2015考研英语阅读防洪减灾
<p> <span word="Flood">Flood</span> <span word="defences">defences</span></p><p> 防洪减灾</p><p> <span word="Dambusterbusters">Dambusterbusters</span></p><p> 堤坝除险，以水御水</p><p> <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="clever">clever</span>, <span word="new">new</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="stopping">stopping</span> <span word="rivers">rivers</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span></p><p> 防止河水泛滥的绝妙新方法</p><p> <span word="THE">THE</span> <span word="destruction">destruction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Orleans">Orleans</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Hurricane">Hurricane</span> <span word="Katrina">Katrina</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2005.</p><p> 2005年的卡特利娜飓风摧毁了新奥尔良。</p><p> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="importance">importance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="keepingleveesthe">keepingleveesthe</span> <span word="artificial">artificial</span> <span word="banks">banks</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="contain">contain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flow">flow</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="partly">partly</span> <span word="canalised">canalised</span> <span word="riversin">riversin</span> <span word="tip">tip</span>-<span word="topcondition">topcondition</span>.</p><p> 这场惨剧提示我们部分渠化的河流其人造大坝即使在洪峰到来，河水漫坝的情况下也要挺住而不出现垮塌是多么重要。</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="practice">practice</span>, <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>.</p><p> 然而，实际上这很难做到。</p><p> <span word="Levees">Levees</span> <span word="fail">fail</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="associated">associated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="violent">violent</span> <span word="storms">storms</span>,</p><p> 导致堤坝垮塌的原因很多，并非全都是狂风暴雨所致。</p><p> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="keeping">keeping</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="impossibletask">impossibletask</span>.</p><p> 而且堤坝数量众多，难以对所有的堤坝状况都进行密切监视。</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="good">good</span>, <span word="therefore">therefore</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="backup">backup</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="block">block</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="unexpected">unexpected</span> <span word="holes">holes</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="cancause">cancause</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="damage">damage</span>.</p><p> 因此，事先储备预案极为重要，一旦堤坝出现未曾预料的缺口时能够及时予以封堵，以防造成更大灾难。</p>
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