2024届高三英语二轮专题复习双语新闻阅读与练习讲义-
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双语新闻阅读与练习
气候变化或将影响全球计时
双语新闻
Climate change is affecting the speed of the Earth’s rotation and could impact how we keep time, a study says. “Global warming is already affecting global timekeeping,” says the study, published in the journal Nature.
一项研究称，气候变化正在影响地球的自转速度，并可能影响人类的计时方式。这项发表在《自然》（Nature）杂志上的研究指出：“全球变暖已经在影响全球计时”。
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) — which is used by most of the world to regulate clocks and time — is calculated by the Earth’s rotation. But the Earth’s rotation rate is not constant and can therefore have an effect on how long our days and nights are.
“协调世界时”（UTC）是根据地球自转计算出来的，世界上大多数国家都用它来管理时钟和时间。但地球的自转速度并不是恒定的，因此会对我们的昼夜长短产生影响。
Changes to the planet’s liquid core have meant the Earth has been spinning slightly quicker. Since the 1970s, to correct for this, about 27 leap seconds have been added to the global clock, with timekeepers planning on subtracting a second for the first time in 2026. This is known as a “negative leap second”.
地球液态内核的变化意味着地球自转速度略快。自20世纪70年代以来，为了纠正这一现象，全球时钟已经增加了约27个闰秒，计时员计划将在2026年首次减少一秒。这被称为“负闰秒”。
However, the study finds that ice melting caused by climate change has partly offset that acceleration. Ice sheets are now losing mass five times faster than they were 30 years ago, meaning that the negative leap second change will not be needed until 2029, the study suggests.
然而，研究发现，气候变化导致的冰雪融化部分抵消了这一加速。研究表明，冰盖现在的质量损失速度是30年前的5倍，这意味着可能直到2029年才需要负闰秒的变化。
“It’s kind of impressive, even to me, we’ve done something that measurably changes how fast the Earth rotates,” Duncan Agnew, the author of the study, told NBC News. “Things are happening that are unprecedented.”
这项研究的作者邓肯 阿格纽告诉美国全国广播公司新闻（NBC News）：“即使对我来说，我们已经做了一些可以适度地改变地球旋转速度的事情，这也是令人印象深刻的。”“正在发生的事情是前所未有的。”
The negative leap second has never been used before and, according to the study, its use “will pose an unprecedented problem” for computer systems across the world.
负闰秒以前从未使用过，根据这项研究，负闰秒的使用将给全球计算机系统“带来前所未有的问题”。
“This has never happened before, and poses a major challenge to making sure that all parts of the global timing infrastructure show the same time,” Mr Agnew, who is a researcher at the University of California, San Diego told AFP news agency. “Many computer programs for leap seconds assume they are all positive, so these would have to be rewritten,” he added.
加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校的研究员阿格纽先生告诉法新社记者：“这种情况以前从未发生过，这对确保全球计时基础设施的所有部分都显示相同的时间构成了重大挑战。”他补充说：“许多计算闰秒的计算机程序都假定它们都是正数，因此这些程序必须重写。”
There has been some skepticism of the study, however. Demetrios Matsakis, former chief scientist for time services at the US Naval Observatory, told AFP that “Earth is too unpredictable to be sure” if a negative leap second would be needed any time soon.
然而，也有一些人对这项研究持怀疑态度。美国海军天文台负责时间服务的前首席科学家德米特里奥斯 马萨基斯告诉法新社说，“地球太不可预测了，无法确定是否在不久的将来就需要负闰秒。”
Human activities like burning fossil fuels are causing world temperatures to rise. That temperature rise is having a huge effect on the environment, including the rapid melting of glaciers and ice sheets.
