停水) dramaticallyaffects the life quality of students and faculty(師生) oncampus. It is reported that the water outage (停水) is likelyto persist (持續(xù)) because the restoration(修復(fù)工作) ofdamaged pipes is hindered(阻礙) by the continuous heavy rains.The school authorities haven’t given any instructions for thefaculty and students to go home. They are making everyeffort (盡全力) to supply water by fire trucks(消防車(chē)) and alternative water networks.

torrential /təˈrenʃəl/ adj. (of rain)falling in large amounts 傾盆 [如注] 的(雨)

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——發(fā)此博文紀(jì)念2015年雨季學(xué)院停水七日

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