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《经济学人》如何报道河南洪水?丨平行阅读丨写作表达
7月24号的《经济学人》中有篇文章讲到了河南洪水,全文只有一段话。虽然这个话题我们在上期推文中讲过,但这篇文章还有不少值得学习的地方,很适合和其他媒体放到一起对比阅读,今天我们一起来看一下。
“某个时期的降雨量相当于...”有哪些不同的表达方式?
“降雨量达...”有哪些花式表达?
“水没过了XX”用英语可以怎么说?
如何表示“致XX人死亡、YY人受伤”?
(一)某个时期的降雨量相当于...
In three days, beginning on July 18th, an entire year’s-worth of rain fell on the central city of Zhengzhou in Henan province.从7月18日开始的三天时间里,河南省中部城市郑州下了一整年的雨量。
The amount of rain over the last three days in Zhengzhou is reported to be the same as what it would usually receive in an entire year.据报道,郑州过去三天的降雨量和一整年的降雨量相同。
The rainfall this month is equivalent to the combined rainfall of the past two years.这个月的降雨相当于过去两年降雨量的总和。
这里用 be equivalent to 进行比较。
The city recorded a year’s worth of rain in just days, with a record 201.9mm falling in an hour.郑州在短短几天内就下了一年降雨量,一小时降雨达到创纪录的201.9毫米。
(二)降雨量达...
One hour alone saw about 20cm of it.仅在一个小时,降雨量就达到了 20 厘米。
Zhengzhou saw 624mm of rainfall on Tuesday, with a third of that amount falling between 16:00 and 17:00 alone, which "smashed historical records".郑州周二的降雨量达到624毫米,其中三分之一集中在16:00到17:00之间,这“打破了历史记录”。
The city of Zhengzhou received 21.75 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period that ended Tuesday.截至周二,郑州市在24小时内的降雨量达到21.75英寸。
A staggering 7.95 inches (201.9 millimeters) of rain came down between 4 and 5 p.m. Tuesday.在周二的下午4-5点,降雨量达到了惊人的7.95英寸(201.9毫米)。
On Tuesday, maximum precipitation reached 201.9mm (7.9 inches) per hour in Zhengzhou, breaking the previous record of 198.5mm in 1975.周二,郑州最大降水量达到了每小时201.9毫米(7.9英寸),打破了1975年198.5毫米的纪录。
(三)描述水深:水没过了胸部
Videos posted online showed passengers more than chest deep in water.网上发布的视频显示,积水没过了乘客胸部。
The cabin smelled of fuel and smoke, some of the overhead bins had broken open and oxygen masks shaken loose, and quickly the water was chest deep.机舱里弥漫着燃料和烟雾的味道,头顶的一些行李架被撞开了,氧气面罩松动了,海水很快就齐胸深。
We waded waist-deep into the muddy water.我们蹚进齐腰深的泥水里。
We were neck-deep in textbook before the exams.考试前,我们一头扎到教材里。
The rainfall shut the city's subway system, leaving passengers trapped in waist-high water.暴雨关闭了地铁系统,致使乘客被困在齐腰深的积水中。
A video posted by The Paper, a state news organization, showed people stranded in a subway car with water up to their chests.官方新闻机构《澎湃新闻》发布的一段视频显示,人们被困在地铁车厢里,水淹到他们的胸部。
In Zhengzhou, unverified video footage showed passengers in a flooded subway train with water reaching their shoulders.一段未经证实的视频显示,在郑州一辆被水淹没的地铁列车上,水已经没过了乘客肩膀。
(四)死亡人数达...
killed XX people and injured YY.
lead to / cause XX deaths and YY injuries
leave XX dead, and YY injured.
killed XX people and injured YY.
lead to / cause XX deaths and YY injuries
leave XX dead, and YY injured.
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