The Summer Heatwave
夏天的熱浪
— English reading, B1
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Last July, our town experienced the worst heatwave ever recorded. For ten days, temperatures stayed above forty degrees.
去年七月，我們鎮上經歷了有紀錄以來最嚴重的熱浪。連續十天，氣溫都在四十度以上。
Many old people were told to stay indoors during the afternoon. The town hall was turned into a cool room where anyone could rest for free.
許多老年人被告知下午要待在室內。鎮公所被改成了避暑室，任何人都可以免費在那裡休息。
I was working at a café at the time. We sold more ice cream in one week than in the whole of the previous summer. But the heat in the kitchen was almost unbearable.
那時我在一家咖啡館打工。我們一週賣出的冰淇淋，比前一年整個夏天還多。可是廚房裡熱得幾乎受不了。
Scientists say that heatwaves like this will become more common. Our town has since planted hundreds of trees to give more shade.
科學家說，這樣的熱浪會越來越常見。從那以後，我們鎮上種了好幾百棵樹，好提供更多遮蔭。
生詞
heatwave 熱浪
experience 經歷
record 記錄
temperature 溫度
indoors 在室內
previous 先前的
unbearable 難以忍受的
shade 陰涼處