英语听力精选进阶版 7283

（单词翻译）

在俄罗斯车里雅宾斯克州坠落的陨石已经造成 1000 多人受伤。

Eyewitnesses¹ describe seeing a fireball curving through the clear sky, and an extremely intense light as it passed overhead.

It seems to have been a meteor, and left a white condensation² trail behind it. A couple of minutes later there was a loud bang.

The shockwave from the blast blew out windows across the region round Chelyabinsk in the Ural mountains.

People who'd rushed to look out and see what was happening were injured by flying glass.

Everyone went outside to check their neighbours were OK, and the mobile phone network collapsed³, briefly⁵ overwhelmed by the volume of calls.

Quiz 听力测验

True or False? Eyewitnesses saw a fireball travelling through the sky creating a very strong and bright light.

True.

True or False? A condensation trail is a line of water vapour in the sky which forms behind a moving object.

True.

Where did the flying glass come from?

The flying glass came from windows which were broken by the shockwave from the blast.

Why did the mobile phone network collapse⁴?

Because too many people were trying to make calls at the same time.

Glossary 词汇表

eyewitnesses 目击者

curving 弯曲，弯成弧形

intense （光）明暗度强的

condensation trail 凝结雾化尾迹

shockwave 冲击波

blew out 打破，击碎

collapsed 瘫痪

overwhelmed by 无法承受

the volume of 大量的