美麗藏凶險
Have you ever noticed the sky before a typhoon comes?
你是否曾注意過颱風來襲前的天空呢？
notice(v.)留意、注意
The blue sky sometimes turns a magical purple and pink.
藍天有時候會變成魔幻的紫色和粉紅色。
turn(v.)變成magical(adj.)有魔力的
This was what happened before Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan back in October, 2019.
這就是2019年10月塔吉貝颱風重創日本前發生的事情。
strike(v.)侵襲、重創
At that time, the sky was so beautiful that many people took pictures of it.
那時，天空實在太美麗了，很多人都拍下照片。
so…that…如此⋯以致於⋯take a picture照相
Yet this was just the calm before the storm.
然而這只是暴風雨前的平靜。
calm(n.)平靜storm(n.)暴風雨
Typhoon Hagibis resulted in serious damage and many deaths.
塔吉貝颱風造成嚴重的損害和死亡。
result in sth.導致serious(adj.)嚴重的damage(n.)損害、損失death(n.)死亡
It was the most powerful one to hit the country in half a century.
它是50年以來侵襲該國最強大的颱風。
it=Typhoon Hagibiscentury(n.)世紀、一百年
The purple sky is actually a phenomenon known as scattering.
紫色的天空其實是一種叫散射的現象。
phenomenon(n.)現象scattering(n.)散射
It happens when heavy rain rids the atmosphere of larger particles that absorb most light.
當大雨清除了大氣中吸收大部分光線的較大粒子時，就會發生這個情形。
rid A of B將A除去Batmosphere(n.)大氣層particle(n.)粒子absorb(v.)吸收
What’s left are smaller particles that scatter the light in all directions.
剩下的是較小的粒子，它們會向各個方向散射光線。
scatter(v.)使分散direction(n.)方向
The result is this electric sky filled with purple and pink colors.
結果就是這片充滿紫色和粉紅色讓人心動的天空。
result(n.)結果electric(adj.)令人震驚的be filled with sth.使充滿