📖 Lesson 30 · A Volcano Eruption 一次火山喷发

第 30 篇 · 共 40 篇 ｜ 高考词汇以 绿色 高亮，下方附释义
S1
As the best candidate, I was appointed to collect and evaluate information for a database about diverse natural disasters, such as hurricanes, typhoons or thunderstorms.
作为最佳人选，我被任命为一个关于多种自然灾害的数据库收集并评估信息，这些灾害包括飓风、台风或雷暴等。
candidate 候选人、人选 appoint 任命、委派 evaluate 评估、评价 database 数据库
S2
Sometimes I did this by giving out questionnaires to those who went through them.
有时我通过向那些亲身经历过这些灾难的人发放问卷来做这项工作。
give out 分发、发放 questionnaire 问卷、调查表
S3
But sometimes I had to go through actual disasters myself.
但有时我不得不亲自经历真正的灾难。
go through 经历、经受 actual 实际的、真正的
S4
The Musaki Volcano was one of them.
穆萨基火山就是其中的一次。
volcano 火山
S5
At that time, I lived in a bungalow alongside the volcano with a novelist, who came for the appreciation of its eruption.
那时，我和一位小说家一起住在火山旁的平房里，他是专程来欣赏火山爆发的。
bungalow 平房 alongside 在…旁边 appreciation 欣赏 eruption （火山）爆发、喷发
S6
One day, when I was drawing diagrams on the balcony and he was bathing inside, the volcano erupted unexpectedly.
一天，我正在阳台上画图表，他正在屋里洗澡，火山突然喷发了。
diagram 图表、示意图 balcony 阳台 erupt （火山）爆发 unexpectedly 出人意料地、突然地
S7
The ash and lava fountains shooting highly in the sky varied from 50 to 100 meters in height.
高高喷向天空的火山灰和熔岩喷泉，高度从 50 米到 100 米不等。
ash 灰、火山灰 lava 熔岩 fountain 喷泉（此处指喷出的熔岩柱） vary 变化、有不同
S8
It was absolutely fantastic!
那景象实在是太壮观了！
absolutely 绝对地、完全地 fantastic 极好的、奇妙的
S9
I even noticed a rainbow appear in the fog caused by a heat wave.
我甚至注意到热浪形成的雾气中出现了一道彩虹。
rainbow 彩虹 fog 雾
S10
But, glancing through our surroundings, I foresaw the potential danger and found no guarantee of our safety.
但是，环顾四周后，我预见到了潜在的危险，发现我们的安全毫无保障。
surroundings 周围环境 foresee 预见、预料到 potential 潜在的 guarantee 保证、保障
S11
The uncomfortable gas almost made us unconscious.
那令人难受的气体几乎使我们失去了知觉。
unconscious 失去知觉的、昏迷的
S12
Sweats of anxiety began to drop.
焦虑的汗水开始往下滴落。
anxiety 焦虑、担忧
S13
Managing to stop panicking and trembling, we quickly put on our protective suits, helmets and boots and eventually made our way to a safe place.
我们努力让自己不再惊慌、不再发抖，迅速穿上防护服、戴上头盔和靴子，最终成功走到了安全的地方。
panic 惊慌、恐慌 tremble 发抖、颤抖 protective 防护的、保护的 helmet 头盔
S14
How lucky we were even though my precious equipment and documents were all burnt to the ground!
尽管我珍贵的设备和文件全都被烧成了灰烬，我们仍然是多么幸运啊！
precious 珍贵的 equipment 设备、器材 document 文件、文档