燃烧化石燃料等人类活动正在导致全球气温上升。气温上升对环境产生了巨大影响，包括冰川和冰盖的迅速融化。
词汇积累
1. rotation n. 旋转；转动；轮换；交替；（旋转的）一周，一圈
2. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) 协调世界时
3. subtract v. 减；减去
4. offset v. 抵消；补偿；弥补
5. unprecedented adj. 前所未有的；空前的；没有先例的
6. infrastructure n. 基础设施
7. skepticism n. 怀疑态度；怀疑论；怀疑主义
语法填空
Climate change is affecting the speed of the Earth’s rotation and could impact how we keep time, a study says. “Global warming is already affecting global timekeeping,” says the study, published in the journal Nature.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) — 1 is used by most of the world to regulate clocks and time — is calculated by the Earth’s rotation. But the Earth’s rotation rate is not constant and can therefore have an effect on how long our days and nights are.
Changes to the planet’s liquid core have meant the Earth has been spinning slightly quicker. Since the 1970s, to correct for this, about 27 leap seconds 2 (add) to the global clock, with timekeepers 3 (plan) on subtracting a second for the first time in 2026. This is known as a “negative leap second”.
However, the study finds that ice melting 4 (cause) by climate change has partly offset that acceleration. Ice sheets are now losing mass five times 5 (fast) than they were 30 years ago, meaning that the negative leap second change will not be needed until 2029, the study suggests.
“It’s kind of 6 (impress), even to me, we’ve done something that measurably changes how fast the Earth rotates,” Duncan Agnew, the author of the study, told NBC News. “Things are happening that are unprecedented.”
The negative leap second has never been used before and, according to the study, its use “will pose 7 unprecedented problem” for computer systems across the world.
“This has never happened before, and poses a major challenge to making sure that all parts of the global timing infrastructure show the same time,” Mr Agnew, who is a 8 (research) at the University of California, San Diego told AFP news agency. “Many computer programs for leap seconds assume they are all positive, so these would have to be rewritten,” he added.
There has been some skepticism of the study, however. Demetrios Matsakis, former chief scientist for time services at the US Naval Observatory, told AFP that “Earth is too unpredictable to be sure” if a negative leap second would be needed any time soon.
Human 9 (activity) like burning fossil fuels are causing world temperatures 10 (rise). That temperature rise is having a huge effect on the environment, including the rapid melting of glaciers and ice sheets.
参考答案
1. which
2. have been added
3. planning
4. caused
5. faster
6. impressive
7. an
8. researcher
9. activities
10. to rise
英国男子耗时352天跑步穿越整个非洲大陆
双语新闻
Scenes of jubilation and relief, as Russ Cook reached the northernmost points of Africa, becoming the first person to run the entire length of the continent. It marks the end of a 352-day journey for the Englishman, in which he traversed 16,000 kilometers through 16 countries, starting in Cape Agulhas in South Africa and finishing in Ras Angela in Tunisia.
当拉斯·库克抵达非洲最北端、成为第一个跑完整个非洲大陆的人时，人群欢呼雀跃，如释重负。这也标志着这位英国人长达352天的旅程的结束，在这段旅程中，他穿越了16个国家，行程达1.6万公里，从南非的阿古拉斯角开始，在突尼斯的拉斯安吉拉落下大幕。
For the final leg of his run, the 27-year-old was joined by supporters. Cook, who has spoken about how running helped him deal with mental health struggles, previously ran about 3,000 kilomet from Istanbul to his hometown of Worthing.
在最后一段里程里，支持者们和27岁的库克一起奔跑。库克曾谈到跑步是如何帮助他应对心理健康问题的，他之前从伊斯坦布尔跑了大约3000公里，最终抵达了他的家乡沃辛。
His Africa run has raised more than 800,000 euros for the Running Charity, which works with young homeless people, and Sandblast, a charity that helps displaced people from Western Sahara. Throughout the mammoth endeavor, which he documented on social media, Cook had to overcome a number of challenges. In Angola, he was given a police escort after armed thieves stole cameras, phones, cash and passports from him in his support team.
