【读新闻学英语】北岛今日掀起4米巨浪!船只纷纷出海避险
2019年7月24日 15:17观景台上不少游客还被浇了个透心凉。
Surf's up in Hawke's Bay, forcing ships in Napier Port out to sea as a precaution - and drenching visitors on Marine Parade's viewing platform.
今日霍克斯湾迎来了巨浪,为了防止发生损坏,内皮尔港的船只只能驶向深海区避浪,巨浪还把海洋大道观景台上的游客浇了个透。
Precaution:预防,预防措施
Drench:使湿透;淋透;浇透
Parade:xx大道,用于路名中
MetService meteorologist Tui McInnes said a slow building pressure system out to the east of Hawke's Bay had ramped up the seas, causing swells of close to 4 metres.
新西兰气象预报机构 MetService 气象专家 Tui McInnes 表示,一个正在逐步增加的压力系统将抵达东霍克斯湾,并搅动了海水,带来高达四米的巨浪。
Meteorologist:气象学家
Ramp up:加快(速度);增加(威力)
Swell:波涛起伏
McInnes said the 4m swells had the potential to "cause a bit of havoc on the coast".
McInnes 表示,这些高达四米的海浪可能会“给海岸造成不小的损坏”。
Havoc:破坏、毁坏、混乱
Visitors from Auckland, Sandy Robertson and Lynette Quin, said it was a thrill standing on the Marine Parade viewing platform about midday watching the impressive white water around them.
奥克兰游客Sandy Robertson和Lynette Quin表示,中午站在海洋大道的观景台上,看着震撼的白色海浪将自己包围,真是让人印象深刻。
Thrill:兴奋;激动
Impressive:(因特殊、重要或巨大而)给人留下深刻印象的
Others were not so lucky according to a woman walking her dogs on the beach.
不过一位遛狗的女士表示,海滩上的其他人可没这么幸运了。
"I was walking my dogs earlier and I watched a bunch of people duck down as this huge wave struck the platform, they would have got saturated," she laughed.
“早些时候我正在遛狗,巨浪冲向观景台的时候,看到一堆人被浪花淹没,他们肯定湿透了,”她大笑说。
A bunch of:一帮……
Duck:将…按到水下
Saturate:使湿透;浸透;渗透
Also present on the viewing platform was Napier resident Chris Gouverneur, who used to own a surf rescue boat.
在观景台上的还有内皮尔居民 Chris Gouverneur,以前他有一艘冲浪救援船。
"Watching these waves gives you a real adrenaline rush," he said, "Waves like this used to be a bit of a playground for us divers, being in them was both terrifying and exciting. I'll tell ya' people had to hang on pretty tight in the boat."
“看着这些浪花会让你有种肾上腺素飙升的感觉,”他说,“这种浪头对我们这些潜水的人来说可是很好玩的,在海浪中间又害怕又激动。我跟你们讲啊,到时候手就要抓紧喽。”
Adrenaline:肾上腺素
Rush:急速流动(或行进);猛冲
Hang on:紧握,抓住
Ships in Napier port were sent out to see about midnight, observers said.
午夜时分内皮尔港内停靠的船已纷纷驶向了深海区,观察人士称。
See about sth:做;关照;处理
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