Raging Bushfires Have Razed Properties in Australia and Briefly Spread to Suburbs of Sydney Three people have died and more than 170 properties have been destroyed since the fire emergency intensified in NSW (New South Walls) on Friday. Authorities had said they were facing what could be "the most dangerous bushfire week this nation has ever seen". Experts have compared the situation to the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, when 173 people died. 自周五新南威爾士州的火災(zāi)緊急情況加劇以來，已有3人死亡，170多座房屋被毀。當(dāng)?shù)卣硎荆麄兠媾R的可能是“本國有史以來最危險的森林大火周”。專家們稱這一情況堪比2009年維多利亞州“黑色星期六”的森林大火，那次火災(zāi)造成173人死亡。 Police are investigating reports that a fire in North Rothbury, in the Hunter Region of NSW (New South Walls), and at least two others, may have been started deliberately. 有報告稱，新南威爾士州獵人區(qū)北羅斯伯里的一場火災(zāi)以及至少另外兩場火災(zāi)可能是蓄意縱火，警方正在對此進行調(diào)查。 Fire authorities say a million hectares of land have burned in NSW (New South Walls) since the fire season began in September. To the north, Queensland has also declared a state of emergency as 55 bushfires rage in the state. Though it was not facing such severe weather on Tuesday, officials warned conditions could deteriorate later in the week. Fire crews in South Australia were tacking about a dozen blazes, while bushfires in Western Australia also sparked emergency warnings. 消防部門表示，自9月份火災(zāi)季節(jié)開始以來，新南威爾士州已有100萬公頃土地遭遇火情。隨著昆士蘭州北部55起森林火災(zāi)迅速蔓延，該州也宣布進入緊急狀態(tài)。盡管本周二昆州沒有遭遇如此惡劣的天氣，但官員們警告稱，本周晚些時候情況可能會惡化。南澳大利亞州的消防人員正在撲滅十幾起大火，而西澳大利亞州的森林大火也引發(fā)了緊急警報。 Scientists and experts warn that Australia's fire season has grown longer and more intense due to climate change. Officials have confirmed that 2018 and 2017 were Australia's third and fourth-hottest years on record respectively, and last year the nation experienced its warmest summer on record. 科學(xué)家和專家警告說，由于氣候變化，澳大利亞的火災(zāi)季節(jié)變得更長、更嚴重。官員們已經(jīng)證實，2018年和2017年分別是澳大利亞有記錄以來第三和第四最熱的年份，去年澳大利亞經(jīng)歷了有記錄以來最熱的夏天。 intensified 加劇 deliberately 蓄意地 declared 宣布 rage 迅速蔓延 deteriorate 惡化 due to 由于 properties 房屋及院落;莊園 confirmed 證實 respectively 分別