今年夏季,全球高溫頻破紀錄,熱浪(heatwave)甚至奪走不少人命,避暑降溫成了全民大作戰,民眾除了冷飲、冰品不離手,各國政府也在街頭灑水降溫,更別提海灘、湖邊、噴水池總是聚集玩水解熱的遊客人潮。 【熱浪來襲淺談】 heatwave 熱浪 A:Look at those kids playing under the water from the garden sprinkler! (快看那些在花園灑水器下方玩水的孩子們。) B:Blistering hot! It seems the heatwaves have become more frequent over these years. (真是熱死了!這些年來似乎熱浪越來越頻繁。) countermeasure 對策、反制措施 A:People are using a variety of countermeasures to deal with the heat. (人們正使出各種對策應付高溫。) B:Right! A vast crowd is gathering to cool down on the beaches. (是啊!一大群人湧向海灘玩水消暑。) to cool off 使……感到涼快 A:Children are lining up around ice cream vans, eating ice cream to cool off. (孩子們在排隊買冰淇淋解熱呢!) B:I heard a city in the U.S. even distributed cooling neckerchiefs to commuters. (聽說美國還有城市甚至發降溫圍巾給通勤族。) 【延伸關鍵字】 1. mercury:溫度計的水銀柱(意指溫度) 2. wildfire:野火 3. to lessen:減輕、稍緩 多益時事通工作團隊獨家授權