英伦广角 2009-11-15 今年最恶劣的暴风雪袭击英国

Actually it has just gone half of high tides so this is a battle that is going to get here. You can see that the River Stour has burst its banks, the river rayvon is not very faraway either so there is an awful lot of water around here. Obviously its tide also, the high tide’s really been exasperated¹ by the huge amount of rain that fell overnight. So cars are not able to use this road at the moment. Boats are where they shouldn't be, and the boat ticket area and the town quay² sign have of course completely submerged. So it's pretty inconvenient³ for the local people, it's not raining at the moment but we're expecting very strong winds which might make the situation worse.

And the ground very damp as well which can mean some of trees come down with some of them still in leaf.

 

Yes, exactly that means very very strong winds expected up to 80 miles an hour, all the way over the south of England gusting⁴ right up to Bristol. Now those winds are strong enough to do some real damage to bring down branches, to bring down trees and to possibly damage properties so that people have been urged to be very careful. Especially on the roads, driving condition is very very difficult especially with that standing⁵ water.

On the big picture, though, I got some of these severe flood warnings have now been reduced by the environment emergence⁶ agency, there're some improving conditions.

That's correct. They're expecting the weather to ease off later today but they're still saying that even some of those severe flood warnings have been downgraded, the wind is going to be really very strong, and that's the thing to watch out for. There may be sort of gales⁷ and rain falling and patches sort of the blast with squally conditions. But it's the wind that is going to be really worrying of the next a couple of hours, it may well ease off and ease off especially into Sunday. But actually, there may be something more happening for Monday, more rainstorm coming, so the country might expect to get battered⁸ again.

 

1 exasperated   

adj.恼怒的

参考例句：

• We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
• Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。

2 quay   

n.码头，靠岸处

参考例句：

• There are all kinds of ships in a quay.码头停泊各式各样的船。
• The side of the boat hit the quay with a grinding jar.船舷撞到码头发出刺耳的声音。

3 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？

4 gusting   

（风）猛刮（gust的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Then the treacherous North Atlantic struck, with hail, rain, lightning and gusting wind. 这时，气候变幻莫测的北大西洋出现了冰雹、大雨、闪电和狂风。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
• Jeff: Sometimes, the partiality and miscarriage of justice are dis-gusting too. 杰夫： 有时，裁判的不公平和误判也真是令人讨厌的一件事情。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

7 gales   

龙猫

参考例句：

• I could hear gales of laughter coming from downstairs. 我能听到来自楼下的阵阵笑声。
• This was greeted with gales of laughter from the audience. 观众对此报以阵阵笑声。

8 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。