【读新闻学英语】 “我的房子被闪电击中了！” 新西兰女子述可怕经历
By 新西兰先驱报中文网· 2018年12月21日 01:39
Heather Lilly was at home this afternoon when "stuff went flying everywhere".
Heather Lilly今天（20日）下午在家， “东西飞得到处都是”。
Stuff：东西；原料；物品
Her Ōwhata property had been struck by lightning.
"I saw the flash and the bang was just indescribable.
"Stuff went flying everywhere, I don't know if I was hit. I quickly got the cell phone and rang my husband and then I rang my daughter.
"It seemed to come from nowhere," Lilly said.
她位于Ōwhata的房子被闪电劈中。
“我看到了闪光，爆炸声简直无法形容。东西飞得到处都是，我不知道我是否被击中了。我赶紧拿起手机，给丈夫打了个电话，然后又给女儿打了个电话。这道闪光似乎是从哪儿来的。”
Flash：闪光；闪光灯；闪耀；（尤指信号灯）闪亮
Strike：罢工；击；攻击；打
The lightning strike made a hole in the concrete, damaged a tree, destroyed pots and blew dirt and grass up under the house.
雷击使得混凝土上打出了一个洞，毁坏了一棵树，摧毁了花盆，还把房子下面的泥土和草都刮了起来。
Concrete：混凝土；水泥；具体物；凝结物
Dirt：尘埃；泥土；污物
Blow up：炸掉；爆炸；充气；放大
Neighbour Debbie McLeod said she was at the back of her house.
"I heard lots of thunder and there was this huge big bang and I thought 'Jesus'," she said.
邻居Debbie McLeod说她家就在被闪电击中的房子后面。“我听到很多雷声，然后发生了巨大的爆炸，我当时心里想‘上帝啊’。”
Thunder：雷；雷声；雷鸣般的响声；轰隆声
The fire service was called to the scene just before 2pm.
A MetService spokesman confirmed there were 78 lightning strikes in the Rotorua area between 12pm and 2pm.
消防部门在下午2点左右赶到了现场。
天气预报机构MetService发言人证实，当天中午12点至下午2点之间，罗托鲁瓦地区共发生78次闪电袭击。
Confirm：确认；确定；证实；批准
He said between the hours of 1pm and 2pm 18.2mm of rain was measured at the airport.
他说，下午1时至2时，机场录得18.2毫米的降雨量。
Measure：测量；度量；估量
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