美国国家公共电台 NPR--Buffalo residents say they relied on each other to make it through the blizzard

Buffalo¹ residents say they relied on each other to make it through the blizzard²

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In the western New York city, people banded together in the aftermath of a devastating⁴ storm. A lot of people are helping⁵ others by shoveling or providing food.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

People around Buffalo, N.Y., say they made it through the blizzard of recent days by relying on each other. They have even relied on each other's body heat. Annabel Padilla (ph) has two roommates and a cat.

ANNABEL PADILLA: Things in our house - oils, our soap - everything was frozen. Most of our water was frozen. You know, nothing was working. So we all had to sleep in one bed, every single blanket in the house, trying to keep the cat warm, ourselves warm.

INSKEEP: Padilla found a Facebook group called Blizzard in Buffalo and asked for help.

PADILLA: And in a matter of almost 5 minutes, I had almost five, 10 people commenting on it, trying to get us out of our house. And fortunately, this woman named Jennifer (ph) connected me with another woman named Meg (ph) that was our neighbor down the street. And she had an open apartment. And she let us go in and take refuge in her house.

INSKEEP: Padilla's mom is Bridget Thornton (ph).

BRIDGET THORNTON: We're all in a pretty miserable⁷ situation. But we're in it together. And so, you know, rather than making it worse by turning on each other, we - you know, we make it better by helping each other.

INSKEEP: Thornton says she and her neighbors have all been pitching in.

THORNTON: There's just a lot of people out with shovels⁸, helping just random⁹ people get their cars unstuck, shovel⁶ their driveways. And then, you know, you move onto the next one.

INSKEEP: Cassidy Lechner (ph) is with the mutual¹⁰ aid group known as the Buffalo Snow Brigade.

CASSIDY LECHNER: You know, we'll ask the folks who are requesting, what do you need? Do you need salting? Do you need de-icing? Do you need your walkway, your porch, your driveway?

INSKEEP: All right. Now, Buffalo has lifted its ban on driving. But Lechner says the Buffalo Mutual Aid Network still needs donations to help people trapped inside.

LECHNER: So we can go and get groceries for people and bring them to their house, because a lot of people haven't been able to go out and get groceries.

INSKEEP: And the shoveling continues.

1 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

2 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。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 shovel   

n.铁锨，铲子，一铲之量；v.铲，铲出

参考例句：

• He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
• He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。

7 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

8 shovels   

n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份

参考例句：

• workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人
• In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天，我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。 来自辞典例句

9 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

10 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。