(英)【外語新聞,逐句精聽:第144期】有關核廢料

【盲聽情況】
聽第二遍都聽懂了
【知識點】
powerful=
potent
a potent force
強大的力量
the amount of sth=
the volume of sth
the sheer volume(= large amount) of business
大量業(yè)務
This work has grown in volume recently.
這項工作的量最近增加了。
New roads are being built to cope with the increased volume of traffic.
正在修建新的道路以應付增加了的交通量。
Sales volumes fell 0.2% in June.
六月份的銷售額下降了 0.2%。
尾礦
coal tailing
adj. extremely large
gigantic
extremely large or impressive, especially greater or better than you expect
stupendous
stupendous achievements
極大的成就
stupendous costs
驚人的花銷
thing=
stuff
very=
incredibly
六英尺
six feet
v + in the planet=
planet + v
足球場
football field
there be sth=
You get sth
people=
everyone
【回譯】
Nuclear waste is an obviously potent thing(stuff), but there are (is)a few important things to say. One is in term of its volume, it's (incredibly)tiny.
So far, for 50-60 years, all of the nuclear waste generated in the running nuclear plant on the planet is just enough for a landfill, by six inches tall.
There is one case in Tennessee that a large co tailing pond collapsed and all of the cold tailing (It) flowed into the river, but people just said, well, you.