Heat Wave in the US

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Heat Wave in the US
(NBC News, July 2010)
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/blistering-heat-in-the-northeast/6rywnpj
The eastern half of the country is dealing with a sizable heat wave.
Check out today’s hot spot forecast: a hundred (degrees) in New York, a hundred and two in Boston
and Washington, a hundred and three in Baltimore.
It wasn’t this hot when we left Georgia, not this hot!
Another day of near-record heat. It’s tough for those who work outdoors.
You can definitely feel the humidity, it’s hot!
Especially if you’re in the thick of it; these Virginia firefighters need their own medical team.
Monitoring the BP, ah, heart rate and the, ah, issues with vital signs to make sure that those people are able to
go back into the fire.
Connecticut had to close beaches; it got too crowded with people seeking relief.
Look at this – there’s nowhere to sit!
A heat wave usually lasts at least five days. Meteorologists say this one will be longer.
It’s gonna continue for five, six, seven, even eight days in a row.
The air quality is poor.
That’s a danger for babies and seniors. New York opened one hundred cooling centers so far; five hundred more
opened today.
Tracey Potts, NBC News, Washington
100 degrees Fahrenheit = 37.8 degrees centigrade, but it’s the humidity that is uncomfortable!
Vocabulary
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to deal with a sizable heat wave
a hot spot forecast
near-record heat
It’s tough
outdoors
faire face à une canicule importante
une prévision des endroits les plus chauds
une chaleur qui dépasse presque les records
c’est difficile
à l’extérieur, dehors
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to be in the thick of it
firefighters
to monitor
BP (blood pressure)
heart rate
issues
être plein dans l’action
les pompiers
surveiller
tension artérielle
rythme cardiaque
des problèmes, des préoccupations
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it got too crowded
to seek relief
to last five days
It’s gonna continue
in a row
cooling centers
so far
c’est devenu trop bondé (de monde)
chercher un soulagement (de la chaleur)
durer 5 jours
= It’s going to continue
à la suite
des centres de rafraîchissement
jusqu’à présent