尽管夏天已经过了一大半,但是如果你常听VOA、BBC等新闻,也许你就会发现,最近的飓风还是很频繁的。Dean余波未平,Felix又来,某些地区被两股飓风夹击苦不堪言。不过也许你会和沪江小编一样好奇,这个飓风的名字是怎么起的呢?
Hurricanes names are chosen from a list selected by the World Meteorological Organization. The Atlantic is assigned six lists of names, with one list used each year. Every sixth year, the first list begins again. Each name on the list starts with a different letter, for example, the name of the very first hurricane of the season starts with the letter A, the next starts with the letter B, and so on. The letters "Q", "U", "X", "Y" and "Z", however, are not used.
Often when an unusually destructive hurricane hits, that hurricane's name is retired and never used again. Since 1954, forty names have been retired. In 1996 Hurricane Luis was retired. Is your name among the currently used or retired hurricane names?
看到了吧,原来飓风也是有“家谱”的,这个“家谱”是世界气象组织排定的。大西洋的飓风名字就有六列,每年使用其中一列,六年一循环。这一列名字先后就是按照字母顺序ABCD这样排下来的,不过"Q","U","X","Y","Z"开头的没有列入其中。
通常如果哪一年的飓风破坏力特别大,这一年的飓风的名字就从这个名单上“退役”了,这个原因据小编推测一来可以表示区别,只要一提到这个飓风,就是特指这一年的;二来,这个可能也确实不太吉利。外国人应该也比较忌讳。从1954年一来,光荣退役的名字有40个。上文提到的96年的Luis其实小编我是没什么印象的,但是2005年的Katrina相信大家都不陌生。这个译名为卡特里娜的飓风毁掉了整个新奥尔良,布什政府因为危机反应缓慢引起了全国上下的一致声讨。那以后,Katrina这个名字就从飓风名单中被替换成Katia了。
下面这张表格是从1997年到2008年的飓风的名称:
1997/2003 |
1998/2004 |
1999/2005 |
2000/2006 |
2001/2007 |
2002/2008 |
Ana |
Alex |
Arlene |
Alberto |
Allison* |
Arthur |
Bill |
Bonnie |
Bret |
Beryl |
Barry |
Bertha |
Claudette |
Charley |
Cindy |
Chris |
Chantal |
Cesar |
Danny |
Danielle |
Dennis |
Debby |
Dean |
Dolly |
Erika |
Earl |
Emily |
Ernesto |
Erin |
Edouard |
Fabian |
Frances |
Floyd* |
Florence |
Felix |
Fran |
Grace |
Georges* |
Gert |
Gordon |
Gabrielle |
Gustav |
Henri |
Hermine |
Harvey |
Helene |
Humberto |
Horrtense |
Isabel |
Ivan |
Irene |
Isaac |
Iris* |
Isidore |
Juan |
Jeanne |
Jose |
Joyce |
Jerry |
Josephine |
Kate |
Karl |
Katrina* |
Keith* |
Karen |
Kyle |
Larry |
Lisa |
Lenny* |
Leslie |
Lorenzo |
Lili |
Mindy |
Mitch* |
Maria |
Michael |
Michelle* |
Marco |
Nicholas |
Nicole |
Nate |
Nadine |
Noel |
Nana |
Odette |
Otto |
Ophelia |
Oscar |
Olga |
Omar |
Peter |
Paula |
Phillippe |
Patty |
Pablo |
Paloma |
Rose |
Richard |
Rita |
Rafael |
Rebekah |
Rene |
Sam |
Shary |
Stan |
Sandy |
Sebastien |
Sally |
Teresa |
Tomas |
Tammy |
Tony |
Tanya |
Teddy |
Victor |
Virginie |
Vince |
Valerie |
Van |
Vicky |
Wanda |
Walter |
Wilma |
William |
Wendy |
Wilfred |
红色星号标注的名字就是后来光荣退役的名字,其中
Retired Name | Replacement Name |
---|---|
Allison | Andrea |
Floyd | Franklin |
Georges | Gaston |
Iris | Ingrid |
Katrina | Katia |
Keith | Kirk |
Lenny | Lee |
Michelle | Melissa |
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