纪录片《全球怪象》 第10期：飓风的威胁

I'm somebody who spends a lot of time

我花了很多时间

modelling hurricanes in the current climate and future climates.

建立现在气候和未来气候下的飓风模型

When we do that, we begin to see hurricanes

模型告诉我们

that haven't happened yet in history, if you well,

从未出现过的飓风

but they could happen on physical grounds.

理论上可能发生

We call those "Black swan events",

我们称之为"黑天鹅事件"

the particularly bad ones.

就是最糟糕的那种

This is something that worries me particular

对此我很担心

because there are places around the world

因为世界上有些地方

that are at great risk from hurricanes.

极有可能遭受飓风

Some of which don't know they're at great risk from hurricanes.

但有些还不知道自己正面临飓风的威胁

It seems scarcely credible¹,

听起来似乎难以置信

but one of the places

但其中一处

he thinks could be hit by a hurricane

他认为可能会遭受飓风袭击的地方

is here in Dubai

就是迪拜

in the Persian Gulf².

就在波斯湾

The Persian Gulf is a body of water

波斯湾中的海水

that gets very hot in the summer.

在夏天时温度会很高

Really hot. The hot water runs very deep, as well.

非常热 热水会流到很深的地方

To our knowledge, in the limited history of the region,

据该地区有限的历史记录所知

there hasn't been a hurricane there.

那里还从未发生过飓风

There may have been one in the distant past that wasn't recorded.

很久以前可能发生过但未被记录下来

1 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。