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China’s stranded travellers 中國大批滯留旅客
Groundhog Phil predicts the weather 土拔鼠菲爾預測天氣
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Now, if you’ve had a tough commute recently, spare a thought for these rail passengers in China – 50,000 of them have been left stranded in the southern city of Guangzhou. Bad weather is hampering the country’s busiest travel period, the Lunar New Year getaway. Extra trains are being laid on to try and clear the backlog.
如果你最近碰到瞭上下班旅途不順的一天，不妨想想中國這些滯留途中的旅客。已有五萬人被困在瞭中國南方廣州市火車站。惡劣的天氣嚴重阻礙瞭中國春運高峰期的鐵路運行。現在有關部門正在增調列車試圖輸送滯留旅客。
If you’re fed up of winter, here’s some good news for you from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. They’ve just had their annual Groundhog Festival at Gobbler’s Knob and it’s all to record the weather prediction of this chap here, the resident groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, to the crowd’s delight. Phil failed to see his own shadow so that means he believes there’s going to be an early spring.
如果你厭煩瞭冬天，那麼這裡有一則來自美國賓夕法尼亞旁蘇托尼（Punxsutawney）鎮的好消息。每年一度的傳統節日土撥鼠日剛剛在一個叫做火雞丘的地方（Gobbler’s Knob）舉行。當時，“旁蘇托尼”最著名的天氣預測土撥鼠“菲爾”公佈瞭今年的天氣預測結果，博得觀眾歡喜。“菲爾”沒有看到他自己的影子，據民間傳說稱，這意味著我們將迎來一個早春。
詞匯
hampering
阻礙
backlog
滯留，積壓
prediction
預測
練習
請從以下詞匯中選擇適當的答案來完成句子。註意：你可能需要改變單詞的時態來完成句子。
hampering / backlog / prediction
1. A lack of clues was _______ the investigation into the man’s murder.
2. Because of the strike by doctors there is a _______ of patients waiting to be treated.
3. Weather forecasters have ________ the worst of the weather will hit the country on Monday.
答案
1. A lack of clues was hampering the investigation into the man’s murder.
2. Because of the strike by doctors there is a backlog of patients waiting to be treated.
3. Weather forecasters have predicted the worst of the weather will hit the country on Monday.
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