情景会话口袋书人际篇37:谈论自然灾害(2)

 　　9. We should hold together and overcome difficulies caused by the natural disaster.

　　我们应该团结一致，克服自然灾害造成的困难。

　　还能这样说：

　　We should unit as one and concentrate efforts on the natural disaster.

　　We ought to be on the same side and get over the difficulties caused by the natural disaster.

　　应用解析：

　　overcome a bad habit 改掉坏习惯；

　　overcome one's shortcomings 克服缺点；

　　be overcome with liquor 喝醉

　　10. We have to do something to help the people in the stricken area.

　　我们要做些什么来帮助灾区人民。

　　还能这样说：

　　Something should be done for the people in the disaster area.

　　People in the distress¹ area need us to give them a hand.

　　谚语：

　　God helps those who help themselves.

　　自助者，天助之。

　　11. No one would bow to natural disasters.

　　我们决不向自然灾害低头。

　　还能这样说：

　　We should never surrender to the natural disasters.

　　Everything will stand straight in front of natural disaster.

　　谚语：

　　Snake-like Reflection of a Bow in the Cup.

　　杯弓蛇影。

　　12. Ask me what just happened.

　　你猜刚刚发生什么事。

　　还能这样说：

　　Guess what!

　　Guess what happened just now.

　　谚语：

　　Better to ask the way than go astray.

　　问路总比迷路好。

　　13. The flood made so many people homeless.

　　洪水让很多人无家可归。

　　还能这样说：

　　Many people were drowned out of their homes.

　　The flood made many people lose their house and home.

　　谚语：

　　An expert is an expert.

　　专家就是专家。

　　14. The entire town drowned in the tsunami².

　　整个小镇都被海啸淹没了。

　　还能这样说：

　　The town was covered with water in the tsunami.

　　The sea water spread over the town in the tsunami.

　　应用解析：

　　be drowned 淹死，溺死；

　　drown oneself 投水；

　　eyes drowned in tears 泪汪汪的眼睛；

　　drown oneself in 埋头于

　　15. Heavy rainfalls inundated³ the crops.

　　大雨淹没了庄稼。

　　还能这样说：

　　The flood overflowed⁴ the crops.

　　The crops were covered with heavy rain.

　　应用解析：

　　make heavy weather of sth. 将某事弄得比实际困难；

　　heavy going difficult or boring 困难的；令人厌烦的

　　16. Soil and water loss is the trouble root of the natural disaster in Jiangxi Province.

　　水土流失是江西自然灾害的根源。

　　还能这样说：

　　Soil and water loss has led to the natural disaster in Jiangxi Province.

　　The natural disaster in Jiangxi Province was caused by soil and water loss.

　　应用解析：

　　to the roots 充分地；竭力地；彻底地；

　　root and branch 彻底，完全地；

　　root sth. up 连根拔起

　　17. The natural disaster was quite serious.

　　这场自然灾害很严重。

　　还能这样说：

　　The natural calamity⁵ has brought about bad results.

　　A lot of grave consequences resulted from the natural calamity.

　　应用解析：

　　court disaster 惹祸；

　　walk with disaster 与灾祸打交道，招致灾难

1 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

2 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

3 inundated   

v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 )；（洪水般地）涌来；充满；给予或交予（太多事物）使难以应付

参考例句：

• We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
• We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 overflowed   

溢出的

参考例句：

• Plates overflowed with party food. 聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。
• A great throng packed out the theater and overflowed into the corridors. 一大群人坐满剧院并且还有人涌到了走廊上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 calamity   

n.灾害，祸患，不幸事件

参考例句：

• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
• The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。