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Californian stink1!

Summary

13 September 2012

Air quality inspectors2 in southern California have traced a terrible smell which wafted3 150 miles towards Los Angeles, to an inland sea created by mistake a hundred years ago when the entire Colorado River was accidentally diverted into the desert for 18 months. Recent unusual weather has spread the unpleasant odour, prompting hundreds of complaint calls.

Reporter:

Alastair Leithead

Report

The complaint calls came in as people wondered where the overwhelming odour was coming from. Air quality officials went searching for the sulphur smell, checking rubbish dumps, refineries4 and the usual suspects.

But finally the stink was linked to the Salton Sea - the state's biggest lake - created by mistake a century ago when water irrigation engineers accidentally diverted the entire Colorado River into the desert for 18 months. Fed since then by fertiliser-laden irrigation run-off water, the sea suffers periodic booms and busts5 of life. Millions of fish recently perished and stormy weather whipped up the stink from the bottom of the shallow lake and spread the smell of rotten eggs 150 miles.

"It was a very large and unusual odour event", the air quality inspectors informed the public, but now the wind's changed and much of southern California is smelling sweetly once again.


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1 stink ZG5zA     
vi.发出恶臭；糟透，招人厌恶；n.恶臭
参考例句：
  • The stink of the rotten fish turned my stomach.腐烂的鱼臭味使我恶心。
  • The room has awful stink.那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。
2 inspectors e7f2779d4a90787cc7432cd5c8b51897     
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官
参考例句：
  • They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 wafted 67ba6873c287bf9bad4179385ab4d457     
v.吹送，飘送，（使）浮动( waft的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The sound of their voices wafted across the lake. 他们的声音飘过湖面传到了另一边。
  • A delicious smell of freshly baked bread wafted across the garden. 花园中飘过一股刚出炉面包的香味。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 refineries f6f752d4dedfa84ee0eead1d97a27bb2     
精炼厂( refinery的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The efforts on closedown and suspension of small sugar refineries, small saccharin refineries and small paper mills are also being carried out in steps. 关停小糖厂、小糖精厂、小造纸厂的工作也已逐步展开。
  • Hence the sitting of refineries is at a distance from population centres. 所以，炼油厂的厂址总在远离人口集中的地方。
5 busts c82730a2a9e358c892a6a70d6cedc709     
半身雕塑像( bust的名词复数 )； 妇女的胸部； 胸围； 突击搜捕
参考例句：
  • Dey bags swells up and busts. 那奶袋快胀破了。
  • Marble busts all looked like a cemetery. 大理石的半身象，简直就象是坟山。

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