美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-06-09

 Majority of Mississippi, with water rising, breaching² levees, drowning crops and threatening homes. People have been pitching in all day, filling sand bags, trying to fight back. But it may not be enough, and the wheather could make things even worse over the next few days.

Martin Savidge joins us now from the flood zone, north of Saint Louis.

Martin, the authorities are bracing³ themselves for another breach¹.

--Yeah, Anderson. This is just outside West Alton. This area has literally⁴ been all day long kind of focus of the battle with the flood water here. It had 2 breaches⁵ in the last 24 hours, now it apprears for a third breach, and this one could be the most serious of all. The Mississippi river is just beyond here, you might see that smoke stack in the background there. If it gives away, and there is real fear there is a slide occuring on one of the levees there.

If that happens, all that water is goona come right this way. 94 here, the state high way, it is the main way out, they have to keep this roadway open. Because for a lot of people, it's gonna be the way they get out of the water's way. They're erecting⁶ right now a store kind of levee veri quickly, to try to prevent that from happening. In essence, it's gonna be a watery⁷ alomo. They have to hold it. If they don't, there will be in serious touble and the power planet would be in trouble, as well, Anderson.

--Are conditions supposed to get worse before it gets better in West Alton?

--Yeah, because the next thing is gonna happen. Even though the water is going down, the wheather is going to move in. Tomorrow, more rain is anticipated. What's gonna be crucial is how much rain, where would that rain fall, expecially in the north, and is there going to be wind as well. Because you see the water is at the top of a lot of these levees, if you get the wind, if you get the wave action, it's gonna have more kind of corrosive⁸ effect. If it erode⁹ even more and weaken the structures that right now are already showing the signs of weakness. So, it is really gonna be a time when people are gonna watch the water, and watch the sky.

The mystory related to the Boston Marathon bombing. Down the last 24 hours, we have been trying to find the hero who, Erika Brannock, says so desperatedly helped save her life. We told you about Erika last night. She left Boston's Beth Israel Deacon's Medical Center yesterday, the last of the Boston Marathon bombing victims to go home. She had 11 surgeries, she still has a long recovery ahead. Randi Kaye spent the day with Erika yeasterday. And in a report last night, she decribed what happened to Erika in this critical minutes right after the bomber¹⁰ went off. A good samaritan appeared at her side. Listen.

Erika is also screaming for help. The lower part of her left leg had been blown off, and her right leg was broken.

--I had a conversation in my head with God, and I told Him I wasn't ready to go. And it was almost instantaneously she heard my thoughts. This woman kind of crawled over to me, and she grabed my hand. She heard me screaming for help, and she said my name is Jone from California, I'm gonna let you go. And she stayed with me for the whole time.

Jone used her belt as a tourniquet¹¹ on Erika's leg. Erika never got Jone's last name, or contact, but swears the woman in the yellow jacket with brown hair saved her life.

She desperatedly wants to find her and thank her.

--Yeah, that's her.

We showed her a picture of Jone helping¹² her from the Boston Globe.

--That's Jone right there, and then she's holding my hand right there, and this is my right leg.

1 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

2 breaching   

攻破( breach的过去式 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
• Third, an agency can abuse its discretion by breaching certain principles of judge-made law. 第三，行政机关会因违反某些法官制定的法律原则而构成滥用自由裁量权。

3 bracing   

adj.令人振奋的

参考例句：

• The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
• The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。

4 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

5 breaches   

破坏( breach的名词复数 )； 破裂； 缺口； 违背

参考例句：

• He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
• This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来，婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。

6 erecting   

v.使直立，竖起( erect的现在分词 )；建立

参考例句：

• Nations can restrict their foreign trade by erecting barriers to exports as well as imports. 象设置进口壁垒那样，各国可以通过设置出口壁垒来限制对外贸易。 来自辞典例句
• Could you tell me the specific lift-slab procedure for erecting buildings? 能否告之用升板法安装楼房的具体程序？ 来自互联网

7 watery   

adj.有水的，水汪汪的；湿的，湿润的

参考例句：

• In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
• Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏，她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。

8 corrosive   

adj.腐蚀性的；有害的；恶毒的

参考例句：

• Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry.核工业使用许多腐蚀性很强的物质。
• Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry.核工业使用许多腐蚀性很强的物质。

9 erode   

v.侵蚀，腐蚀，使...减少、减弱或消失

参考例句：

• Once exposed,soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.一旦暴露在外，土壤很快就会被风雨侵蚀。
• Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.金融市场的竞争降低了利润。

10 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

11 tourniquet   

n.止血器，绞压器，驱血带

参考例句：

• Twist the tourniquet tighter.把止血带扎紧点。
• The tourniquet should occlude venous and lymphatic return.止血带应阻断静脉及淋巴回流。

12 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。