英语新闻听写 英国12月份创最热记录

The end of the 2015 went out with a very wet bang in the UK.

2015年在非常潮湿的天气中结束。

According to new statistics released by the Met Office on Tuesday, December was the wettest month ever recorded in any calendar year in the UK.

据英国气象办公室的最新统计数据，十二月是英国有记录以来历年最潮湿的月份。

On top of that, this December was the warmest on record.

不仅如此，十二月也是有记录以来最热的月份。

The Met Office said that December 2015's temperatures looked more like April or May in the region.

气象局表示，2015年12月的温度更像该地区四、五月的温度。

But no resident of the UK would be surprised by this news.

但没有英国居民对此消息感到惊讶。

Devastating¹ floods have been forcing evacuations and closing businesses.

洪水已迫使人员疏散和企业关闭。

Prime Minister David Cameron called the flooding "unprecedented²."

首相卡梅伦称洪水是“前所未有的”。

1 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

2 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。