他的此次非洲长跑之旅，已经为旨在帮助无家可归的年轻人的“Running Charity”、以及旨在帮助西撒哈拉流离失所者的Sandblast两大慈善机构，筹集到了逾80万欧元的善款。库克在社交媒体上记录下了这一壮举，在此过程中，他必须克服许多挑战。在安哥拉，武装强盗从他的支持团队中盗取了相机、手机、现金和护照，使得他不得不接受警察的护送。
Cook also faced health problems including recurring back pain, and he was denied a visa to cross through Algeria. But after an appeal on social media went viral, the Algerian Embassy in the UK stepped in. Having pushed through, Cook lived up to his nickname "the Hardest Geezer", he celebrated with strawberry daiquiris on the beach.
库克还面临健康问题，包括反复出现的背部疼痛；此外，他在穿越阿尔及利亚时还曾被拒签过。不过在社交媒体上的呼吁迅速传播后，阿尔及利亚驻英国大使馆介入了其中。完成此次壮举后，不负绰号“最硬的家伙”的库克，在海滩上痛饮草莓代基里酒，进行庆祝。
词汇积累
1. entire adj.全部的，整个的；全体的
2. mental adj.精神的, 头脑的, 心理的, 智力的
3. displace v.取代；置换；转移
4. overcome v. 战胜；克服
5. deny v.否认
语法填空
Scenes of jubilation and relief, as Russ Cook reached the northernmost points of Africa, 1 _____ (become) the first person to run the entire length of the continent. It marks the end of a 352-day journey for the Englishman, in 2 _____ he traversed 16,000 kilometers through 16 countries, starting in Cape Agulhas in South Africa and finishing in Ras Angela in Tunisia.
For the final leg of his run, 3 _____ 27-year-old was joined by supporters. Cook, who has spoken about how running helped him deal with mental health struggles, previously ran about 3,000 kilomet from Istanbul to his hometown of Worthing.
His Africa run has raised more than 800,000 euros for the Running Charity, which works with young homeless people, and Sandblast, a charity that helps displaced people from Western Sahara. Throughout the mammoth endeavor, which he documented on social media, Cook had to overcome a number of challenges. In Angola, he 4 _____ (give) a police escort after armed thieves stole cameras, phones, cash and passports from him in his support team.
Cook also faced health problems including recurring back pain, and he was denied a visa to cross through Algeria. But after an appeal on social media went viral, the Algerian Embassy in the UK stepped in. Having pushed through, Cook lived up 5 _____ his nickname "the Hardest Geezer", he celebrated with strawberry daiquiris on the beach.
参考答案
1. becoming
2. which
3. the
4. was given
5. to
美国各州迎来日全食消费热
双语新闻
Next up, millions of Americans are preparing to travel next week to witness the solar eclipse, and that means big business for the communities hosting them. The eclipse's Path of Totality, where people can get the best view of the eclipse, stretches from Mexico across the U.S. and into Canada.
日全食接下来，数百万美国人准备下周前往观看日食，这对主办社区来说意味着大生意。在日全食的途径路径，人们可以最好地观测的日食，从墨西哥穿过美国，一直延伸到加拿大。
On the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls, crowds are expected to be so large that the local government has declared a state of emergency. Niagara Falls is known for its stunning views. The number of people expected to visit the famous waterfalls may soon become a spectacle in itself. It's a prime viewing site for the solar eclipse on April 8th as it crosses North America, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. Even though we get 14 million people every year, it's over the year. It's not all at one time. To get one million at one time would be by far the biggest crowd that we've ever had.
在尼亚加拉大瀑布的加拿大一侧，预计人群将如此之多，以至于当地政府宣布进入紧急状态。尼亚加拉大瀑布以其令人惊叹的景色而闻名。参观著名瀑布的人数可能很快就会成为一个奇观。这里是4月8日日食的最佳观赏地点，届时日食将穿越北美，经过墨西哥、美国和加拿大。尽管我们每年接待1400万游客，但这是一年的。这不是一次完成的。如果一次能吸引到100万人，那将是我们迄今为止最大规模的一次。
Canada's Niagara region has declared a state of emergency so that emergency services can prepare for the influx of people. Hotels, stores and restaurants are gearing up for the visitors, which are estimated to outnumber the locals. Ontario's Niagara region has a population of nearly half of a million people, but some business owners say they're looking forward to some extra company.
