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    2017考研英语拓展阅读：兰博基尼一秒变"快艇"!
    上周三，一个上传到脸书上的视频引起了围观，一辆价值约20万美元的兰博基尼在圣迭戈街头从洪水中突围。
    The low-slung vehicle hesitantly approaches thelarge puddle, seeing other
vehicles strugglingthrough it.
    开始时，看到其他车辆在低洼水坑处徘徊，这辆低底盘的兰博基尼也在犹豫。
    But then the driver decides to go for it and drives through the puddle,
which results in theluxury car nearly being fully submerged in water, as water
covers the hood and moves up on tothe windshield. The car pushes through,
accelerating periodically, and makes its way throughthe deep water.
    但随后车主决定驶出此处水坑，这也导致这一豪车的整个车身几乎全部陷入水中，水上升至车前盖甚至到挡风玻璃的高度。情势一度十分危机，车主仍继续前行间歇踩油门加速，最终顺利冲出水坑。
        The flooding, caused by this year's strong El Nino, has wreaked havoc
around the California,closed several major highways and prompted
evacuations.
    此次洪水是因今年的强厄尔尼诺现象引起的，已肆虐加利福尼亚各地，数条主要高速公路已经关闭，并做好相关撤离工作。
    The video uploaded to Facebook soon went viral and has more than 1,103,000
views. AfterTuesday and Wednesday's flooding, El Nino-driven storm lashed
coastal areas of California onThursday, stirring waves that flooded some
low-lying streets.
    该视频上传至脸书后迅速蹿红，点击量已超过110万3000，在遭遇了周二和周三的洪水后，周四因厄尔尼诺引起的暴雨又肆虐了加州沿海地区，造成海浪汹涌，并淹没了一些地势低的街区。
    The storm created waves that forecasters said could reach 16 feet while
sending scatteredthundershowers across inland areas.
    天气预报表示，暴雨引起的大浪有可能达到16英尺的高度，并使内陆地区出现雷阵雨天气。