时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年2月


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AZUZ: Meantime, Cape 1 Town, the second most populated city in South Africa, is running out of water. Drought is a natural disaster that South Africans prone 2 to. And for years, the amount of water being used in the country has exceeded the amount that's been conserved 3.


In Cape Town, the population has been growing. It's now more than 4 million people and the drought the area is facing is the worst in more than 100 years. The reservoir of the city's largest dam is almost completely dried up.


People are being told to limit their showers to 90 seconds. Some are recycling bath water to flush their toilets. And starting in February, people will have to limit their water use to 13 gallons per person per day.


The city's mayor has criticized residents, most of them, for not reducing the amount of water they used though they know there's a problem. Some residents have criticized the city for not doing enough to prepare for the drought. One person CNN spoke 4 to says everyone she knows who can afford to leave is getting out until things get better and it's hope that will lessen 5 the strain on the city's dwindling 6 water supplies.



1 cape
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
2 prone
adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的
  • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
  • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
3 conserved
v.保护,保藏,保存( conserve的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He conserved his energy for the game. 他为比赛而养精蓄锐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Under these conditions, the total mechanical energy remains constant, or is conserved. 在这种条件下,总机械能保持不变或机械能保存。 来自辞典例句
4 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
5 lessen
vt.减少,减轻;缩小
  • Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
  • They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。
6 dwindling
adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )
  • The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
'droids
acid green
Alocasia odora
apportion the total conversion costs
arc of trajectory
atheletes
bedouin dance (iraq)
bequeathal real property
black tongue disease
block sterling
Borries
Celtis kunmingensis
centerings
control card specification
cybercasts
cyclizations
disassociator
Eaton agent
ester-formation test
external chiasma
flash shot
fractionality
fuel-cell vehicle
glass cylinder
go to a better world
grippiest
hereditary material
high-rigged
high-voltage circuitbreaker
hiltless
homoglycans
Hwatekni
hypermetrope
immunoenhancer
in-home placement sample
inframarginal consumers
Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation
Kasiping
kludgey
Kokou
layshaft bearing
letanye
limited-line strategy
Lobopetalum
lobular infiltrating carcinoma of breast
locomotive pilot
luggage check
lykes
main-truck
marquenching
mean lifetime
microtonalism
modified polyamine fibre
Munronia hunanensis
nativer
Nernst lamp
nonterminating interruptable state
off tread braking
osier-bed
outstrips
pal(a)eohydrology
percentage of utilization of fixed asset
perpendicularis
phacoemulsifier
pharyngeal paraesthesia
pressure surface
primary pattern
procodazole
QUP
Red River Indian War
Retithyris
rhesus-negative
rock anisotropy
rotating-arm test
sack tapping
scuttle across
shadebob
shank-nag
shanker
shipping protectionism
snot rocket
social mores
speed range data
squirrilitie
Stahr's gland
statik
steam expansion line
steroid withdrawal syndrome
tactions
tetramates
tolerance permissible
unconjugal
videounit
vinyl sulfone
voacangine
W. & D.
Wakamiya-jiima
xenontest apparatus
yazz
zonal polynomials
zone of provisional calcification