CNN News:颶風“瑪麗”席卷美國加州南部海岸

Big storm brewing. And it`s bringing waves and danger to America`s West Coast. I`m Carl Azuz. This is CNN STUDENT NEWS.

一場巨大的暴風雨正在醞釀當中，將會給美國西海岸帶來巨大海浪和災害。我是Carl Azuz，這里是CNN學生新聞。

Let`s go to California.

下面讓我們去加利福尼亞看一看。

Look at this. Massive swells off southern California. Forecasters say they could crest as high as 15 feet. One surfer has been killed by the waves. Buildings too close to shore are in danger of getting damaged. And people are being warned about strong rip currents which can drag swimmers out to sea.

看這里，巨大的海浪翻涌而來吞噬著加利福尼亞南部海岸。據天氣預報員說這里將會產生15英尺高度的海浪，已經有一名沖浪愛好者因巨浪致死。位于海岸旁邊的建筑物都處于危險當中，當地群眾已經接到警告稱強烈的水流足以把游泳者拖入大海。

It`s all brought to the region by Hurricane Marie. Last night this was a category two storm, which normally can cause some damage and flooding. But Marie isn`t expected to come anywhere near land. Forecasters say it will swirl and dissipate in the Pacific Ocean.

這一切都是當地颶風瑪麗造成的。昨天夜里這里發(fā)生的是兩級颶風，通常會給當地群眾帶來一些破壞和洪水淤積，但是瑪麗將不會接近陸地，天氣預報員表示瑪麗將在太平洋上形成漩渦并消退。

Still, several beaches have been closed as dangerous waves are expected through Friday.

不過，在周五之前還是有幾個海灘可能會有巨浪危險而關閉。

When tropical cyclone is an area of low pressure that forms in the tropical regions of the world.

當熱帶低壓形成的時候一般都是在熱帶地區(qū)出現。

Cyclones are actually very important, even though, of course, they can be deadly, they help essentially balance out the temperature across the globe.

實際上颶風是非常重要的，雖然它們經常會產生一些致命的災害發(fā)生，但是颶風的出現會幫助保持全球溫度的平衡。

They are an equalizer, so they take the heat energy from the tropics, and they translate that where we need it into the colder climates.

他們其實是一個平衡器，把熱量從熱帶地區(qū)帶走，然后輸送到寒冷氣候的地方。

The generic term for it is a tropical cyclone. That can refer to any cyclone that has a closed center of circulation anywhere in the world, like in the Atlantic when they get strong enough to a certain wind speed, we call them hurricanes. But if you are in the Western Pacific, a hurricane is called the typhoon. There`s no difference between a hurricane and a typhoon except in the name. They are both tropical cyclones.

這是一種對熱帶氣旋的專用術語。也可以用來描述世界上任何地方的有一個封閉循環(huán)中心的氣旋，例如在大西洋上，如果氣旋逐漸強大的時候達到一定的風速我們就稱之為颶風。但是如果你在太平洋西海岸的話，颶風被稱之為臺風，除了名字他們兩個沒有本質區(qū)別，都是熱帶氣旋。

The naming system is based on the World Meteorological Organization. There`s a list of names. Depending on the basin, in the Atlantic basin, we recycle the names every six years. If a storm becomes particularly intense or is devastating for a coastline, or has a lot of casualties associated with it, we retire the name and don`t use it again. For example, Hurricane Katrina. That name will be used again.

這種風暴的命名系統(tǒng)來源于世界氣象組織，那里有一個名單列表，我們每六年從大西洋盆地反饋一次名字信息。如果暴風雨尤其激烈或者是對海岸有毀滅性危險，或者具有強大的殺傷力，我們便將他的名字留下不再使用，例如卡特里娜颶風，這個名字將會再次被使用。

Once a tropical storm become a hurricane, we use what we call the Saffir- Simpson scale. Saffir-Simpson scale categorizes the hurricanes from category one, which is the weakest, to a category five. A category one

又一次一個熱帶風暴發(fā)展成為了一個颶風，我們稱之為Saffir Simpson，是一種規(guī)模颶風的命名，也是最弱的五級颶風等級。

minimal hurricane has to have winds in its center of 74 miles an hour. As the storm continues to gather strength and becomes more intense, if it reaches 96 miles an hour, that`s a category two. A category three has winds of a 111 miles per hour. If it continues to intensify, that is a deadly category four storm, and then the strongest of hurricanes, category five. That is pretty devastating stuff.

達到颶風級別的話風速需要達到每小時74英里，這是最小級別颶風等級標準。隨著風暴繼續(xù)聚集能量它會變的越來越強大，如果達到每小時96英里的速度的話，這就是第二個級別，第三個級別需要達到每小時111英里。如果等級繼續(xù)加強的話，這將是一種極具殺傷力和破壞性的四級颶風，然后是五級颶風，破壞后果讓人難以想象。

Definitely, heed the warnings and get yourself a preparedness kit. Know what you are going to do in the event of a cyclone. Are you going to evacuate,when you going to evacuate? And again, heed those warnings.

當然，注意到這些警告，讓自己提前做好準備。知道當颶風發(fā)生時你需要做些什么，知道撤離么，什么時候撤離，再次提醒一下，一定要熟記這些警告。