It's that time of year in the Southwest when duststorms take shape and raise health and safety risks.

西南地区每年的那个时候，沙尘暴形成并引发健康和安全风险。

This year, due to a dry winter, the Southwest is seeinga greater number of dust storms.

今年，由于干燥的冬天，西南正遭遇更多的沙尘暴。

Experts say the infamous haboobs, as they're known in the Phoenix area, will likely be active this summer when monsoon season begins.

专家称菲尼克斯地区知道的臭名昭著的哈布沙暴，今夏当季风季节开始时可能活跃起来。



In southern Arizona, a series of dust blasts on Interstate 10 near the New Mexico border have shut down the highway at least seven times in the past few weeks.

在亚利桑那州南部，新墨西哥州边界附近州际公路10号的系列尘爆在过去几周至少七次关闭公路。

The dust is reportedly coming from a farm near the town of San Simon, Arizona, that was readied for planting but never seeded, leaving loose soil that is easily picked up by winds.

据称灰尘来自亚利桑那州圣西蒙附近的一个农场，准备种植但没有播种，使松散的土壤易被风刮起。

词汇解释

1、pick up

拿起；提起；拾起；捡起

He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back onhis head.

他从地板上拾起帽子，重新戴在头上。

Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.

里德利拿起一支铅笔，不停地在手里摆弄着。

（通常指开车）接载，取走

We drove to the airport the next morning to pick up Susan.

我们第二天早晨开车去机场接苏姗。

She went over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes.

她去了趟父母家取些干净衣服。

（不费力地）获得，学会

Where did you pick up your English?

你在哪儿学的英语？

Young people are picking up ideas about good drugs and bad drugs.

年轻人正在形成毒品有好坏之分的观念。

2、induce

引起;导致

Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack.

医生们说手术有可能引起心脏病发作。

an economic crisis induced by high oil prices.

由高油价引发的经济危机

引诱;劝说

I would do anything to induce them to stay.

我会想尽一切办法劝他们留下来。

More than 4,000 teachers were induced to take early retirement.

4000 多名教师被说服提前退休。