[双语]Heavy snow hits northern China

Heavy snow hits northern China

大雪袭击中国北部

This winter's firstmassivesnowstorms began hitting North and Northeast China on Saturday,freezingroads,trappingcars in mountains, closing highways and leading to the suspension of trains and other forms of public transportation.

今年冬天的第一场大规模暴风雪于周六开始袭击中国北部和东北部，道路结冰，汽车陷入山区，高速公路关闭，导致火车和其他形式的公共交通暂停。

Most northern provinces were covered by double warnings for snowstorms andcold wavesreleased by the National Meteorological Center on Sunday.

国家气象中心于周日发布了暴风雪和寒潮的双重警告，覆盖了大部分北部省份。

A cold wave from western Siberia in Russia caused theblizzardsthat led toplummetingtemperatures across the country since Saturday, the center said.

中心表示，来自俄罗斯西伯利亚西部的寒潮引发了暴风雪，导致自周六以来全国气温骤降。

Since Saturday, China has seen temperature drops between 8 C and 17 C nationwide. On Wednesday, Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, experienced a drop of 22 C.

自周六以来，中国全国的气温下降了8至17摄氏度。周三，新疆维吾尔自治区首府乌鲁木齐经历了22摄氏度的下降。

1.massive

英[msv] 美[msv]

adj.大而重的，结实的；大量的，大规模的

large in size, quantity, or extent

amassive rock一块巨大的岩石

2.freeze

英[friz] 美[friz]

v.结冰；冻住；冷藏，冷冻

同根词：frozenadj.冻结的；冷酷的

3.trap

英[trp] 美[trp]

n.陷阱，网，夹子；困境

v.设陷阱（或夹子、捕捉器）捕捉；把……困在，使陷于（尤指危险之地）

set a trap设下圈套

4.plummet

英[plmt] 美[plmt]

v.陡直落下，快速落下；（价值、数量等）骤然下跌

近义词组：drop quickly

5.blizzard

英[blzd] 美[blzrd]

n.暴风雪，大风雪；大打击

vi.下暴风雪

a very bad snowstorm with strong winds

6.cold wave寒潮

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