地道美语听力播客677: 破坏性的风暴(双语)

Allen: Are you all right?

艾伦：你们还好吗?

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，我们还好，暴风雪来的出其不意，特别是每年这个时候。你看新闻了吗?

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.

艾伦：刚看到新闻，暴风吹倒镇里30多棵树，推翻公用线路。市政府官员说一些居民直到这周末才能恢复使用电。

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，特别是遭遇这种异常寒冷的天气。我听说昨晚风暴很凶猛，但我不希望房子有被冲走的危险。

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.

艾伦：不知道房子是否会被中走，但是如果雨雪持续下个不停，就很难说了。但这些被吹倒的树确实毁坏了很多房屋。我们要想从这场暴风雪种恢复过来需要几个月的时间。

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

莫妮卡：他们称之为“世纪风暴”。

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

艾伦：好吧，本世纪如果我们只遇到这一回，那这个称呼也已足够。