風暴追逐者

江西 江海連

他曾被龍卷風襲擊，被冰雹圍攻，狂風驟雨、天雷震顫他都不停歇，只為拍下最真實的風暴場景。

主題語境：自然災害及防范 篇幅：337詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1Only 10 hours remained before Typhoon Muifa was due to make landfall in eastern China.Su Dike and his teammates decided to head to Zhoushan to“meet”the storm and find a good position to record the typhoon.

2There were few people or cars on the road when they saw trees falling down under the force of strong winds and street lamps blinking out in the heavy rain.After some 10 minutes,the rain suddenly became lighter and the wind turned softer,meaning that they were now in the eye of the typhoon.

3“While chasing the storm, we collected a lot of data that can reflect the microscopic(細微的)characteristics of typhoons.We hope the information can help people to better understand such storms,”Su says in his video,recording this thrilling trip.

4“People may think we storm chasers are looking for excitement, but we actually shoulder the responsibility for each chase,as we need to get to the deepest point of a storm to get first-hand data that will help us to deal with future climate change,”he explains.

5Su says a storm is fast, it usually takes 10 to 20 minutes to pass overhead, but for that, they need to chase one for the whole day before the“landfall”.“I don't think about what time it is or where I am.I just focus on where we are in relation to the storm and calculate how much time we have before it arrives,”Su says.

6Su employs a“spirit of exploration”while chasing storms, which means not running around blindly, but preparing by doing research and analysis.“The chase itself is passionate and hot-blooded, but it also needs a cool head to act.It's a combination of science and romance,”Su says.

7With his photos and videos of storms, Su aims to show their beauty from different angles and help raise people's awareness of climate change.“Only from such scenes can you witness what a typhoon is capable of,”he says.

Reading Check

Detail 1.Why does Su chase storms?

A.To search for excitement.

B.To record the beauty of nature.

C.To finish his research report.

D.To get first-hand data of storms.

Inference 2.What does the underlined word“one”in paragraph 5 refer to?

A.A tall tree.

B.A strong wind.

C.A great storm.

D.An exciting trip.

Detail 3.Which of the following shows Su's“spirit of exploration”in chasing storms?

A.He runs around blindly.

B.He makes preparations for his chasing storms.

C.He arrives late at the place where a typhoon happens.

D.He takes photos of storms from different angles.

Inference 4.What's the author's attitude to Su's chasing storms?

A.Admiring.

B.Neutral.

C.Negative.

D.Tolerant.

Language Study

Difficult sentences

1.After some 10 minutes, the rain suddenly became lighter and the wind turned softer,meaning that they were now in the eye of the typhoon.大約10 分鐘后，雨突然變得更小了，風也變得更弱，這意味著他們現在處于臺風的中心。

【點石成金】該句中，meaning為現在分詞作伴隨狀語。

2.Only from such scenes can you witness what a typhoon is capable of.只有從這樣的場景中，你才能看到臺風的威力。

【點石成金】副詞only置于句首，強調地點狀語from such scenes，句子要進行部分倒裝，謂語動詞要放在主語之前。