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Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words.
欢迎收看美国之音：新闻词汇。
Thousands of dead sardine fish landed along the Laraquete River in Chile recently.
最近，数千条死沙丁鱼出现在智利拉拉奎特河沿岸。
Phenomenon. Reports say huge numbers of the ocean fish swam into the river, reducing the water's oxygen level.
现象。报道称，大量的海鱼游进河里，降低了水的含氧量。
Tests on the sardine remains suggest the mass death resulted from a natural phenomenon related to the supply of oxygen in waterways.
对沙丁鱼遗骸的检测表明，大规模死亡是由与水道供氧有关的自然现象造成的。
A phenomenon is an observable fact or event.
“现象”指可以观察到的事实或事件。
But people use the word most often when such an event is rare, powerful, or of mysterious cause.
但人们最常使用这个词来形容罕见、强大或具有神秘原因的事情。
Now you know what phenomenon means.
现在你们知道“现象”是什么意思了。
