北朝鲜领导人不满天气预报

 N. Korea leader unhappy with weather forecasts

北朝鲜领导人不满天气预报

North Korea's leader is unhappy with "incorrect" weather forecasts. He was visiting a weather station. He told workers to use better machines. He said it was important to protect people from the weather. North Korea has many natural disasters. Good weather forecasts are important.

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N. Korea has many droughts¹ and floods. People do not have enough food. In the 1990s there was a very bad famine². Wikipedia said between 240,000 and 3,500,000 people died. Other countries give food to North Korea. People would die without it. Sometimes this food does not get to the hungry people who need it.

 

1 droughts   

n.干旱（时期）( drought的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some of these droughts must have been severe. 有一些旱灾想必是严重的。 来自辞典例句
• Farmers' problems continued, and their suffering was compounded by serious droughts in 1986 and 1988. １９８６年和１９８８年的干旱使农民的处境更是雪上加霜。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

2 famine   

n.饥荒；严重的缺乏

参考例句：

• We're collecting for the famine victims.我们正在为遭受饥荒的灾民募款。
• Famine stared us in the face.饥荒迫在眉睫。