华盛顿邮报 加拿大野火失控 美国东海岸空气严重污染(4)

 

    Amudalat, let's zoom¹ out a little bit and talk about the state of wildfires in North America.

    阿穆达拉特，让我们放大范围，谈谈北美的野火情况。

    We pretty predictably see them on the West Coast every year at this point. Are they getting more prevalent?

    每年这个时候，正如所料，我们能在西海岸看到野火。野火变得越来越普遍了吗?

    Climate change is exacerbating² a lot of the systems that are already in place but also forcing people who don't necessarily always experience certain systems.

    气候变化正在使许多已经准备就绪的系统恶化，而且迫使不一定总是经历某些系统的人们做出改变。

    They're now going to be forced to deal with things that they never had to deal with before.

    他们现在将被迫处理以前从未应对过的情况。

    I was talking to one of my sources today in Syracuse, and she was like, "I wasn't able to prepare for this wildfire smoke because I didn't know how to. That's not something that we've ever had to deal with here."我今天和一个雪城的消息人士聊天，她说，“我无法为野火产生的烟雾做好准备，因为我不知道怎么做。我们从来没有遇到过这种情况。”

    So basically, due to climate change, everybody's going to have to deal with these issues now.

    基本上，由于气候变化，每个人现在都必须处理这些问题。

    It's not going to be a localized thing, and the smoke from these fires that may not happen in your region, they're going to cross these borders and they're going to impact you.

    这不将再是一个地区的事情，这些大火产生的烟雾可能现在不会出现在你的地区，但它们将会越过边界影响你。

    What's the guidance on preparing for wildfires? Is there anything people can do to be more ready for what seems like inevitable³ fires at this point?

    关于准备应对大火的指导方针是什么？为似乎不可避免的大火做准备，目前人们能做些什么?

    Some of my colleagues have written about the best ways to prepare, and one of them is to know how to get away.

    我的一些同事写过几个最佳准备方法，其中之一就是知道如何逃离。

    So creating an emergency plan is pretty important.

    因此，制定一个应急计划至关重要。

    Making sure you know the safest routes to leave from your home if you're going to meet your family places or your loved ones, making sure that you have a central location that you know that you can meet them at, and making sure that you have all of your important documents as well.

    如果你要去与你的家人或爱人汇合，确保你知道离家最安全的路线，确保你有一个可以和他们见面的中心地点，确保你带上了所有重要的文件。

    You know, sometimes wildfires happen at the flip⁴ of a hat and sometimes, you know, they're kind of burning for a while.

    有时野火发生在顷刻之间，有时野火已燃烧了一会儿。

    So having an emergency kit⁵ with supplies that can last up to 72 hours is really important.

    因此，拥有一个可持续72小时的应急包是非常重要的。

    In the reporting they talked about the government recommending that people living in these potential risk areas, which seem to be expanding, remove anything that can become tinder for these wildfires and making sure that their fire alarms are working and that if they do have access to sprinklers, that those are able to be activated⁶.

    在报道中，他们谈到，政府建议居住在这些潜在风险区(范围似乎在扩大)的人们移除任何可能成为野火火种的东西，并确保火灾报警器可以正常工作，如果能够获得洒水装置，确保这些装置能够被激活。

    Again, if you live in areas that you know are privy⁷ to wildfires, making sure that your car has enough fuel to make these evacuation plans work,再强调一次，如果你住在容易发生野火的地区，要确保你的汽车有足够的燃料来实施这些疏散计划，and if it's safe to do so, making sure that you close all of your doors and windows and cover any vents⁸ or windows inside your home, you know, just to make sure that you're not breathing in that smoke.

    如果你待在家是安全的，为避免吸入大火烟雾，确保关闭所有的门窗，盖住你家里的所有通风口(窗户)。

1 zoom   

n.急速上升；v.突然扩大，急速上升

参考例句：

• The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
• I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近，昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。

2 exacerbating   

v.使恶化，使加重( exacerbate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• This pedagogical understretch is exacerbating social inequalities. 这种教学张力不足加重了社会不平等。 来自互联网
• High fertilizer prices are exacerbating the problem. 高涨的肥料价格更加加剧了问题的恶化。 来自互联网

3 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

4 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

5 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

6 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

7 privy   

adj.私用的；隐密的

参考例句：

• Only three people,including a policeman,will be privy to the facts.只会允许3个人，其中包括一名警察，了解这些内情。
• Very few of them were privy to the details of the conspiracy.他们中很少有人知道这一阴谋的详情。

8 vents   

（气体、液体等进出的）孔、口( vent的名词复数 )； （鸟、鱼、爬行动物或小哺乳动物的）肛门； 大衣等的)衩口； 开衩

参考例句：

• He always vents his anger on the dog. 他总是拿狗出气。
• The Dandelion Patch is the least developed of the four active vents. “蒲公英区”在这四个活裂口中是发育最差的一个。