2021年1月23日发(作者：滕文金)
选修六
Unit5 AN EXCITING JOB
一份令人兴奋的工作




I have the greatest job in the world.
我的工作是世界上最伟大的工作。

I travel to unusual
places and work alongside people from all over the world.
我跑的地方是稀罕奇特的地方，
和我
一道 工作的人来自世界各地。
Sometimes working outdoors, sometimes in an office, sometimes
using
scientific
equipment
and
sometimes
meeting
local
people
and
tourists,
I
am
never
bored. （我们）有时在室外工作，有时在办公室里，
有时工作要用科学仪器，
有时要会见当地百姓
和旅游人士。但是我从来不感到工作烦人。

Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don't mind because danger excites me and makes
me feel alive.
虽然我的工作偶尔也有危险，
但是我并不在乎，
因为能激励我，
使我感到有活
力。
However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect

ordinary

people from
one of the most powerful forces on earth
-
the volcano.
然而，最重要的 是，通过我的工作能保
护普通百姓免遭火山的威胁
——
这是世界上最大的自然威力之一 。




I
was
appointed
as
a
volcanologist
working
for
the
Hawaiian
V
olcano
Observatory
(HVO)
twenty years ago. 作为一名火山学家，我被派到夏威夷火山观测站
（
HVO
）
工作。

My job is
collecting
information
for
a
database
about
Mount
Kilauea,
which
is
one
of
the
most
active
volcanoes in Hawaii.
我的任务是收集有关基拉韦厄火山的数据资料，
这是夏威夷最活跃的火
山之一。

Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where
lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.
收集和评估了这些信息之后，
我就帮助其他
科学家一起预测下次 火山熔岩将往何处流去，流速多少。
Our
work
has
saved
many
lives
because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses. < br>我们的工作拯救了许
多人的生命，因为熔岩要流经之地，老百姓都可以得到离开家园的通知。Unfortunately,
we
cannot move their homes out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or burned
to
the
ground.
遗憾的是，我们不可能把他们的家搬离岩浆流过的地方，因此，许多房屋被< br>熔岩淹没，或者焚烧殆尽。







When boiling rock erupts from a volcano and crashes back to earth, it causes less damage
than you might imagine.
当滚烫的岩石从火山喷发出来并撞回地面时，它所造成的损失比想
象的要小些，

This is because no one lives near the top of Mount Kilauea, where the rocks fall.
这是因为在岩石下落的基拉韦厄火山顶附近无人居住。

The lava that flows slowly like a wave
down
the
mountain
causes
far
more
damage
because
it
buries
everything
in
its
path
under
the
molten rock.
而顺着山坡下流的火山熔岩所造成的损失却大得 多，这是因为火山岩浆所流经
的地方，一切东西都被掩埋在熔岩下面了。
However,
the
eruption
itself
is
really
exciting
to
watch and I shall never forget my first sight of one.
然而火山喷发本身的确是很壮观的，
我永远
也忘不了我第一次看见火山喷发时的情景。

It
was
in
the
second
week
after
I
arrived
in
Hawaii.
那是在我抵达夏威夷后的第二个星期。

Having worked hard all day, I went to bed early.
那天我辛辛苦苦等干了一整天，
很早就上床睡
觉了。

I was fast asleep when suddenly my bed began shaking and I heard a strange sound, like a
railway train passing my window.
我在熟睡中突然感到床铺在摇晃，
接着我听到一阵奇 怪的声
音，就好像有列火车在我的窗外行驶一样。
Having
experienced
quite
a
few
earthquakes
in
Hawaii already, I didn't take much notice.
因为我在夏威夷曾经经历过多次地震，所以对这种
声音我并不在意。

I was about to go back to sleep when suddenly my bedroom became as bright
as day.
我刚要再睡，
突然我的卧室亮如白昼。
I ran out of the house into the back garden where
I could see Mount Kilauea in the distance.
我赶紧跑出房间，来到后花园，在那儿我能远远地
看见基拉韦厄火山。
There had been an eruption from the side of the mountain and red hot lava
was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air.
在山的一边有火山喷发，红色发烫的岩浆像喷