1. Port Arthur, Texas and Lake Charles and Cameron, Louisiana, all places devastated by Rita two years ago, are facing similar problems.

亚瑟港口、坦克萨斯、查尔斯湖，卡美仑和路易斯安那，这些地区两年前曾被 “ 瑞塔 ” 毁坏，如今正在面临同样的问题。

devastate

completely destroy (sth); ruin 彻底毁坏（某事物） ; 毁灭 ; 摧毁 :

* War devastated the country. 战争摧毁了这个国家 .

 

2. One area spared by Humberto is Galveston, Texas, where City Manager Steve LeBlanc told local TV reporters that the island city is in good shape.

未被台风侵袭的地区是得克萨斯的加尔维斯顿，该市市长 SL 告诉当地电视台记者该岛状态良好。

spare

to refrain from harming or destroying. 免于伤害或遭破坏

 

3. Galveston was the scene of one of the worst hurricane disasters in U.S. history on September 8, 1900, when a storm destroyed most of the city's coastal residences and killed more than 6,000 people.

1900 年 9 月 8 日美国历史上最严重的飓风发生在加尔维士敦，当时飓风摧毁了该城市沿海住宅，造成 6000 多人的死亡。

scene

 place of an actual or imagined event （实际或想像中的）事发地点 :

* the scene of the accident, crime, etc 事故，犯罪等的现场

 

4. Forecasters are keeping a wary eye on the diminishing storm, however as there is a remote chance it could move southward again and pick up strength from coastal waters.

气象预报员仍紧盯该逐渐变弱的风暴，因为它可能重新向南移动并在沿海流域聚集能量。

wary adj

looking out for possible danger or difficulty; cautious 对可能发生的危险或困难，留意的 , 小心的 , 警惕的 :

* She was wary of strangers. 她很警惕陌生人 .

remote

small; slight 微小的 ; 轻微的 :

* a remote possibility 微乎其微的可能性

 

5. Meanwhile, hurricane experts are watching a tropical depression in the western Atlantic that appears to be on a path that would take it into the Caribbean by the end of this week.

与此同时，飓风专家正在观测一西大西洋的热带低气压，该气压看起来有可能在本周末进入加勒比海。

tropical

of, occurring in, or characteristic of the Tropics. 热带的，有热带特征的

depression

a region of low barometric pressure 低压带：气压低的地区

 

6. "We're seeing local malaria transmission in zones we've never seen before."

我们发现在一些从未发现过疟疾的地区，该疾病正在传播。 ”

transmission

action or process of transmitting or being transmitted 传送 ; 传播 ; 传递 ; 传达 ; 传染 :

* the transmission of disease by mosquitoes 由蚊子引起的疾病传染

zone

area, band or stripe that is different from its surroundings in colour, texture, appearance, etc （颜色、 质地、 外观等与周围不同的）区域、环带或条 .

 

7. Dr. Pyakalyia spent the past week here in Jeju with dozens of other Western Pacific delegates to the World Health Organization.

P 博士和世界卫生组织的许多西太平洋代表在济州度过了一周。

delegate

person chosen or elected by others to express their views 代表

 

8. Changing weather patterns may also put densely populated areas at risk of deadly flooding, along with the resulting contamination of food and water supplies. Right now, the WHO is not explicitly raising the issue of global warming in its public activities.

气候模式的改变可能还会给人口密集地区带来致命的洪水威胁，伴随的结果是造成食品和饮水的污染。现在，世卫组织还没有明确把全球变暖问题列入其日常工作中。

contamination

the act or process of contaminating

污染：使污染的行为或过程

explicitly adv

Fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied.

明白的，清楚的：表达得完全的和清楚的；毫不含糊的

* She was explicitly forbidden to attend. 清楚表明不准她参加 .

 

9. Officials say that research will probably be put to use in new programs urging governments to cut back on fossil fuel consumption and stop destroying the region's rainforests - which are believed to be two of the biggest factors in climate change.

官员们称该研究很可能使用新的项目，敦促政府减少化石燃料的消耗，并阻止当地雨林的破坏。这两点被公认为是全球其后变换的主要因素。

consumption

(a) using up of food, energy, resources, etc （食物、能量、资源等的）消耗 :

* The meat was declared unfit for human consumption. 这种肉已宣布不适宜人们食用 .

(b) quantity used 消耗量 :

* We have measured the car's fuel consumption. 我们测量了这辆汽车的汽油消耗量 . 

factor

 fact, circumstance, etc that helps to produce a result 因素 :

* environmental factors 环境因素