VOA常速英语:Flood Waters Move In on Bangkok, Thailand

短语讲解：

1. Thai authorities say flood waters creeping down from the north could soon swamp the Thai capital, Bangkok, leading thousands of people to leave the city.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

2. The hope is that the makeshift barrier will prevent, or at least slow down, flood waters from entering the Kaew-Fah-Chulamani temple.

slow down (使)慢下来
例句：You have to slow down your car at the crossing.
在十字路口, 你得放慢速度。

3. Phra Rattanamaythee, head monk at the temple, says he thinks the mass of water headed to Bangkok will probably spill over the wall.

spill over溢出
例句：Don't pour too much; it might spill over.
别倒太满，会泼洒出来的。

4. If it is flooded, he says, they will have to work constantly to pump out the water.

pump out把(水等)打出
例句：If we can pump all the water out, we can save the ship from sinking.
如果我们能把所有水抽干，我们就能使这条船不沉没。

5. But many businesses are now racing to prepare for the water.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：Right now they are preparing themselves for the Olympic Games.
眼下他们正在为参加奥运会作准备。

6. On a busy downtown street, workers layer cement and stack cinder blocks in front of small shops, building up waist-high walls.

build up逐步建立, 增进, 增强,使增大
例句：They built the wall up.
他们把墙加厚了。

7. As more residents jammed highways and bus terminals for coastal areas or the mountains, sandbag and cement walls sprung up throughout the city.

spring up突然开始; 突然产生; 快速增加〔增长〕
例句：New towns are springing up to house the increasing population.
新的城镇正迅速建起, 以容纳不断增长的人口。