New York battered by record amount of snow in January

    NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Thursday that the city had experienced the snowiest January in history after a thick blanket of snow covered the city.
    During a press conference to update the city's snow removal efforts, Bloomberg told the public that after 19 inches of snow fell on the city overnight, New York had endured 36 inches of snow since Jan. 1, breaking the old January record of 27.4 inches in 1925.
    All New York City public schools were closed on Thursday, the ninth time since 1978 that the city had closed its schools due to snow. All non-emergency（紧急的，备用的） city government offices were also closed.
    Hundreds of flights were grounded and New York public transit¹ experienced delays. Parking meters and alternate side parking rules were also suspended due to the snow conditions.
    More than 2,000 plows² deployed³ by the government have cleared all primary streets and are now working on secondary and tertiary streets.
    Since Dec. 14, snow has fallen eight times on the New York region, including the blizzard⁴ that dropped 20 inches on New York City and paralyzed travel after Christmas.
    It is forecast that snow shower will fall on the New York Region on Friday and Saturday.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

2 plows   

n.犁( plow的名词复数 )；犁型铲雪机v.耕( plow的第三人称单数 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• Alex and Tony were turning awkward hands to plows and hoe handles. 亚历克斯和托尼在犁耙等农活方面都几乎变成新手了。
• Plows are still pulled by oxen in some countries. 在一些国家犁头仍由牛拖拉。

3 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

4 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。