纪录片《全球怪象》 第13期：严重干旱

It's now officially the worst drought on record here.

现在的确是记录中最严重的干旱了

It's fast becoming like the dust bowl of the 1930s,

就快要变成20世纪30年代的沙尘暴

which forced thousands people off their land.

迫使数千人离开了他们的家园

Let's jump to the weather lab and take a look at the...

让我们去气象室看看

The storm system is departing, and live pinpoint¹ from our radar²...

根据雷达的实时数据 风暴中心正在离开

Local weatherman Ron Roberts,

当地气象员罗恩·罗伯茨

who's been working at KAMC for over 30 years

已经在KAMC台工作30多年

hasn't been able to forecast rain for nearly all of 2011.

在2011年 几乎没播过要下雨的天气预报

Moving toward north Texas.

向德州北部移动

What does all the blue mean? Well that's a freeze warning...

蓝色是什么意思 它代表低温预警

We are seeing an incredible drought.

这是一场罕见的大旱

This is the worst drought in climate history for this region.

这是该地区有史以来最严重的干旱

Only four inches of precipitation.

只有10厘米的降水

The worst drought before this -

在此之前最严重的那次

eight inches about 70 years ago.

即70年前的干旱也有20厘米的降水

That should give you a pretty good idea of how severe this is.

这下你知道这次干旱有多严重了

We've never had a drought like this.

从没有过这样的干旱

Also make sure that you...

确保您

It's yet another example of a weather record being broken.

这又是一个打破天气纪录的例子

1 pinpoint   

vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置

参考例句：

• It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
• I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

2 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。