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Look, Squeaks, it looks like it stopped raining!
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It’s been raining here for a few days, and the news was saying that we might even get a flood.
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A flood is when there’s water all over, even where there’s usually land.
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Floods can be small, and only cover a little space, or they can cover an entire city.
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Now that it’s stopped raining, that probably won’t happen here.
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But it is pretty weird to think about the ground suddenly being covered with water!
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Normally, when rain falls, the water can go a few places.
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The rain can fall into someplace already holding water, like a lake or river, or it can land on the ground, which soaks up the water like a sponge.
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But have you ever tried pouring water on a sponge for a while?
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Eventually, the sponge can’t hold any more water, and it starts to drip.
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If too much rain falls too quickly, something similar happens with the ground: it becomes completely full of water.
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The lakes or rivers holding the water can also become too full, and begin to overflow.
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If the ground is too wet to soak up the extra water, a flood starts to form, almost like a giant puddle.
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A normal puddle will slowly sink into the ground, but during a flood, there’s nowhere for puddles to go, so they keep growing, and growing.
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Sometimes, the floodwater will cover roads, cars, and even buildings.
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Everything looks so different during a flood; it’s like there’s a new pond or lake.
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You can even see which areas are higher up in a town, and which are lower.
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The high spaces stick out of the water like islands, and the low spaces get completely covered by the floodwaters.
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Even when the rain goes away, the floodwaters can take a long time to go back down — sometimes days or weeks.
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But eventually, it soaks into the ground, or evaporates and goes back into the air.
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Then, the flood is over.
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Squeaks wants to know if you can explore a flood, and that's a good question!
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Floods aren't for exploring!
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Even though it looks like a big pond, a flood can be dangerous.
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As the floodwater rises, it picks up everything it can along the ground.
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There can be tree branches, trash, and even cars hiding under the water.
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The water can also pick up germs and other things that can make people sick if they drink the water, or sometimes if they touch it at all.
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It’s definitely not a good place to go swimming.
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What /should/ people do during a flood?
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Well, it’s a lot like what people do for other big problems, like a hurricane or tornado: they make sure to be prepared.
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Lots of people have an emergency kit with plenty of food, water, and other supplies to stay safe until the flood is over.
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Exactly!
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We keep an emergency kit in the Fort’s closet.
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If a flood did happen, we would stay inside as long as it was safe and make sure not to go too close to the water.
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In some places, especially near really big rivers or where it rains a lot, big floods can happen more often.
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People who live in places like that might have a special location, like a flood shelter, to go if there’s a big flood.
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That way, they can stay out of the water if it gets too close to their homes.
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Luckily, floods don’t happen very often near the Fort, and this storm didn’t cause one either.
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But I bet there are some good puddles outside!
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We should go do some splashing!
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Thanks for joining us!
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15 weniger häufige Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

  • flood /flʌd/ (Substantiv) — Flut, Überflutung. An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
  • soak /soʊk/ (Verb) — durchnässen. To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
  • sponge /spʌnd͡ʒ/ (Substantiv) — Schwamm. Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
  • explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (Verb) — erforschen. To examine or investigate something systematically.
  • pond /pɑnd/ (Substantiv) — Teich, Weiher. An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
  • trash /tɹæʃ/ (Substantiv) — Abfall, Mist. Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
  • nowhere /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ (Adverb) — nirgendwo, nirgends. In no place.
  • shelter /ˈʃɛltə/ (Substantiv) — Zuflucht, Obdach. A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
  • sink /ˈsɪŋk/ (Verb) — sinken. To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
  • swim /swɪm/ (Verb) — schwimmen. To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
  • closet /ˈklɑzɪt/ (Substantiv) — Geheim-. A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
  • hurricane /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ (Substantiv) — Hurrikan, Orkan. A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
  • pour /poɹ/ (Verb) — gießen, schütten. To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
  • subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/ (Verb) — abonnieren. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
  • luckily /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/ (Adverb) — glücklicherweise, auf glückliche Weise. In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

  • pick up (Verb) — aufheben, aufnehmen. To lift; to grasp and raise.
  • go away (Verb) — weggehen, fortgehen. To depart or leave a place.
  • go back (Verb) — zurückgehen, zurückfahren. To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
  • think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (Verb) — (jemand) denken an. To ponder.

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

Der Sprecher verwendet 6 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel aren't, can't, didn't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.

  • Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: trash /tɹæʃ/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, splash /splæʃ/

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Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

StrukturIm Video
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop … + -ing – Verben, auf die die -ing-Form folgtstopped raining · keep growing · keep learning
Möglichkeit mit „might / may“ might/may + Verb – etwas ist möglich, aber nicht sichermight even get · might have
Zukunft mit „will“ will + Verb – eine Entscheidung, ein Versprechen oder eine Vorhersagewon't happen · will slowly sink · will cover

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