纪录片《全球怪象》 第2期：极端天气

Our weather is hypnotically beautiful.

天气令我们着迷

It's constantly changing,

它不断变化

famously difficult to predict.

难以预测

But why does it seem to be getting weirder¹?

但它为什么似乎变得更古怪了呢

The world's leading weather scientists

世界顶尖的气象学家

are trying to understand what's happening.

试图寻找其中原因

It's part of a global investigation².

这是一项全球性的研究

Because however local your weather feels,

因为无论你周围的天气如何

it's a small part of what plays out across the planet

也不过是全球天气系统的

as a whole.

一小部分而已

It may seem obvious,

可能看起来显而易见

but one of the places scientists

但是科学家

are trying to get to grips with global weather extremes

想要通过地球上最极端的一种天气

is in one of the most extreme weather events on Earth.

试图了解全球的极端天气

And there's no bigger weather event than a hurricane.

而没有任何气象活动比飓风更猛烈

1 weirder   

怪诞的( weird的比较级 )； 神秘而可怕的； 超然的； 古怪的

参考例句：

• Actually, things got a little weirder when the tow truck driver showed up. 事实上，在拖吊车司机出现后，事情的发展更加怪异。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。