（英）【外语新闻，逐句精听：第144期】有关核废料

【盲听情况】

听第二遍都听懂了

【知识点】

powerful=

potent

a potent force

强大的力量

the amount of sth=

the volume of sth

the sheer volume(= large amount) of business

大量业务

This work has grown in volume recently.

这项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应付增加了的交通量。

Sales volumes fell 0.2% in June.

六月份的销售额下降了 0.2%。

尾矿

coal tailing

adj. extremely large

gigantic

extremely large or impressive, especially greater or better than you expect

stupendous

stupendous achievements

极大的成就

stupendous costs

惊人的花销

thing=

stuff

very=

incredibly

六英尺

six feet

v + in the planet=

planet + v

足球场

football field

there be sth=

You get sth

people=

everyone

【回译】

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.