酷暑天冰雹突襲俄羅斯海灘 遊客怕死忙表白
Swimmers on the popular river beach say there was no warning on a sunny day before the downpour of hailstones, some the size of golf balls and hen eggs.
正值酷暑，西伯利亞一處有名的沙灘卻毫無預警地迎來了一場冰雹，冰雹大小堪比高爾夫球和雞蛋。
Temperatures on Saturday 12 July were as hot as 37C - or 99F - in Siberia's largest city, Novosibirsk, the day the hail cloudburst struck.
7月12日，上週六，西伯利亞最大的城市——新西伯利亞的溫度高達37攝氏度（99華氏攝氏度），然而一場大冰雹卻突襲而至。
Suddenly in late afternoon heavy winds hit the sandy beach between two bridges across the Ob River, the fifth longest in the world.
下午晚些時候，一陣強風突然襲向了一處位於鄂畢河上兩架橋間的沙灘，鄂畢河是世界第五長河。
Swimmers waded out of the water covering their heads. They shielded themselves under parasols and blow-up sun beds to stay clear of the giant hailstones.
遊客不得不捂住頭部從水中逃出。他們躲在陽傘和充氣牀下面來避開體積巨大的冰雹。
Some children were in tears, sheltering under trees, as the hail bombardment struck the beach vicinity.
一些孩子哭了，當冰雹砸向沙灘附近後，他們把自己藏在了樹後。
'It was like being hit by raining bullets from the sky,' said one sunbather.
一名來此處曬日光浴的人說，“這簡直就像是被天上落下來的子彈給砸中了。”
'My husband was protecting my young daughter but his back was exposed to the hailstones and he has bruising all over it,' said one woman.
一名女士說，“我的丈夫保護了我們年幼的女兒，但冰雹砸到了他的背部，現在他渾身好多地方都青了。”
Siberia is known the world over for its ice - but hailstorms of this intensity are rare in summer, when temperatures are similar to Mediterranean resorts.
西伯利亞的冰雪聞名世界，但是這麼密集的冰雹在夏天卻極爲少見，畢竟當時這裏的溫度與地中海度假勝地的都差不多。
Towels, beach mats and personal possessions were sent flying by heavy winds as the hailstones pummelled bathers and the beach.
當冰雹襲來，沙灘上的毛巾、沙灘墊和各種個人物品都因爲大風而被吹得四零八落。
'If we die, I love you,' a female voice is heard saying on dramatic video footage of the deluge.
“如果我們死了，我要說我愛你，”在這場暴雨的一段視頻中一名女子這樣叫道。
The river looked as if thousands of children had thrown stones into its waters all at the same time.
整個河面看上去就像幾千個孩子一起向水中投了石子一樣。
The tower blocks of Novosibirsk were barely visible across the water so thick was the storm.
這場冰雹太密集了，幾乎看不清新西伯利亞的塔式大樓。
Footage by several local people was uploaded on the internet soon after the freak storm.
一些經歷了這場詭異的冰雹的人拍了視頻，而且很快將視頻傳到了網上。
The beach is close to the centre of Novosibirsk and is a popular summer recreation spot for locals.
此處沙灘靠近新西伯利亞中心，是一處十分受當地人歡迎的夏日度假勝地。
