日本富士山晚雪创纪录
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A national symbol of Japan, the respected Mount Fuji usually has a cap of snow by early October.
作为日本的国家象征，备受尊崇的富士山通常在十月初就会戴上雪冠。
This year, weather experts said snowfall on the top of the mountain took place later than it has since records have been kept.
今年，气象专家表示，山顶的降雪比有记录以来的任何时候都要晚。
Last year, snow covered the top of the mountain on October 5.
去年10月5日，雪覆盖了山顶。
But this year, the first snowfall was on November 6, making this year's snowcap the latest to form since 1894 when records started.
但今年的第一场雪是在11月6日，这使得今年的雪盖成为自1894年有记录以来形成最晚的一次。
The Kofu weather station declares the news every year.
甲府气象站每年都会宣布这一消息。
Officials at the Kofu observatory confirmed snow near the 3,776-meter top of the country's tallest volcano.
甲府观测站官员证实，这座日本最高火山海拔3776米的山顶附近有积雪。
The office explained that the "first snowfall" on Mount Fuji is the point when the observatory staff can see that all or part of the mountain is covered with snow for the first time after summer.
该办公室解释说，富士山的“初雪”是指观测站工作人员在夏季过后首次看到山顶全部或部分被雪覆盖的时刻。
Mamoru Matsumoto is an official of the Kofu observatory office.
松本守是甲府天文台办公室的官员。
He said that Mount Fuji's first snowfall has been delayed in recent years although the reasons are still unclear.
他说，近年来富士山的初雪时间有所推迟，尽管具体原因尚不清楚。
"I feel relieved to finally see the snow," he added.
他补充道：“终于看到雪了，我感到如释重负。”
"The temperature at the Fuji summit has been high since October, so I could foresee quite a big delay in the snowfall, which was giving me an uneasy feeling."
自十月以来，富士山顶的气温一直偏高，因此我能预见到降雪会有相当大的延迟，这让我感到不安。
Unusually warm weather prevented rainfall from turning to snow this October.
反常的温暖天气使得今年十月的降雨未能转化为降雪。
The average temperature on the mountain’s peak reached a record of 1.6 degrees Celsius compared to the October average of -2 degrees Celsius, official data showed.
官方数据显示，山顶平均气温达到1.6摄氏度的创纪录水平，而10月的平均气温为零下2摄氏度。
Maria Gabriel, a visitor from Texas, came to Japan with plans to see the sacred mountain.
来自德克萨斯的游客玛丽亚·加布里埃尔来到日本，计划一睹这座圣山的风采。
She told Reuters, "It's beautiful with the snow, and that was kind of what our expectations were coming (to Japan)," she said, adding that the mountain's snowcapped image was famous worldwide.
她告诉路透社：“下雪后这里很美，这也正是我们来日本时所期待的场景之一。”她还补充说，这座山白雪覆盖的景象世界闻名。
I’m Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
Tom Bateman and Mariko Katsumura reported this story for Reuters.
汤姆·贝特曼和胜村真里子为路透社报道了此事。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
