Families in Gaza Use Old Pots to Block Sea Waves

Families in Gaza are using broken cooking pots to build walls against the sea. As winter comes, big waves and high water threaten to flood their tents and temporary shelters on the beach.

against the sea= 抵擋海水（防止海水倒灌）

People and helper groups collect old, damaged pots that nobody can cook with anymore. They fill these metal pots with sand and soil. Then, they stack them in rows along the shore to make simple walls.

in rows= 成排地、一排排地

These pot walls help block the cold seawater from washing into homes and local schools. The families hope this simple idea will keep their tents dry during heavy winter storms.

keep their tents dry= 讓帳篷保持乾燥

學習筆記

文法整理

句型	意思
against the sea	抵擋海水（防止海水倒灌）
in rows	成排地、一排排地
keep their tents dry	讓帳篷保持乾燥

詞彙整理

單字	意思
threaten	對人、事物或某種情況造成危險或不利的影響；危及
temporary	暫時的；非永久性的，只在一段時間內存在或使用的。
damaged	受到損害的；受傷的；損壞的
stack	一疊；一堆整齊堆放的東西。
shore	水域邊緣的陸地；海、湖泊或河流的岸邊。

延伸學習

•在海岸工程中，阻擋海浪的結構通常稱為防波堤（seawall 或 breakwater）；在此處，居民則是克難地利用生活廢棄舊鍋來做成臨時防護屏障。
•「nobody can cook with anymore」句末保留介系詞 with，表示「用（該鍋子）煮飯」，是英語中修飾工具或器具時很常見的關係子句結構。