摘要
我们所以选入此文,一个重要理由是,文章表达浅显生动,与本期的其他文章存在较强的互补性。 比如,关于“厄尔尼诺”名称的由来,与上文对照阅读,你就会发现其文章活泼得多: This innocent-sounding name originated in the 19th century,when Peruviansailors noticed that every few years around Christmastime,coastal waters warmed upand the current shifted southward.And the "little boy"throws quite a global tempertantrum. 本文公布了1982—83年那次本世纪最为严重的“厄尔尼诺”现象造成的损失:死亡2000人,财产损失130亿美元。(注,我国公布的数字为:死亡1500人,财产损失100亿美元)此外,文章还描绘了“厄尔尼诺”带来的可怕景象: In Australia day turned to night when-dust storm blahketed Melbourne;brushfires raged in its wake. “厄尔尼诺”作恶多端！可是,作者冷不丁地提出了一个新问题: Is there a good side tO El Nino? 读者不妨将此“转折”与Fires of Destruction and Creation一文的转折作一比较,其风格大相径庭矣! “厄尔尼诺”并非完全是一个“捣蛋鬼”,它也有“行善”的一面: the number Of tropical hurricanes in the Atlantic fire reduced during an El Ninoyear.
出处
《当代外语研究》
1998年第1期12-16,共5页
Contemporary Foreign Language Studies
