文章转载自 21英语微商城 21世纪英文报
“榕树、烟花、鲶鱼、
桑达、圣帕、达维”
……
台风季到了
有没有人和商城君一样
很好奇这些台风的名字
是怎么来的？
好奇的你看看下面的文章吧！
Typhoon names come from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO, 世界气象组织). In 2000, the WMO started using a new name system for typhoons. It had asked each of its 14 members in the Asia Pacific area to make a list of 10 names. Members include China, Japan and Thailand. The organization used their suggestions to make a list of 140 typhoon names.
台风由世界气象组织（WMO）命名，2000年起，开始使用新的命名方法，确立一张新的命名表。这张新的命名表共有140个台风名字——世界气象组织所属的亚太地区的11个成员国和3个地区各自提供10个名字，组成一个台风名单。
The typhoon names come from animals, plants, places and even the food of each country. For example, Megi, a tropical storm that hit the Philippines in April, is the Korean word for catfish (鲶鱼).
台风的名字可能来源于动物、植物、地方甚至各个成员国的食物。例如，今年4月菲律宾的热带风暴“Megi”，在韩语中是鲶鱼的意思。
Most names are repeated after a certain period. But some are never used again if a typhoon associated with the name was devastatingly (破坏性地) destructive, such as Haiyan.
大多数名字可以重复使用。但如果该台风名称曾造成毁灭性影响就不会再使用第二次了——比如“海燕”。
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