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30 A Volcano Eruption
30 火山爆发
As the best candidate, I was appointed to collect and evaluate information for a database about
diverse natural disasters, such as hurricanes, typhoons or thunderstorms.
作为最佳候选人，我被委派为一个数据库收集和评估各种自然灾害的信息，例如飓风、台风
或雷暴等。
Sometimes I did this by giving out questionnaires to those who went through them.
有时我收集信息的方式是分发调查问卷给那些经历过这些灾害的人。
But sometimes I had to go through actual disasters myself.
不过有时却得亲自经历实际的灾害。
The Musaki Volcano was one of them.
Musaki 火山就是其中之一。
At that time, I lived in a bungalow alongside the volcano with a novelist, who came for the
appreciation of its eruption.
那时，我住在火山边上的一座平房里，同住的还有一名小说家，他是来欣赏火山爆发的。
One day, when I was drawing diagrams on the balcony and he was bathing inside, the volcano
erupted unexpectedly.
一天，我正在阳台上画图表而他在屋里洗澡，这时火山突然爆发了。
The ash and lava fountains shooting highly in the sky varied from 50 to 100 meters in height.
火山灰和岩浆喷泉喷射到天空中很高，高度从 50 米到 100 米不等。
It was absolutely fantastic! I even noticed a rainbow appear in the fog caused by a heat wave.
这个场面绝对壮观！我甚至还注意到一条彩虹出现在热浪造成的雾里。
But, glancing through our surroundings, I foresaw the potential danger and found no guarantee
of our safety.
然而，环顾四周环境，我马上预见到了潜在的危险，也发现了我们的安全毫无保障。
The uncomfortable gas almost made us unconscious. Sweats of anxiety began to drop.
令人不舒服的气体几乎使我们失去知觉。忧虑的汗水开始流淌下来。
Managing to stop panicking and trembling, we quickly put on our protective suits, helmets and
boots and eventually made our way to a safe place.
设法让自己不要惊慌和颤抖的同时，我们迅速穿上保护套装、头盔和靴子，最后成功到达安
全的地方。
How lucky we were even though my precious equipment and documents were all burnt to the
ground!
尽管我珍贵的设备和文件都烧得精光，但是我们真的非常幸运。
Vocabulary 词汇表
1. candidate / k nd d t/ 候选人 8. thunderstorm / θ nd r st rm/ 雷暴
2. appoint / p nt/ 指定，任命 9. questionnaire / kwes.t ne r/ 问卷调查
3. evaluate / v ljue t/ 评估 10. actual / kt u l/ 实际的
4. database / de t be s/ 数据库 11. volcano /v l ke n / 火山
5. diverse /da v rs/ 多样的，不同的 12. bungalow / b ɡ l / 平房
6. hurricane / h r ke n/ 飓风 13. alongside / l sa d/ 旁边，沿着
7. typhoon /ta fu n/ 台风 14. novelist / n v l st/ 小说家
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15. appreciation / pri i e n/ 欣赏，感激 31. uncomfortable / n k mft bl/ 不舒服的，
16. eruption / r p n/ 爆发 不自在的
17. diagram / da ɡr m/ 图表，示意图 32. unconscious / n k n s/ 无意识的，昏迷
18. balcony / b lk ni/ 阳台 的
19. bathe / be / 沐浴 33. sweat /swet/ 汗水，出汗
20. erupt / r pt/ 爆发 34. anxiety / za ti/ 焦虑，不安
21. ash / / 灰烬 35. panic / p n k/ 恐慌，惊慌
22. fountain / fa nt n/ 喷泉 36. tremble / trembl/ 发抖，颤抖
23. shoot / u t/ 发射，射击 37. suit /su t/ 适合，合适
24. vary from… to… 变化从...到... 38. helmet / helm t/ 头盔
25. absolutely / bs lu tli/ 绝对地，完全地 39. boot /bu t/ 靴子
26. rainbow / re nb / 彩虹 40. make one’s way to… 前往...
27. fog /f ɡ/ 雾 41. precious / pre s/ 宝贵的
28. wave /we v/ 浪，波浪 42. equipment / kw pm nt/ 设备，装备
29. potential /p ten l/ 潜在的 43. document / d kj m nt/ 文件，文档
30. guarantee / ɡ r n ti / 保证 44. be burnt to the ground 烧成平地
Morphology 构词法
Prefixes & Suffixes 前后缀
(1) -al: natural / n t r l/ 自然的，normal / n m l/ 正常的，royal / r l/ 皇家的
(2) -ist: novelist / n v l st/ 小说家，pianist / pi n st/ 钢琴家，artist / ɑ t st/ 艺术家
(3) un-: unexpectedly / n k sp kt dli/ 出乎意料地，uncomfortably / n k mft bli/ 不舒服地，
unconsciously / n k n sli/ 无意识地
(4) fore-: foresee /f si / 预见，foresight / f rsa t/ 远见，forecast / f k st/ 预报
(5) -y: anxiety / za ti/ 焦虑，discovery /d sk v ri/ 发现，poetry / p tri/ 诗歌
(6) -ous: precious / pr s/ 珍贵的，dangerous / de nd r s/ 危险的，curious / kj ri s/ 好奇的
(7) -ment: equipment / kw pm nt/ 设备，document / d kj m nt/ 文件，movement / mu vm nt/
运动
Etymology 词源学
Root Word 词根
-rupt- = break 破裂
(1) erupt / r pt/ = e + rupt = ex + rupt = break out 爆发出来，爆发 eruption 爆发
(2) abrupt / br pt/ = ab + rupt = break away 爆发离开，突然的，唐突的
(3) disrupt /d s r pt/ = dis + rupt = break apart 打破分离，扰乱
(4) rupture / r pt r/ = rupt + ture = break 破裂，断裂
(5) interrupt / nt r pt/ = inter + rupt = break between 在中间打破，打断 interruption 打断
(6) corrupt /k r pt/ = cor + rupt = thoroughly break 彻底破裂，（道德）腐败 corruption 腐败
(7) bankrupt / b kr pt/ = bank + break 银行破产，破产的，无钱的 bankruptcy 破产
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