VOA慢速英语:Weather Predictions Expected to Improve with New U.S. Satellite(翻译)

短语讲解：

1. It said the satellite’s deployment would lead to more exact and timely weather forecasts, watches and warnings.

lead to 导致
例句：Blindly copying others might very well lead to losses.
盲目搬用别人的经验很容易造成损失。

2. Sullivan said its instruments will be able to study Earth five times faster and with four times more detail than any other NOAA satellite currently in operation.

be able to 能够
例句：He will be able to take up his normal routine shortly.
他不久就能处理日常事务。

3. A NOAA statement said the greater detail will help improve the agency’s study of ocean storms, as well as “the prediction and warnings of severe weather.”

as well as 也，又
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days.
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。

4. That information could help the officials decide when to order civilians to leave an area because of bad weather.

because of 因为，由于
例句：It is mainly because of my fault.
这主要是由于我的过错。