Name: 百年暴風雨侵襲加勒比海！BBC Learning English 新聞報導 (Storm of the century hits Caribbean: BBC Learning English from the News)
Uploaded: 2026-01-18T17:39:14.000Z
Duration: 8 min 29 s

From BBC Learning English this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines in this programme, the strongest storm of the year, Hurricane Melissa hits the Caribbean.

這裡是 BBC Learning English 的 Learning English from the News，一個關於新聞頭條的節目，今年最強的風暴，颶風 Melissa 襲擊加勒比海。

In this program, we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

在這個節目裡，我們會看一個重要的頭條新聞，以及幫助你理解它的詞彙。

You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode, as well as a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com okay, so let's hear more about this story.

你可以在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到這一集的全部詞彙和頭條，還有一個練習單，好的，那我們來聽聽更多關於這個故事。

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm with violent winds that reached a high of 295 kilometers per hour.

颶風 Melissa 在星期二以 5級颶風之姿襲擊牙買加，強勁的風速高達每小時 295 公里。

The Jamaican Prime Minister has declared the country a disaster area and warns of devastating impacts.

牙買加總理已宣佈全國為災區，並警告會有毀滅性的影響。

It will take time to know exactly how bad the damage is, but

需要時間才知道確切的損害有多嚴重，但是

we know homes and hospitals have been badly affected and there is severe flooding across Jamaica.

我們知道房屋和醫院都受到了嚴重影響，牙買加各地出現嚴重洪水。

It's the strongest storm on earth so far this year and is one of the strongest storms in the Atlantic Ocean this century.

這是今年地球上最強的風暴，也是本世紀大西洋最強的風暴之一。

Our first headline is about the hurricane, Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica.

我們的第一則頭條新聞是關於颶風，颶風 Melissa 在牙買加登陸。

And that's from the Guardian, a newspaper in the uk.

That headline again, Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica.

再一次，這則頭條新聞是：颶風 Melissa 在牙買加登陸。

And that's from the Guardian, a British newspaper.

So this headline says hurricane Melissa has made landfall.

所以這則頭條新聞說颶風 Melissa 已經登陸。

And that's the phrase we're going to look at.

We know land and fall already, but this is one word.

我們已經知道 land 和 fall 的意思，但這是單獨一個詞。

Well, it means the moment when something travelling across the sea or air reaches the land.

嗯，它的意思是東西在海上或空中移動時，抵達陸地的那個時刻。

所以 make landfall 的意思就是抵達陸地。

So this headline is saying the hurricane has reached land, it's hit Jamaica.

所以這則頭條新聞的意思是，颶風已經抵達陸地，登陸牙買加了。

Is this phrase often used for hurricanes?

Yes, you'll often see it in headlines relating to storms, hurricanes or tropical cyclones, because most makes landfall usually means the moment where the damage begins and people are really affected.

是的，你常常會在跟風暴、颶風或熱帶氣旋有關的頭條新聞裡看到它，因為大多數時候登陸就意味著損害開始，人們受到嚴重影響的那個時刻。

We can use it for things other than storms though, can't we?

不過我們也可以用在風暴以外的事情上，對吧？

Another example could be after two weeks at sea, the sailors finally made landfall.

另一個例子是，經過兩週的海上航行，船員們終於登陸了。

And we can also use it metaphorically, although it's not as common.

我們也可以隱喻地使用它，雖然比較不常見。

So, for example, you could say the business made landfall in the tech market last year and that means the business arrived and started to operate in the tech market last year.

所以，舉例來說，你可以說這家公司去年進軍科技市場，這表示這家公司去年進入並開始在科技市場營運。

我們用了 make landfall，就是登陸、抵達陸地。

For example, the storm made landfall in the early hours of Saturday morning.

舉例來說，這場風暴在週六清晨登陸。

This is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.

這是「從新聞學英文」，我們的談話性節目，內容關於新聞頭條。

Today, we're talking about the hurricane that has hit the Caribbean.

今天我們要討論的是侵襲加勒比海的颶風。

Now, the Caribbean Sea is currently warmer than it normally is at this time of year.

現在，加勒比海的溫度比往年同期還要高。

By A couple of degrees, which has made this hurricane even more intense.

高了幾度，這讓這場颶風變得更加強烈。

There haven't been many big storms in the Atlantic so far this season, and

到目前為止，大西洋這個季節還沒有出現很多大風暴，

that means the warm air and energy in this area hasn't been used up in previous storms.

這表示這個區域的暖空氣和能量並沒有在之前的風暴中被消耗掉。

Because of climate change, warmer conditions like those in the Caribbean Sea are more likely, and

因為氣候變遷，像加勒比海這樣更溫暖的條件發生的機率更高，

that makes more extreme weather events more likely, too.

這也讓更極端的氣候事件發生的機率更高。

Our next headline is about the relationship between climate change and Hurricane Melissa.

我們的下一則頭條是關於氣候變遷和颶風 Melissa 的關聯。

And this comes from AP News, an international news agency.

這則新聞來自國際通訊社 AP News。

As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity.

隨著大西洋暖化，氣候變遷正助長颶風 Melissa 的威力。

That headline again from AP News, an international news agency.

再看一次這則來自國際通訊社 AP News 的頭條。

This headline connects climate change and the strength of Hurricane Melissa.

