NPR边听边练100:美国加紧积雪清理工作

 　　主餐一道：泛听练习

　　以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。

　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　From NPR news in Washington, I'm Kova Colen.Power is slowly _1_ to residents in the northeast after the blizzard¹ that left three feet of snow in some places.As NPR's Tovia Smith reports, clean-up could take days.The big dig continues.

　　这里是华盛顿的NPR新闻,我是科瓦·克伦。在暴风雪席卷造成东北部地区造成三英尺的积雪后各个住家的电力正在慢慢恢复。正如NPR新闻的托瓦·史密斯报道的那样,清理可能还需要几天。大型挖掘仍在继续。

　　And in coastal² communities, the big drain, icy water surged over the sea walls onto streets and into homes.Hundreds of thousands remain without power and about a thousand residents are keeping warm in shelters.Carbon monoxide _2_ killed two people in Massachusetts who were in cars with tailpipes _3_ by snow.And state's senate president Therese Murray _4_ caution indoors as well.

　　而在沿海社区,巨大的干燥的,冰冷的海水涌过海堤进入街道和房屋。成千上万的人仍然没有电力,约一千名居民在避难所中取暖。在马萨诸塞州一辆汽车因为排气管被雪堵住造成2人一氧化碳中毒死亡。而州参议院议长特雷西·穆雷也叮嘱市民在室内仍需谨慎。

　　“People _5_ their generators³ inside the house, don't.“It's gonna kill you.People really have to be careful with the built-up of that gas, we don't want to see anybody else die.”Much of the clean-up has to be done by hand, especially around the many cars abandoned on roads.

　　有些人在房子里面使用他们的发电机,不要这样做。这样做会杀了你。人们真的要小心积聚的气体,我们不想再次失去别人。”大部分的清理工作已由手工完成,尤其是在公路边许多被丢弃的汽车。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、blizzard. 暴风雪，大风雪；大打击vi. 下暴风雪

　　eg:Whose idea was this blizzard?

　　这大风雪是谁的主意？

　　eg:The soldiers are very exhausted⁴ for they have advanced forward without rest in a blizzard.

　　士兵们精疲力竭，因为他们在暴风雪中没有休息地连续前进。

　　2、abandoned. 被抛弃的；无约束的；恣意放荡的；寡廉鲜耻的

　　eg:The digging had left a network of abandoned mines and tunnels.

　　挖掘留下了满地密布的废弃矿井和隧道。

　　参考答案：

　　1、being restored 2、poisoning 3、blocked 4、is urging 5、using

1 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。

2 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

3 generators   

n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司

参考例句：

• The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
• Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。