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聽力原文及翻譯
A: We should run through some of the terrible consequences of the eruption experienced in different countries, there's quite a varied range.
A: 我們應(yīng)該看看不同國(guó)家經(jīng)歷過(guò)的火山爆發(fā)的一些可怕后果,范圍各不相同。
B: Starting with Iceland, where the impact on farming was devastating.
B: 從冰島開始,那里的農(nóng)業(yè)受到了毀滅性的影響。
A: One of the most dramatic things there was the effect on livestock as they grazed in the fields, they were poisoned because they yet vegetation that had been contaminated with fluorine as a result of the volcanic fallout.
A: 最引人注目的事情之一是對(duì)牲畜的影響,因?yàn)樗鼈冊(cè)谔镆袄锍圆?,它們中毒了,因?yàn)樗鼈兊闹脖槐换鹕匠两滴镂廴玖朔?/p>
B: That was horrible. In Egypt, the bizarre weather patterns led to a severe drought, and as a result the Nile didn't flood, which meant the crops all failed.
B: 太可怕了。在埃及,奇怪的天氣模式導(dǎo)致了嚴(yán)重的干旱,結(jié)果尼羅河沒(méi)有洪水,這意味著莊稼歉收。
A: It's so far from where the eruption happened, and yet the famine there led to more people dying than any other country, it was worse than the plague.
A: 它離火山爆發(fā)的地方很遠(yuǎn),但那里的饑荒導(dǎo)致的死亡人數(shù)比其他任何國(guó)家都多,比瘟疫還嚴(yán)重。
B: Okay, then in the UK the mortality rate went up a lot, presumably from respiratory illnesses, according to one report, it was about double the usual number, and included an unusually high percentage of people under the age of 25.
B: 好吧,根據(jù)一份報(bào)告,英國(guó)的死亡率上升了很多,大概是由于呼吸系統(tǒng)疾病,大約是平時(shí)的兩倍,其中25歲以下的人的比例異常高。
A: I think people will be surprised to hear that the weather in the USA was badly affected too, George Washington even makes a note in his diary that they were snowbound until March in Virginia, that was before he became president.
A: 我想人們聽到美國(guó)的天氣也受到了嚴(yán)重的影響會(huì)很驚訝,喬治·華盛頓甚至在他的日記中寫道,在他成為總統(tǒng)之前,弗吉尼亞的天氣一直被雪困到三月份。
B: Yes and there was ice floating down the Mississippi, which was unprecedented.
B: 是的,而且密西西比河上還飄著冰,這是前所未有的。
A: Astonishing, really.
A: 真令人吃驚。
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