Heavy Rain in Northern India
北印度強降雨
Introduction
Heavy rain caused big problems in Uttarakhand. Other parts of Northern India have different weather.
強降雨在烏塔脈誇邦造成嚴重問題。北印度其他地區的天氣則有所不同。
Main Body
Uttarakhand has many broken roads. Landslides and rivers blocked the paths. Police and rescue teams helped people. In Dehradun, 20 people left their homes because a wall fell.
烏塔脈誇邦有許多道路損毀。山崩和河流阻塞了路徑。警察與救援隊協助民眾。在德拉敦，由於一堵牆倒塌，有20人離開了家園。
The Yamuna River had too much water. Workers opened 20 gates to let the water out. One big highway was closed for three days. Trucks could not move food and vegetables.
亞穆納河水位過高。工作人員開啟了20個閘門以洩洪。一條主要公路被關閉三天。貨車無法運送食物與蔬菜。
Other places have less rain. Himachal Pradesh is still wet. But Uttar Pradesh has a problem. Some parts of Uttar Pradesh have too much rain, but other parts have very little rain.
其他地區的降雨量較少。喜馬偕爾邦依然潮濕。但北方邦存在問題。北方邦部分地區降雨過多，而其他部分地區則降雨極少。
Conclusion
Uttarakhand is still in danger. Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are now drier and hotter.
烏塔脈誇邦目前仍處於危險之中。北方邦與德里現在則較為乾燥且炎熱。
Vocabulary Learning
🌧️ opposites: Much vs. Little
In the text, we see how to describe amounts of rain. This is a key skill for A2 English.
The Pattern:
- Too much more than we want (Negative)
- Very little almost nothing (Negative)
Examples from the story:
- "The Yamuna River had too much water." (Problem!)
- "Other parts have very little rain." (Problem!)
🚛 Action words (Past Tense)
Look at how the story tells us what happened. Most verbs end in -ed.
| Now | Then (Past) |
|---|---|
| help | helped |
| block | blocked |
| close | closed |
Note: "left" is a special word. It is the past of "leave".
Quick Logic:
- Trucks could not move food The highway was closed.