VOA慢速英语:Experts Work to Develop Better Tools to Predict Severe Weather

短语讲解：

1. This is expected to improve NOAA’s forecast models.

be expected to 被期待做某事
例句：The commune is expected to bring in more rice this year. 
今年公社可望收获更多稻谷。  
 
2. “By doing local scale, or community scale maps, people can relate with the problem because they see their houses, they see their neighbor’s houses, the bridge in their community, the river in their community in relation to the hazards - the flood hazards in particular.”

in relation to 关于
例句：I have a lot to say in relation to that affair. 
关于那件事我有好多话要说。 

3. Geologist Carlos Primo David also works with Project NOAH. He says the group depends on satellites, Doppler radar and hundreds of rain gauges across the country.

work with 共事
例句：His secretaries work with system. 
他的几位秘书工作有条不紊。 

4. He says the group depends on satellites, Doppler radar and hundreds of rain gauges across the country.

depend on 依靠
例句：You can depend on him to rise to the occasion, if need be. 
你可依靠他来应付这个局面。 

5. And a color coded warning system was also put in place.

put in place 实施；实现
例句：A restructuring plan involving a12% reduction in costs will be put in place next year.
一个降低12%成本的调整计划将于明年到位。

6. He says now the government has to get people to take severe weather events more seriously, and to actively prepare for the worst.

prepare for (使)为…作准备；(使)对…有思想准备
例句：Will you help me prepare for the evening party?
你能帮我为晚会作准备吗？