加拿大尼亚加拉地区宣布进入紧急状态，以便紧急服务部门为大量涌入的人口做好准备。酒店、商店和餐馆都在为游客做准备，预计游客数量将超过当地人。安大略省的尼亚加拉地区有近50万人口，但一些企业主表示，他们期待着更多的公司分担压力。
词汇积累
1. witness v.亲眼看见，目击
2. stretch v.伸展，张开
3. emergency n.紧急情况
4. stunning adj.极好的；震耳欲聋的
5. spectacle n.壮观的场面或景象
6. influx n.大量涌入
7. outnumber v.数量多于；比……多
语法填空
Next up, millions of Americans are preparing to travel next week to witness the solar eclipse, and that means big business for the communities 1 _____ (host) them. The eclipse's Path of Totality, 2 _____ people can get the best view of the eclipse, stretches from Mexico across the U.S. and into Canada.
On the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls, crowds are expected to be 3 _____ large that the local government has declared a state of emergency. Niagara Falls is known for its stunning views. 4 _____ number of people expected to visit the famous waterfalls may soon become a spectacle in itself. It's a prime viewing site for the solar eclipse on April 8th as it crosses North America, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. Even though we get 14 million people every year, it's over the year. It's not all at one time. To get one million at one time would be by far the biggest crowd that we've ever had.
Canada's Niagara region has declared a state of emergency so that emergency services can prepare for the influx of people. Hotels, stores and restaurants are gearing up for the visitors, which 5 _____ (estimate) to outnumber the locals. Ontario's Niagara region has a population of nearly half of a million people, but some business owners say they're looking forward to some extra company.
参考答案
1. hosting
2. where
3. so
4. The
5. are estimated
气候变化或将影响全球计时
双语新闻
Climate change is affecting the speed of the Earth’s rotation and could impact how we keep time, a study says. “Global warming is already affecting global timekeeping,” says the study, published in the journal Nature.
一项研究称，气候变化正在影响地球的自转速度，并可能影响人类的计时方式。这项发表在《自然》（Nature）杂志上的研究指出：“全球变暖已经在影响全球计时”。
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) — which is used by most of the world to regulate clocks and time — is calculated by the Earth’s rotation. But the Earth’s rotation rate is not constant and can therefore have an effect on how long our days and nights are.
“协调世界时”（UTC）是根据地球自转计算出来的，世界上大多数国家都用它来管理时钟和时间。但地球的自转速度并不是恒定的，因此会对我们的昼夜长短产生影响。
Changes to the planet’s liquid core have meant the Earth has been spinning slightly quicker. Since the 1970s, to correct for this, about 27 leap seconds have been added to the global clock, with timekeepers planning on subtracting a second for the first time in 2026. This is known as a “negative leap second”.
地球液态内核的变化意味着地球自转速度略快。自20世纪70年代以来，为了纠正这一现象，全球时钟已经增加了约27个闰秒，计时员计划将在2026年首次减少一秒。这被称为“负闰秒”。
However, the study finds that ice melting caused by climate change has partly offset that acceleration. Ice sheets are now losing mass five times faster than they were 30 years ago, meaning that the negative leap second change will not be needed until 2029, the study suggests.
然而，研究发现，气候变化导致的冰雪融化部分抵消了这一加速。研究表明，冰盖现在的质量损失速度是30年前的5倍，这意味着可能直到2029年才需要负闰秒的变化。
“It’s kind of impressive, even to me, we’ve done something that measurably changes how fast the Earth rotates,” Duncan Agnew, the author of the study, told NBC News. “Things are happening that are unprecedented.”
