CNN News:美國南部遭暴風雪襲擊

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I`m Carl Azuz for CNN STUDENT NEWS.

這里是CNN學生新聞，我是Carl Azuz。

We are your commercial-free source of current events for middle and high school classrooms.

這里是為中高中生準備的免費的時事新聞。

General Beauregard Lee is a famous groundhog here in the South. On Groundhog Day, he predicted an early spring. Failed. After four winter storms in two weeks and states of emergency in Tennessee and Alabama, Southerners are saying never put your trust in the groundhog.

Beauregard Lee是 美國南部非常有名的土撥鼠。一天Beauregard Lee鉆出洞來語言春天快來了。但結果卻是相反的。兩周以來降下了四場暴風雪，田納西州和阿巴拉巴州都宣布進入了緊急狀態(tài)。南方的市民都說永遠不要相信土撥鼠說的話。

The snowfall, a couple inches here, a few more there, might not be much compared to what folks in the Northeast have been through.

這場暴風雪有數英尺厚，但是與東北部的暴風雪可能還是沒有辦法比。

But in states that are generally not used to it, it`s enough to shut down schools, delay or cancel hundreds of flights and leave grocery stores completely out of milk and bread.

但是南部諸州的市民對此可不常見，降雪厚度足以達到封校，延遲或取消航班，超市貨物被搶光的狀態(tài)。

There were winter storm warnings in 11 states yesterday, some of them taking no chances with the memory still fresh of ice storms that shut down traffic in Atlanta and the Carolinas last year.

昨天氣象局對11個州發(fā)布了暴風雪預警，其中亞特蘭大和卡羅萊州地區(qū)的市民還沒從冰風暴中走出來就又開始迎接暴風雪。

A very different natural disaster is drying out part of part of South America. Sao Paolo is the largest city in Brazil. About 20 million people live in and around Sao Paolo and they`re running dangerously low on water.

而在美國南部極端自然災害已經把部分地區(qū)水分榨干了。在圣保羅地區(qū)大約有2000萬人居住，現在用水量遠遠不夠。

The city has seen its lowest amount of rainfall since 1930. The reservoir that provides its main water source is down to 6 percent of its total capacity.

自1930年該城市就出現了最低降雨量，用水主要來源的水庫下降了6%。

Officials are now warning people they may have to ration water.

官方正在警告當地市民其恐怕要限量供水。

What could be worse news is that some experts expect this crisis to last for years.

更糟糕的消息是專家估計這種狀況可能會持續(xù)數年之久。