美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-11-23

 On Sunday, C. there got a text from his wife. That said she'd seem a tornado¹ about a mile away.  5 mins later, she sent him another that said their house was gone. They weren't the only one this happen to. The storm system ripped through parts of the Midwestern United States on Sunday led to reports more than 60 tornadoes². Authorities said at least 7 people were killed. Hundreds more were injured. The enhance Fuji scale rates tornadoes based on how much damage they cause. The one that hit the city of Washington, Illinois was classified as an EF4. That means its winds were between 170 and 190 miles per hour. It left people relieved to be alive but struggling to recover.

 

"Wow! It's on the ground! It's on the ground!"

 

"The tornado warning has been issued until 3PM eastern standard time for the following counties."

 

"Get to the center most portion of your home and take cover. I am hearing things right now. Check this... I think we may need to take shelter right now ourselves."

 

"Yes,We do."

 

"We need to go up there."

 

"Yeah."

 

"We'll be back when we can."

 

"Right. We'll be right back."

 

"Let's go."

 

"Let's go."

 

"Our father's watching...."

 

"And I go outside and I heard this. Like, it's like a train. Like a loud train. I said this isn't right. I said it's not thunder. It's not...and it just kept coming. Kept coming, getting louder."

 

"The garage is sitting there with the truck. It's gone. It's laying there."

 

"It was tearing it apart like it was jut³ cardboard box. I mean the siding which is getting ripped apart."

 

"This is the clothing I owe now."

 

"A lot of people have a pile of running still and I mean I don't have anything. My whole...It's gone. I don't know where it is."

 

"We'll make it through it and we're just so grateful that the Lord preserve so many lives here."

 

Moving now to a milestone⁴ on Wall Street. Yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 16,000. People use the Dow as indicator⁵ of how the entire stock market is doing and this is the first time it's ever been over 16,000. The Dow ended the day lower than that but still good news for investors⁷. Experts said the Federal Reserve or Fed is a big part of why the stock market is doing well. The Fed is the country's central bank. It's responsible for creating a maintaining the country's fiscal⁸ or economic policies. Recently, many of its policies have been aimed at how they support the US economy. So, some analysts⁹ are debating whether this is a boost or a bubble. 

 

"These are not normal times."

 

"That's right."

 

"This is what the important thing to bear in mind is. We're not watching a Dow that's hitting 16,000 in normal economic circumstances."

 

"Because cooperating earnings¹⁰ are fantastic."

 

"It's not doing it on its own."

 

"No, it's doing it because we are ..... exceptional printing money accomodative policy. J. talked about it. This is not a normal economic. This is not a normal market. It's been artificially..."

 

"And some conservatives said it's a sugar high being helped by the Fed. It's helping¹¹ the richest Americans people who invest in stocks but it hasn't really resolved in a lot of jobs growth yet, and that's something, you know J. would like some jobs growth."

 

"And..... Do watch out for that correction which may not come until the Fed actually starts tapering¹², but come it will. There is no doubt about it.  That`s when the investor⁶ has to hold in as last year it was going on."

 

"But....I think. So, people who might think why are they talking about tapering? It's the training wheels on the economy? And the Fed has training wheels on the economy. Those training wheels will come off. Will the bike wobble?"

 

"Yes."

 

"We'll have to see."

 

"What expensive training wheels! "

 

"They certainly are."

1 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

2 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

3 jut   

v.突出；n.突出，突出物

参考例句：

• His mouth started to jut out,and his jaw got longer.他的嘴向前突出，下巴也变长了。
• His teeth tend to jut out a little.他的牙齿长得有点儿凸出。

4 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

5 indicator   

n.指标；指示物，指示者；指示器

参考例句：

• Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
• His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。

6 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

7 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

8 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

9 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

10 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

11 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。

12 tapering   

adj.尖端细的

参考例句：

• Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off. 人们对那件丑闻的兴趣似乎越来越小了。
• Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down. 非生产性开支一直在下降。