Name: 洪水襲擊雪梨 - BBC新聞評論 (Floods hit Sydney - BBC News Review)
Uploaded: 2022-07-06T16:45:30.000Z
Duration: 5 min 41 s

Huge floods in Sydney. Has the climate crisis made them worse?

雪梨的巨大洪水。氣候危機是否使它們變得更糟？

This is News Review from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.

這裡是BBC學習英語的新聞評論。我是尼爾。

And I'm Beth. Learn words and expressions

而我是貝絲。學習單詞和表達方式

you can use to talk about climate change.

And don't forget there's a quiz on our website.

不要忘記我們的網站上有一個測驗。

但現在，關於我們的故事還有一些。

Thousands of people are being told to leave their homes

數以千計的人被告知要離開他們的家園

Experts say it is being caused by the La Nina weather pattern,

專家說這是由拉尼娜天氣模式造成的。

You have been looking at the headlines, Beth.

We have 'deluge', 'new normal', and 'far from'

我們有 "洪水"、"新常態 "和 "遠非"。

This is News Review from BBC Learning English.

Let's have a look at our first headline. This one comes from BBC News.

讓我們看看我們的第一個頭條新聞。這條新聞來自BBC新聞。

which means a very heavy fall of rain in a short period.

這意味著在短時間內降下非常大的雨。

There's a /j/ sound in the middle, and a /dʒ/ sound at the end. 'Deluge'.

中間有一個/j/音，最後有一個/dʒ/音。'Deluge'。

而我們在拼寫中看不到這一點。

and it's also a rather formal sounding word.

而且這也是一個聽起來相當正式的詞。

Yeah, and that funny pronunciation, and the fact it's a bit formal,

是的，還有那有趣的發音，以及它有點正式的事實。

is probably because of its French and Latin origin.

可能是因為它的法語和拉丁語來源。

如果你想要不那麼正式的東西。

though, we can use it to talk about more than just rain.

不過，我們可以用它來談論不僅僅是雨。

Yeah, we can use it to talk about a lot of things happening

是的，我們可以用它來談論很多事情的發生

at the same time. For example, 'a deluge of emails' or 'a deluge of work'.

在同一時間。例如，"大量的電子郵件 "或 "大量的工作"。

It means that you've got too much of something to do.

這意味著你有太多的事情要做。

I've got too much to do. I think we'd better give you a break then, Neil.

我有太多事情要做。我想我們最好讓你休息一下，尼爾。

Let's have a look at that one more time and I'll relax.

讓我們再看一眼，我就會放鬆。

頭條新聞。這條新聞來自CNN新聞。

  And we are looking at 'new normal'. Now,

  而我們看到的是 "新常態"。現在。

this is an expression which became popular during the Covid pandemic

這是在科維德大流行期間流行的一種說法。

people stopped doing things they considered normal before the pandemic.

人們不再做他們認為在大流行病之前正常的事情。

family and friends, working in an office, travelling. But all that changed.

家庭和朋友，在辦公室工作，旅行。但這一切都改變了。

Yeah. And in the new normal office workers had to work from home.

是的。而在新常態下，辦公人員不得不在家工作。

You couldn't meet up with friends and family.

People had to, many people still have to, wear a mask - that became the new normal.

人們不得不，許多人仍然不得不戴上面具--這成為新的常態。

so it doesn't normally suffer from that much rain.

所以它通常不會遭受那麼多的雨水。

But now flooding is no longer an unusual event.

但是現在，洪水不再是一個不尋常的事件。

是的。所以，對雪梨來說，很不幸。

好的。我們的下一個頭條新聞，請。

We are looking at 'far from' which means 'not at all'.

我們正在看'遠離'，這意味著'完全沒有'。

we usually use 'far' to talk about physical distance, but in this case,

我們通常用'遠'來談論物理距離，但在這種情況下。

we're using 'far from' to talk about situations.

So you can imagine that if something is far from over,

所以你可以想象，如果事情遠遠沒有結束。

it means that it is not at all over. There are plenty more floods to come.

這意味著它還沒有完全結束。還有很多洪水要來。

Yeah, and it's pretty useful this 'far from'.

是的，而且這個 "遠離 "相當有用。

我們可以使用它，而不僅僅是'遠遠沒有結束'。

we can use it in other situations. Yeah, we can.

我們可以在其他情況下使用它。是的，我們可以。

For example, we can say that something is 'far from ideal'

例如，我們可以說某些東西 "離理想很遠

which means that it is 'not at all a good situation'.

這意味著它 "完全不是一個好情況"。

Yes, and we were talking earlier about the Covid

lockdowns. Lots of people had to work from home, including us.

封鎖。很多人不得不在家裡工作，包括我們。

Now, if you make radio or videos like this,

現在，如果你做廣播或像這樣的視頻。

it is far from ideal to work. from home. Yeah.

在家工作是很不理想的。是的。

It's definitely better to be in a studio like this one.

在這樣的工作室裡，肯定會更好。

'遠離'，另外，我們為什麼需要它？

'not at all'. So, why do we need another expression?

'根本不是'。那麼，為什麼我們需要另一種表達方式呢？

嗯，我的意思是指，比喻性的。

So, it has a more dramatic way of saying 'not at all'. OK.

所以，它有一個更戲劇性的方式來表達 "根本沒有"。好的。

We've had 'deluge': Too much rain at once,

我們已經有了'大雨'。一下子下了太多的雨。

one way, but now they happen like this. And 'far from'. It means

一種方式，但現在它們像這樣發生。還有'遠離'。它的意思是

Don't forget there's a quiz on a website.

不要忘了有一個網站上的測驗。

Thank you for joining us, and goodbye. Bye.

謝謝你加入我們，再見。再見。

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