环球慢速英语 撒哈拉沙漠马拉松(1)

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Voice 1: Thank you for joining us for today's Spotlight¹. I'm Rebekah Schipper.

声音1：谢谢大家收听今天的重点报道节目。我是瑞贝卡·席佩尔。

Voice 2: And I'm Liz Waid.

声音2：我是利兹·韦德。

Voice 1: The Sahara desert. It is the world's largest desert. It covers a third of the African continent--an area about the size of the United States. The Sahara desert is one of the hottest, driest places on Earth. Temperatures may rise over fifty-seven degrees Celsius². And it receives less than eight centimetres of rain a year.

声音1：撒哈拉沙漠。这是世界上最大的沙漠。这个沙漠占非洲大陆面积的三分之一，其面积相当于美国的大小。撒哈拉沙漠是地球上最热、最干燥的地方之一。那里的温度可能超过57摄氏度。一年的雨水量少于8厘米。

Voice 2: Over thousands of years, rising and falling winds created the desert. The winds evaporate³ water from the sand. But these winds rarely bring rain. Natives to the Sahara have given some of the winds special names. "Haboob" is the Arabic name for a wild sand carrying wind. "Khamsin" means fifty days. This wind blows across the Sahara from March through May. The Khamsin wind fills the air with sand.

声音2：数千年以来，气流的上升和下降创造了这个沙漠。气流使沙子里的水分蒸发。但是这些气流却很少带来雨水。撒哈拉当地人给一些气流起了特殊的名字。“哈布尘暴”是携带气流的一股狂沙。“喀新风”的意思是50天。这股气流3月至5月在撒哈拉沙漠吹拂。“喀新风”则使空气中充满沙子。

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 Celsius   

adj.摄氏温度计的，摄氏的

参考例句：

• The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
• The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。

3 evaporate   

vi.蒸发，挥发，消失；vt.使蒸发，使挥发

参考例句：

• Clearly,the star wars problem was not going to evaporate.显然，星球大战问题并没有不了了之。
• It will evaporate like a spirit.它将来总要像幽灵一样化成云烟。