这项研究的作者邓肯 阿格纽告诉美国全国广播公司新闻（NBC News）：“即使对我来说，我们已经做了一些可以适度地改变地球旋转速度的事情，这也是令人印象深刻的。”“正在发生的事情是前所未有的。”
The negative leap second has never been used before and, according to the study, its use “will pose an unprecedented problem” for computer systems across the world.
负闰秒以前从未使用过，根据这项研究，负闰秒的使用将给全球计算机系统“带来前所未有的问题”。
“This has never happened before, and poses a major challenge to making sure that all parts of the global timing infrastructure show the same time,” Mr Agnew, who is a researcher at the University of California, San Diego told AFP news agency. “Many computer programs for leap seconds assume they are all positive, so these would have to be rewritten,” he added.
加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校的研究员阿格纽先生告诉法新社记者：“这种情况以前从未发生过，这对确保全球计时基础设施的所有部分都显示相同的时间构成了重大挑战。”他补充说：“许多计算闰秒的计算机程序都假定它们都是正数，因此这些程序必须重写。”
There has been some skepticism of the study, however. Demetrios Matsakis, former chief scientist for time services at the US Naval Observatory, told AFP that “Earth is too unpredictable to be sure” if a negative leap second would be needed any time soon.
然而，也有一些人对这项研究持怀疑态度。美国海军天文台负责时间服务的前首席科学家德米特里奥斯 马萨基斯告诉法新社说，“地球太不可预测了，无法确定是否在不久的将来就需要负闰秒。”
Human activities like burning fossil fuels are causing world temperatures to rise. That temperature rise is having a huge effect on the environment, including the rapid melting of glaciers and ice sheets.
燃烧化石燃料等人类活动正在导致全球气温上升。气温上升对环境产生了巨大影响，包括冰川和冰盖的迅速融化。
词汇积累
1. rotation n. 旋转；转动；轮换；交替；（旋转的）一周，一圈
2. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) 协调世界时
3. subtract v. 减；减去
4. offset v. 抵消；补偿；弥补
5. unprecedented adj. 前所未有的；空前的；没有先例的
6. infrastructure n. 基础设施
7. skepticism n. 怀疑态度；怀疑论；怀疑主义
语法填空
Climate change is affecting the speed of the Earth’s rotation and could impact how we keep time, a study says. “Global warming is already affecting global timekeeping,” says the study, published in the journal Nature.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) — 1 is used by most of the world to regulate clocks and time — is calculated by the Earth’s rotation. But the Earth’s rotation rate is not constant and can therefore have an effect on how long our days and nights are.
Changes to the planet’s liquid core have meant the Earth has been spinning slightly quicker. Since the 1970s, to correct for this, about 27 leap seconds 2 (add) to the global clock, with timekeepers 3 (plan) on subtracting a second for the first time in 2026. This is known as a “negative leap second”.
However, the study finds that ice melting 4 (cause) by climate change has partly offset that acceleration. Ice sheets are now losing mass five times 5 (fast) than they were 30 years ago, meaning that the negative leap second change will not be needed until 2029, the study suggests.
“It’s kind of 6 (impress), even to me, we’ve done something that measurably changes how fast the Earth rotates,” Duncan Agnew, the author of the study, told NBC News. “Things are happening that are unprecedented.”
The negative leap second has never been used before and, according to the study, its use “will pose 7 unprecedented problem” for computer systems across the world.
“This has never happened before, and poses a major challenge to making sure that all parts of the global timing infrastructure show the same time,” Mr Agnew, who is a 8 (research) at the University of California, San Diego told AFP news agency. “Many computer programs for leap seconds assume they are all positive, so these would have to be rewritten,” he added.
There has been some skepticism of the study, however. Demetrios Matsakis, former chief scientist for time services at the US Naval Observatory, told AFP that “Earth is too unpredictable to be sure” if a negative leap second would be needed any time soon.
