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答案                                        Hurricane Names
A hurricane is a violent ocean storm near the equator/ in the eastern Pacific or Atlantic oceans in late summer or early autumn./ The same kind of storm is also known by other names./ Scientists call them cyclones when they happen/ just north or south of the equator and in the Indian Ocean./ They are called typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean or the China Sea./
   Weather scientists call hurricanes by names to make clear just which storm they are talking about,/ especially when two or more take place at the same time./ They say using short names is especially important/ when exchanging storm information among weather stations and ships at sea./
   An Australian weather scientist began giving women’s names to storms/ before the end of the nineteenth century./ Weather scientists used the names of their girlfriends or wives for storms during World War Ⅱ./ The United States weather service started officially/ using women’s names for storms in nineteen fifty-three./ In nineteen seventy-eight, it began including men’s names as well./
   Today, scientists make up lists of names years in advance./ They agree on them at meetings of the World Meteorological Organization./ The lists include both American and international names. /

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