【读新闻学英语】 “我的房子被闪电击中了!” 新西兰女子述可怕经历
2018年12月21日 14:39人在家中坐,闪电从天降!
Heather Lilly was at home this afternoon when "stuff went flying everywhere".
Heather Lilly今天(20日)下午在家, “东西飞得到处都是”。
Stuff:东西;原料;物品
Her Ōwhata property had been struck by lightning.
"I saw the flash and the bang was just indescribable.
"Stuff went flying everywhere, I don't know if I was hit. I quickly got the cell phone and rang my husband and then I rang my daughter.
"It seemed to come from nowhere," Lilly said.
她位于Ōwhata的房子被闪电劈中。
“我看到了闪光,爆炸声简直无法形容。东西飞得到处都是,我不知道我是否被击中了。我赶紧拿起手机,给丈夫打了个电话,然后又给女儿打了个电话。这道闪光似乎是从哪儿来的。”
Flash:闪光;闪光灯;闪耀;(尤指信号灯)闪亮
Strike:罢工;击;攻击;打
The lightning strike made a hole in the concrete, damaged a tree, destroyed pots and blew dirt and grass up under the house.
雷击使得混凝土上打出了一个洞,毁坏了一棵树,摧毁了花盆,还把房子下面的泥土和草都刮了起来。
Concrete:混凝土;水泥;具体物;凝结物
Dirt:尘埃;泥土;污物
Blow up:炸掉;爆炸;充气;放大
Neighbour Debbie McLeod said she was at the back of her house.
"I heard lots of thunder and there was this huge big bang and I thought 'Jesus'," she said.
邻居Debbie McLeod说她家就在被闪电击中的房子后面。“我听到很多雷声,然后发生了巨大的爆炸,我当时心里想‘上帝啊’。”
Thunder:雷;雷声;雷鸣般的响声;轰隆声
The fire service was called to the scene just before 2pm.
A MetService spokesman confirmed there were 78 lightning strikes in the Rotorua area between 12pm and 2pm.
消防部门在下午2点左右赶到了现场。
天气预报机构MetService发言人证实,当天中午12点至下午2点之间,罗托鲁瓦地区共发生78次闪电袭击。
Confirm:确认;确定;证实;批准
He said between the hours of 1pm and 2pm 18.2mm of rain was measured at the airport.
他说,下午1时至2时,机场录得18.2毫米的降雨量。
Measure:测量;度量;估量
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