這則頭條將氣候變遷和颶風 Melissa 的強度連結起來。

We're focusing on the word fueling now, Phil.

我們現在來聚焦「助長」這個詞，Phil。

Well, the noun fuel means a material that produces energy when it burns, like coal, petrol or gas.

嗯，名詞 fuel（燃料）指的是燃燒時能產生能量的物質，像是煤炭、汽油或瓦斯。

If you literally fuel something, that's the verb.

如果你字面上是 fuel 某樣東西，那就是動詞。

You give it the energy or power to keep going.

你給它能量或動力讓它持續下去。

The headline means climate change is making the hurricane stronger.

這則頭條的意思是氣候變遷讓颶風變得更強。

It's intensifying it, but it's not literally giving fuel to the hurricane.

它在加劇它的威力，但並不是真的在給颶風燃料。

And the verb fuel is often used metaphorically in this way.

而動詞 fuel 常常是這樣隱喻地使用。

We can use it to talk about things that increase your emotion.

我們可以用它來談論會增加你情緒的事物。

For example, his anger fueled the argument and made everything worse.

例如，他的憤怒加劇了爭吵，讓事情變得更糟。

Or we can use it to talk about increasing an activity like social media can often fuel the spread of rumours.

或者我們可以用它來談論增加某種活動，像是社群媒體常常會助長謠言的散播。

You might have noticed that the examples we gave were not positive.

你可能會注意到，我們舉的例子都不是正面的。

Fuel often suggests adding energy or momentum in a negative or dangerous way.

Fuel 常常是負面或危險地增加能量或動能。

我們曾說過 fuel 賦予某事能量。

For example, the latest political scandal has fueled outrage among the public.

例如，最新的政治醜聞激起了公眾的憤怒。

這是 Learning English from the News，一個關於新聞頭條的 Podcast。

Today we're talking about Hurricane Melissa, which has hit the Caribbean.

今天我們要談論的是登陸加勒比海的颶風 Melissa。

air Force Reserve crew known as the Hurricane Hunters flew through the center of Hurricane Melissa on Monday to collect data for the National Hurricane Center.

空軍預備役的「颶風獵人」飛行隊週一飛進了颶風 Melissa 的中心，為國家颶風中心收集數據。

They recorded wind speeds of up to 282km per hour and also filmed the center of the storm.

他們記錄到高達每小時 282 公里的風速，並拍攝了風暴中心。

Our next headline comes from an article about this.

我們的下一則頭條來自一篇關於此事的報導。

Storm chasers fly inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa.

風暴追逐者飛進了颶風 Melissa 的眼牆。

追風者飛進颶風 Melissa 的眼牆。

So this headline describes people known as storm chasers flying into the middle of the hurricane.

所以這個標題是在描述一群叫做追風者的人，他們飛進了颶風的中心。

And we're focusing on the eye of the eye of the storm or hurricane.

而我們現在聚焦在風暴或颶風的「眼」裡面。

In this headline is an expression that refers to the middle of the storm.

這個標題裡的說法，指的是風暴的中心。

The eye of a hurricane is actually quite calm and the air is quite still while the heavy rainfall and violent winds swirl around it.

颶風的眼其實非常平靜，空氣也很穩定，而強烈的降雨和狂風則在周圍打轉。

So in this case, the headline literally means the middle of the storm, which is where storm chasers have been flying.

所以在這裡，標題字面上的意思就是風暴的中心，也就是追風者們飛進去的地方。

However, it's very common to use the eye of the storm metaphorically in English to talk about things other than weather, isn't it?

不過，在英文裡，「eye of the storm」這個說法也很常用來隱喻地談論天氣以外的事情，對吧？

The phrase can be used to describe a moment of calm in the middle of chaos.

這個說法可以用來形容混亂中的平靜時刻。

For example, the manager remained in the eye of the storm even when she heard there were going to be even more difficult times ahead for her team.

例如，即使經理聽到她的團隊即將面臨更艱難的時刻，她依然處於風暴的中心。

we also often use it to mean someone or something is in the centre of a dramatic, difficult or controversial situation.

我們也常常用它來指某人或某事處於一個戲劇性、困難或有爭議情況的中心。

And in that case, the centre isn't necessarily calm.

在這種情況下，中心不一定平靜。

So, for example, after pictures of the politician were printed in the papers, he found himself in the eye of the storm.

所以，舉例來說，在報紙刊登了那位政治人物的照片後，他發現自己身處風暴的中心。

We've had the eye of the storm, the centre of a storm, for example.

我們有過風暴的眼、風暴的中心，例如。

The eye of the storm passed right through the middle of our town.

風暴的眼正好穿過我們鎮的中心。

That's it for this episode of Learning English from the News.

這就是本集「新聞學英文」的全部內容。

We'll be back next week with another news story.

我們下週會再帶來一個新聞故事。

If you want to practice what you've learnt, go to our website to see more example sentences and try our free worksheet.

如果你想練習今天學到的東西，可以到我們的網站看看更多例句，還有免費的練習單喔。

And don't forget to follow us on social media.

也別忘了在社群媒體上追蹤我們。

Find us BCLearningEnglish on your favourite platform.

在你們常用的平臺上搜尋 BCLearningEnglish 就能找到我們。