Can we hold back the flood

spectre

(n) bóng ma, nỗi ám ảnh The spectre of floods is returning.

burst its banks

(v.phr) vỡ bờ The river Rhône burst its banks, driving people from their homes.

draining it off

(v.phr) thoát nước, tiêu nước Draining it off the land and down to the sea.

high

performance drains

haunt them

(v) ám ảnh họ The floods keep coming back to haunt them.

sap the water’s destructive strength

(v.phr) làm suy yếu sức phá hủy của nước Sap the water’s destructive strength by dispersing it.

dispersing

(v) phân tán By dispersing it into fields and flood plains.

flood plains

(n) đồng bằng ngập lụt Dispersing it into fields, forgotten lakes, and flood plains.

aquifers

(n) tầng ngậm nước Dispersing it into fields, flood plains, and aquifers.

tortuous path

(n.phr) con đường quanh co Rivers took a more tortuous path to the sea.

lost impetus

(v.phr) mất đà Floodwaters lost impetus and volume.

meandering

(v) chảy quanh co While meandering across flood plains.

idling through

(v) chảy chậm qua Idling through wetlands and inland deltas.

unimpeded journey

(n.phr) hành trình không bị cản trở The water tends to have an unimpeded journey to the sea.

dykes

(n) đê điều Dykes are only as good as their weakest link.

unerringly

(adv) một cách chính xác The water will unerringly find it.

tributaries

(n) phụ lưu (sông) The peak flows from several tributaries coincide.

barricaded off

(v) bị chặn lại With four

catchment

(n) lưu vực Drains the world’s second

swell rivers

(v.phr) làm sông tràn bờ Model how intense rains swell rivers.

hydrologists

(n) các nhà thủy văn học To do that, say hydrologists, you need a new approach.

working with the forces of nature

(v.phr) làm việc cùng với các lực lượng tự nhiên The focus is now on working with the forces of nature.

relief channel

(n.phr) kênh tiêu thoát nước Creating new wetlands and a relief channel.

river restorations

(n) sự phục hồi dòng sông In one of Europe’s largest river restorations to date.

regenerating

(v) tái tạo Engineers are regenerating flood plains.

meanders

(n) khúc uốn quanh của sông Channeling it back into abandoned meanders.

oxbow lakes

(n) hồ móng ngựa Channeling it back into abandoned meanders and oxbow lakes.

backwaters

(n) vùng nước tù Channeling it back into abandoned meanders, oxbow lakes and backwaters.

storm surges

(n) nước dâng do bão Slow storm surges coming out of the Alps.

flood

chutes

flood

foilers

drained marshes

(n.phr) các vùng đầm lầy đã được tiêu nước A nation built largely on drained marshes and seabed.

overwhelmed

(v) tràn ngập, áp đảo When the Rhine almost overwhelmed it.

evacuated

(v) được sơ tán A quarter of a million people were evacuated.

porous

(adj) có tính thấm, xốp Wants our cities to become porous.

governed by

(v) được chi phối bởi Berlin is governed by tough new rules.

a resource

(n) một nguồn tài nguyên We now see rainwater as a resource.

concreting river beds

(v.phr) bê tông hóa lòng sông Digging huge drains and concreting river beds.

kick

started

urban flood hazard

(n.phr) mối nguy lũ lụt đô thị Want to beat the urban flood hazard.

pipe dream

(n) giấc mơ viển vông And it’s not just a pipe dream.

launched a scheme

(v.phr) triển khai một kế hoạch The authorities launched a $100 million scheme.

soak up

(phrasal verb) thấm, hút Trees will soak up water from parking lots.

irrigate

(v) tưới tiêu Capture roof water to irrigate gardens and parks.

gravel pits

(n) các hố sỏi Road drains will empty into old gravel pits.

leaky places

(n.phr) những nơi thấm nước Empty into old gravel pits and other leaky places.

recharge

(v) bổ sung (nguồn nước) That should recharge the city’s underground water reserves.

utopian

(adj) không tưởng It sounds expensive and utopian.

watery margins

(n.phr) các vùng bờ nước Trying to protect our watery margins.