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Border closes for migrants  對(duì)移民關(guān)閉邊境

Wildfires in California  美國加利福尼亞洲森林大火

Crisis for world's oceans  世界海洋面臨的危機(jī)

文字稿

Large crowds of frustrated, exhausted people are spending the night at the Serbian border with Hungary, where Hungarian authorities have completed a new razor wire fence and closed off unofficial crossing points. Thousands have been making the journey every day, trying to enter the European Union.

大量沮喪、疲憊的人群的在塞爾維亞和匈牙利交界邊境地帶過夜。匈牙利當(dāng)局已經(jīng)搭建完成一個(gè)新鐵絲網(wǎng)柵欄并關(guān)閉了非官方的過境點(diǎn)。每天都有數(shù)千人踏上旅程，試圖進(jìn)入歐盟。

In California this is the sound of summer – they call it the 'valley fire' and no one here can remember anything like it. It has already consumed an area twice the size of San Francisco, and still it burns.

在美國加州，這就是夏天的聲音，那里的人們稱之為“火谷”。這里沒有誰能記得類似場景的發(fā)生。森林大火已經(jīng)吞噬了相當(dāng)于舊金山面積大小兩倍的地區(qū)，而且火勢不減，仍在燃燒。

The ocean is on the brink of collapse, according to a WWF report released today. The study into the health and habitats of marine species has found that populations more or less halved between 1970 and 2012. Reports say the declines may be steepest in the fish we need for the global food supply.

根據(jù)世界自然基金會(huì)今天發(fā)布的報(bào)告，海洋瀕臨崩潰的邊緣。一項(xiàng)有關(guān)海洋物種的健康和棲息地的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)在1970年和2012年之間海洋物種數(shù)量幾乎減少了一半。報(bào)道稱，數(shù)量下降幅度最大的正是我們用來供應(yīng)全球的食用魚類。

詞匯

frustrated 感到沮喪的

spending the night 過夜

consumed (此處) 吞噬，毀壞了

on the brink of 瀕臨，處于…邊緣

練習(xí)

請(qǐng)從以下詞匯中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢竵硗瓿删渥印Ｗ⒁猓耗憧赡苄枰淖儐卧~的時(shí)態(tài)來完成句子。

frustrated / spending the night / consumed / on the brink of

1. The huge tidal wave _______ much of the beach and the village behind it.

2. Since I've had kids, I find it so _______ that I can't go out to the pub any more.

3. Scientists are _______ discovering a cure for certain types of cancer.

4. Because we missed our connecting flight, we had to _______ at the airport.

答案

1. The huge tidal wave consumed much of the beach and the village behind it.

2. Since I've had kids, I find it so frustrating that I can't go out to the pub any more.

3. Scientists are on the brink of discovering a cure for certain types of cancer.

4. Because we missed our connecting flight, we had to spend the night at the airport.