Human 9 (activity) like burning fossil fuels are causing world temperatures 10 (rise). That temperature rise is having a huge effect on the environment, including the rapid melting of glaciers and ice sheets.
参考答案
1. which
2. have been added
3. planning
4. caused
5. faster
6. impressive
7. an
8. researcher
9. activities
10. to rise
英国男子耗时352天跑步穿越整个非洲大陆
双语新闻
Scenes of jubilation and relief, as Russ Cook reached the northernmost points of Africa, becoming the first person to run the entire length of the continent. It marks the end of a 352-day journey for the Englishman, in which he traversed 16,000 kilometers through 16 countries, starting in Cape Agulhas in South Africa and finishing in Ras Angela in Tunisia.
当拉斯·库克抵达非洲最北端、成为第一个跑完整个非洲大陆的人时，人群欢呼雀跃，如释重负。这也标志着这位英国人长达352天的旅程的结束，在这段旅程中，他穿越了16个国家，行程达1.6万公里，从南非的阿古拉斯角开始，在突尼斯的拉斯安吉拉落下大幕。
For the final leg of his run, the 27-year-old was joined by supporters. Cook, who has spoken about how running helped him deal with mental health struggles, previously ran about 3,000 kilomet from Istanbul to his hometown of Worthing.
在最后一段里程里，支持者们和27岁的库克一起奔跑。库克曾谈到跑步是如何帮助他应对心理健康问题的，他之前从伊斯坦布尔跑了大约3000公里，最终抵达了他的家乡沃辛。
His Africa run has raised more than 800,000 euros for the Running Charity, which works with young homeless people, and Sandblast, a charity that helps displaced people from Western Sahara. Throughout the mammoth endeavor, which he documented on social media, Cook had to overcome a number of challenges. In Angola, he was given a police escort after armed thieves stole cameras, phones, cash and passports from him in his support team.
他的此次非洲长跑之旅，已经为旨在帮助无家可归的年轻人的“Running Charity”、以及旨在帮助西撒哈拉流离失所者的Sandblast两大慈善机构，筹集到了逾80万欧元的善款。库克在社交媒体上记录下了这一壮举，在此过程中，他必须克服许多挑战。在安哥拉，武装强盗从他的支持团队中盗取了相机、手机、现金和护照，使得他不得不接受警察的护送。
Cook also faced health problems including recurring back pain, and he was denied a visa to cross through Algeria. But after an appeal on social media went viral, the Algerian Embassy in the UK stepped in. Having pushed through, Cook lived up to his nickname "the Hardest Geezer", he celebrated with strawberry daiquiris on the beach.
库克还面临健康问题，包括反复出现的背部疼痛；此外，他在穿越阿尔及利亚时还曾被拒签过。不过在社交媒体上的呼吁迅速传播后，阿尔及利亚驻英国大使馆介入了其中。完成此次壮举后，不负绰号“最硬的家伙”的库克，在海滩上痛饮草莓代基里酒，进行庆祝。
词汇积累
1. entire adj.全部的，整个的；全体的
2. mental adj.精神的, 头脑的, 心理的, 智力的
3. displace v.取代；置换；转移
4. overcome v. 战胜；克服
5. deny v.否认
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Scenes of jubilation and relief, as Russ Cook reached the northernmost points of Africa, 1 _____ (become) the first person to run the entire length of the continent. It marks the end of a 352-day journey for the Englishman, in 2 _____ he traversed 16,000 kilometers through 16 countries, starting in Cape Agulhas in South Africa and finishing in Ras Angela in Tunisia.
For the final leg of his run, 3 _____ 27-year-old was joined by supporters. Cook, who has spoken about how running helped him deal with mental health struggles, previously ran about 3,000 kilomet from Istanbul to his hometown of Worthing.
His Africa run has raised more than 800,000 euros for the Running Charity, which works with young homeless people, and Sandblast, a charity that helps displaced people from Western Sahara. Throughout the mammoth endeavor, which he documented on social media, Cook had to overcome a number of challenges. In Angola, he 4 _____ (give) a police escort after armed thieves stole cameras, phones, cash and passports from him in his support team.
