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纪录片《全球怪象》 第35期:内涝

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This man has created

这个人建造了一个

something that's dark, cold and utterly1 functional2.

暗藏于阴冷的地下 但却相当实用的设施

What we saw in the last years

过去的几年里

is that we had an increased amount of heavy rainfall events.

强降水天气出现次数逐渐增加

With these heavy rainfall events,

伴随着这些强降水天气

actually the centre of the city has water problems.

城市的中心则会出现内涝

If the weather gets weird3 in the streets above,

地面上如果出现极端天气

it can be dealt with at the press of a button...

可以通过按几个按钮来解决问题

That pulls a plug in the sewer4 system

按下按钮后 排水系统的一个开关会打开

and the excess floodwater is siphoned off down here.

过量的洪水则会被引入到这些池子里

For Daniel Goedbloed,

丹尼尔·古德布莱德

the man who designed and built these bunkers,

设计并建造这些池子的工程师

they're an essential element in the city's defence

认为为了抵御极端天气

against the new weather extremes.

这些池子至关重要


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1 utterly ZfpzM1     
adv.完全地,绝对地
参考例句:
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
2 functional 5hMxa     
adj.为实用而设计的,具备功能的,起作用的
参考例句:
  • The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了,但现在可以用了。
  • The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的,只是为了实用。
3 weird bghw8     
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
参考例句:
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
4 sewer 2Ehzu     
n.排水沟,下水道
参考例句:
  • They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer. 他们正挖开马路修下水道。
  • The boy kicked a stone into the sewer. 那个男孩把一石子踢进了下水道。

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