●The Bad Luck Day
Every kid in the world has had a Bad Luck Day, but Daisy Dreamers might be the unluckiest Bad Luck Day ever in the series1.
It started with a broken mirror. Daisy Dreamer should be more careful, but accidents2 happen. But one broken mirror leads to a terrible day for Daisy and her imaginary3 friend, Posey. Now theres a black cat following them everywhere. A mirror version4 of Posey named Yesop has come out. He thinks bad luck is the best thing in the world!Its up to Daisy and her dreamy outlook5 to save everyone from the Bad Luck Day.
○《倒霉的一天》
世界上的每一個孩子都有過倒霉的一天,但夢想家黛西的可能是這個系列書中最倒霉的一天。
一切是從一個碎了的鏡子開始的。夢想家黛西應該更小心,但意外發(fā)生了。然而一個破碎的鏡子卻給黛西和她想象出來的朋友波西帶來了糟糕的一天?,F(xiàn)在,一只黑貓到處跟著他們,還出現(xiàn)了一個名叫耶索普的鏡子里的波西。他認為壞運氣是世界上最好的東西!全靠黛西和她充滿夢想的人生觀,才能把每個人從倒霉的一天里拯救出來。
●600 Schools Close Due to6 Australian Fires
Over 600 schools in Australia have closed due to wildfires.
Two Australian states have called a state of emergency7 and thousands of people have been asked to leave their homes.
Officials have confirmed8 that around 150 homes in the state of New South Wales (NSW) have been destroyed9.
At least three people have died and thousands have had to leave their homes in New South Wales and Queensland.
Sydney, with the largest number of people in the country, has been marked as at “catastrophic10 fire danger”.
○澳大利亞600所學校因火災關閉
澳大利亞有600多所學校因野火而關閉。
澳大利亞兩個州已宣布進入緊急狀態(tài),數(shù)千名居民被要求離開家園。
官員們證實,新南威爾士州(NSW)大約有150所房屋被摧毀。
在新南威爾士州和昆士蘭州,至少有3人死亡,數(shù)千人不得不離開家園。
該國人口最多的城市悉尼被稱為“災難性火災危險”。
【Notes】
1. series n. 系列,連續(xù);叢書
2. accident? n. 事故;意外;[法] 意外事件;機遇
3. imaginary? adj. 虛構(gòu)的,假想的;想像的
4. version? n. 版本 5. outlook? n. 展望;觀點;人生觀
6. due to 由于;應歸于
7. emergency? n. 緊急情況;突發(fā)事件;非常時刻
8. confirm? vt. 確認;確定 9. destroy? vt. 破壞;消滅;毀壞
10. catastrophic? adj. 災難的;災難性的,毀滅性的