地道美語聽力播客677: 破壞性的風暴(雙語)

Allen: Are you all right?

艾倫：你們還好嗎?

Monica: Yes, we’re fine, but that blizzard really caught us off guard, especially this time of year. Have you seen the news?

莫妮卡：是，我們還好，暴風雪來的出其不意，特別是每年這個時候。你看新聞了嗎?

Allen: I just watched it. Overnight, the storm felled over 30 trees in and around the town and toppled utility lines. City officials are saying that some residents may not get their electricity restored until the weekend.

艾倫：剛看到新聞，暴風吹倒鎮(zhèn)里30多棵樹，推翻公用線路。市政府官員說一些居民直到這周末才能恢復使用電。

Monica: That’s terrible, especially with these unseasonably cold temperatures. I heard the ferocious storm last night, but I didn’t expect that homes would actually be in danger of washing away.

莫妮卡：太可怕了，特別是遭遇這種異常寒冷的天氣。我聽說昨晚風暴很兇猛，但我不希望房子有被沖走的危險。

Allen: I don’t know if any will actually be washed away unless we continue to get steady rain and snow, but those downed trees wrecked plenty of homes. It’ll take months for us to fully recover from this storm.

艾倫：不知道房子是否會被中走，但是如果雨雪持續(xù)下個不停，就很難說了。但這些被吹倒的樹確實毀壞了很多房屋。我們要想從這場暴風雪種恢復過來需要幾個月的時間。

Monica: They’re calling it “The Storm of the Century.”

莫妮卡：他們稱之為“世紀風暴”。

Allen: Well, if we just get one of these storms this century, then that’s more than enough!

艾倫：好吧，本世紀如果我們只遇到這一回，那這個稱呼也已足夠。