【读新闻学英语】北岛今日掀起4米巨浪！船只纷纷出海避险

Surf's up in Hawke's Bay, forcing ships in Napier Port out to sea as a precaution - and drenching visitors on Marine Parade's viewing platform.

今日霍克斯湾迎来了巨浪，为了防止发生损坏，内皮尔港的船只只能驶向深海区避浪，巨浪还把海洋大道观景台上的游客浇了个透。

Precaution：预防，预防措施
Drench：使湿透；淋透；浇透
Parade：xx大道，用于路名中

MetService meteorologist Tui McInnes said a slow building pressure system out to the east of Hawke's Bay had ramped up the seas, causing swells of close to 4 metres.

新西兰气象预报机构 MetService 气象专家 Tui McInnes 表示，一个正在逐步增加的压力系统将抵达东霍克斯湾，并搅动了海水，带来高达四米的巨浪。

Meteorologist：气象学家
Ramp up：加快（速度）；增加（威力）
Swell：波涛起伏

McInnes said the 4m swells had the potential to "cause a bit of havoc on the coast".

McInnes 表示，这些高达四米的海浪可能会“给海岸造成不小的损坏”。

Havoc：破坏、毁坏、混乱

Visitors from Auckland, Sandy Robertson and Lynette Quin, said it was a thrill standing on the Marine Parade viewing platform about midday watching the impressive white water around them.

奥克兰游客Sandy Robertson和Lynette Quin表示，中午站在海洋大道的观景台上，看着震撼的白色海浪将自己包围，真是让人印象深刻。

Thrill：兴奋；激动
Impressive：（因特殊、重要或巨大而）给人留下深刻印象的

Others were not so lucky according to a woman walking her dogs on the beach.

不过一位遛狗的女士表示，海滩上的其他人可没这么幸运了。

"I was walking my dogs earlier and I watched a bunch of people duck down as this huge wave struck the platform, they would have got saturated," she laughed.

“早些时候我正在遛狗，巨浪冲向观景台的时候，看到一堆人被浪花淹没，他们肯定湿透了，”她大笑说。

A bunch of：一帮……
Duck：将…按到水下
Saturate：使湿透；浸透；渗透

Also present on the viewing platform was Napier resident Chris Gouverneur, who used to own a surf rescue boat.

在观景台上的还有内皮尔居民 Chris Gouverneur，以前他有一艘冲浪救援船。

"Watching these waves gives you a real adrenaline rush," he said, "Waves like this used to be a bit of a playground for us divers, being in them was both terrifying and exciting. I'll tell ya' people had to hang on pretty tight in the boat."

“看着这些浪花会让你有种肾上腺素飙升的感觉，”他说，“这种浪头对我们这些潜水的人来说可是很好玩的，在海浪中间又害怕又激动。我跟你们讲啊，到时候手就要抓紧喽。”

Adrenaline：肾上腺素
Rush：急速流动（或行进）；猛冲
Hang on：紧握，抓住

Ships in Napier port were sent out to see about midnight, observers said.

午夜时分内皮尔港内停靠的船已纷纷驶向了深海区，观察人士称。

See about sth：做；关照；处理

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