主题特训-第8讲：社会新闻.docxVIP

主题特训_第8讲：社会新闻一、气象新闻1. Temperature摄氏 ℃ Celsius / Centigrade华氏℉ Fahrenheit零下 below zero / negative / minus变化趋势：climb / soar / fall / reach2. Weather conditionsBlizzard (暴风雪) / cold wave (寒潮) / fog / hail (冰雹) / heat (高温) / heatwave (热浪) / monsoon rains (季风雨)burning hot / chilly (寒冷的) / humid (潮湿的) / arid (干旱的) / cloudy / rainy / snowy / sunny二、灾难新闻1. Natural DisastersTime Locationbatter / hit / strike + disaster areaDisaster: drought (旱灾) / earthquake / flood / landslide (滑坡) / mudslide (泥石流) / hurricane (飓风) / storm / tornado (龙卷风) / tsunami (海啸) / typhoon / volcanic eruption (火山喷发)Damageblock roads or rail links 阻碍道路或铁路交通cut power supplies 切断电力供应destroy buildings 毁坏建筑kill or injure people 造成人员伤亡estimate $60 million in damage/an estimated value of $60 million in damageRelief effortsThe Red Cross, rescue officials, emergency workers offer…emergency aid 紧急救援medical assistance 医疗救助food and supplies 食品物资2. AccidentsTime LocationAccident:air/ bus/ car/ train crash 飞机失事/撞车explosion 爆炸fire 火灾stampede (人群)奔逃踩踏Damagefatality rate 伤亡率death toll 死亡人数about, almost, around, at least, nearly, roughlysome, less than, more than, more or lessRescue effortsevacuation 疏散撤离emergency service 紧急服务emergency treatment 紧急治疗三、公益新闻1. SupportersUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 联合国开发计划署United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 联合国难民事务高级专员办事处（一般也叫UN Refugee Agency，即联合国难民署）United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) 联合国儿童基金会World Food Programme (WFP) 世界粮食计划署celebrities (明星) / entrepreneurs (企业家) / goodwill ambassador (亲善大使) / special envoy (特使) / philanthropists (慈善家) / volunteers2. GoalTo assist / help / support people in needTo alleviate (减轻) / avert (避免) / fight famine (饥荒) and poverty3. People in needThose who are:affected by poverty.impacted by natural disasters.suffering from famine.in need of food and shelter.4. AssistanceHumanitarian aid 人道主义援助:funding 资金emergency food assistance 应急食品援助medical care 医疗护理emergency shelter 应急避难所hygiene and health pr