Cook also faced health problems including recurring back pain, and he was denied a visa to cross through Algeria. But after an appeal on social media went viral, the Algerian Embassy in the UK stepped in. Having pushed through, Cook lived up 5 _____ his nickname "the Hardest Geezer", he celebrated with strawberry daiquiris on the beach.
参考答案
1. becoming
2. which
3. the
4. was given
5. to
美国各州迎来日全食消费热
双语新闻
Next up, millions of Americans are preparing to travel next week to witness the solar eclipse, and that means big business for the communities hosting them. The eclipse's Path of Totality, where people can get the best view of the eclipse, stretches from Mexico across the U.S. and into Canada.
日全食接下来，数百万美国人准备下周前往观看日食，这对主办社区来说意味着大生意。在日全食的途径路径，人们可以最好地观测的日食，从墨西哥穿过美国，一直延伸到加拿大。
On the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls, crowds are expected to be so large that the local government has declared a state of emergency. Niagara Falls is known for its stunning views. The number of people expected to visit the famous waterfalls may soon become a spectacle in itself. It's a prime viewing site for the solar eclipse on April 8th as it crosses North America, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. Even though we get 14 million people every year, it's over the year. It's not all at one time. To get one million at one time would be by far the biggest crowd that we've ever had.
在尼亚加拉大瀑布的加拿大一侧，预计人群将如此之多，以至于当地政府宣布进入紧急状态。尼亚加拉大瀑布以其令人惊叹的景色而闻名。参观著名瀑布的人数可能很快就会成为一个奇观。这里是4月8日日食的最佳观赏地点，届时日食将穿越北美，经过墨西哥、美国和加拿大。尽管我们每年接待1400万游客，但这是一年的。这不是一次完成的。如果一次能吸引到100万人，那将是我们迄今为止最大规模的一次。
Canada's Niagara region has declared a state of emergency so that emergency services can prepare for the influx of people. Hotels, stores and restaurants are gearing up for the visitors, which are estimated to outnumber the locals. Ontario's Niagara region has a population of nearly half of a million people, but some business owners say they're looking forward to some extra company.
加拿大尼亚加拉地区宣布进入紧急状态，以便紧急服务部门为大量涌入的人口做好准备。酒店、商店和餐馆都在为游客做准备，预计游客数量将超过当地人。安大略省的尼亚加拉地区有近50万人口，但一些企业主表示，他们期待着更多的公司分担压力。
词汇积累
1. witness v.亲眼看见，目击
2. stretch v.伸展，张开
3. emergency n.紧急情况
4. stunning adj.极好的；震耳欲聋的
5. spectacle n.壮观的场面或景象
6. influx n.大量涌入
7. outnumber v.数量多于；比……多
语法填空
Next up, millions of Americans are preparing to travel next week to witness the solar eclipse, and that means big business for the communities 1 _____ (host) them. The eclipse's Path of Totality, 2 _____ people can get the best view of the eclipse, stretches from Mexico across the U.S. and into Canada.
On the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls, crowds are expected to be 3 _____ large that the local government has declared a state of emergency. Niagara Falls is known for its stunning views. 4 _____ number of people expected to visit the famous waterfalls may soon become a spectacle in itself. It's a prime viewing site for the solar eclipse on April 8th as it crosses North America, passing over Mexico, the United States and Canada. Even though we get 14 million people every year, it's over the year. It's not all at one time. To get one million at one time would be by far the biggest crowd that we've ever had.
Canada's Niagara region has declared a state of emergency so that emergency services can prepare for the influx of people. Hotels, stores and restaurants are gearing up for the visitors, which 5 _____ (estimate) to outnumber the locals. Ontario's Niagara region has a population of nearly half of a million people, but some business owners say they're looking forward to some extra company.
参考答案
1. hosting
2. where
3. so
4. The
5. are estimated