VOA新闻杂志2022 连续3年出现拉尼娜现象, 澳大利亚今年夏季或再现洪灾

Australia’s government weather agency¹ is predicting unusually heavy rains in the coming months linked to an ocean event.

澳大利亚政府气象机构预测，未来几个月将会出现与一种海洋事件有关的异常暴雨。

The Bureau² of Meteorology said the weather-affecting event known as La Nina is happening for the third straight year and would likely last into next year.

澳大利亚气象局表示，影响天气的拉尼娜现象已经连续第三年发生，可能会持续到明年。

La Nina is produced by currents in the Pacific Ocean.

拉尼娜现象是由太平洋洋流引起的。

It is known in Australia to produce wet, windy summers.

众所周知，它会使澳大利亚的夏天变得多雨多风。

During La Nina, sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean are cooler than normal while waters in the western tropical³ Pacific are warmer than normal.

在拉尼娜期间，东太平洋的海面温度低于正常水平，而热带太平洋西部的海水温度高于正常水平。

That situation creates moisture⁴ that brings rain to eastern and central Australia.

这种情况会产生水汽，给澳大利亚东部和中部带来降雨。

The weather event was among other reasons that would bring an “80 percent chance of above average rainfall for many parts of the eastern half of Australia," the bureau said in a statement.

气象局在一份声明中表示，拉尼娜和其他一些因素会使澳大利亚东半部的许多地区的降雨量高于平均降雨量的可能性高达80%。

The warning affects the country's east coast.

这一警告影响到该国的东海岸。

Many people in the east are still rebuilding after floods linked to the most recent La Nina conditions, which continued into early 2022.

在最近的拉尼娜现象导致东海岸发生洪水后，东部许多人仍在重建。那一次拉尼娜现象持续到2022年初。

Extreme weather in Australia brought its worst fires in years in late 2019 and early 2020.

2019年底和2020年初，澳大利亚的极端天气导致该国发生了多年来最严重的火灾。

That was followed by two La Nina events which pushed rivers beyond their limits and flooded thousands of homes.

随后的两次拉尼娜现象导致河水超出限值，淹没了成千上万的房屋。

Mark Gibbs is a professor with Queensland University of Technology's Institute for Future Environments.

马克·吉布斯是昆士兰科技大学未来环境研究所的教授。

He said: "This is not good news for communities, businesses, homeowners, and renters who are living or operating out of buildings and dwellings⁵ that are at risk from inundation⁶.”

他说：“这对社区、企业、房主和租户来说都不是好消息，他们居住或经营的建筑物和住所都面临着被洪水淹没的风险。”

He added that this “may be particularly problematic for those that are still recovering from recent floods, especially in light of the present challenges in securing⁷ the services of builders and building suppliers.”

他还说，这“对于那些仍在从最近的洪灾中恢复的人来说可能尤其难，尤其是考虑到目前在获得建筑商和建筑供应商提供的服务方面所面临的挑战”。

I’m Dan Novak.

丹·诺瓦克为您播报。

1 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。

2 bureau   

n.提供或收集消息的机构；局，司，处；署

参考例句：

• The weather bureau makes daily reports on weather conditions.气象局每天报告天气状况。
• The Tourist Bureau arranged everything for our journey to Rome.旅游局已为我们去罗马旅行准备了一切。

3 tropical   

adj.热带的，热带的，炎热的

参考例句：

• You must grow these tropical flowers in a glasshouse.你必须把这些热带花卉种在温室里。
• This disease is widespread in tropical areas.这种疾病在热带地区蔓延很广。

4 moisture   

n.水分；降雨量；水气；湿气

参考例句：

• This tree drank up more moisture than that one.这棵树吸收的水分比那棵树多。
• The moisture in the air makes it humid today.今天空气中水气大，天气很潮湿。

5 dwellings   

n.住处，处所( dwelling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices. 新建楼区将由66栋住房和一些办公用房组成。
• The hovels which passed for dwellings are being pulled down. 过去用作住室的陋屋正在被拆除。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 inundation   

n.the act or fact of overflowing

参考例句：

• Otherwise, inundation would ensue to our dismay. 若不疏导，只能眼巴巴看着它泛滥。
• Therefore this psychology preceded the inundation of Caudillo politics after independence. 在独立后，这一心态助长了考迪罗主义的泛滥。

7 securing   

保护( secure的现在分词 )； （使）获得； 使安全； 担保

参考例句：

• She did not take into account how much liberty she was securing. 她并不考虑自己已获得了多少自由。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Longfellow was lucky in securing a professorship of modern languages at Harvard. 朗费罗能够在哈佛大学当上现代语言教授是出于幸运。