听遍美国之空难性新闻[3]:Big Storms in the Midwest

听遍美国之空难性新闻[3]:Big Storms in the Midwest

 Big Storms in the Midwest. Near blizzard(1) conditions in Colo-rado and Wyoming, big snows closed and brought down power lines for thousands. Power Company spokesman Steve Rolstead in Denver says, "We’ve received anywhere between 8 and 12 inches of extremely(2) heavy wet snow. That snow in turn weighed down our transmission(3) lines, it knocked trees into our transmission and distribution(4) lines. And as a result knocked out power to thousands upon thousands of our customers”.

Those snowstorms closed schools and highways as well. The stormy weather brought more rain to the Dakota where flooding(5) is imminent¹(6) and brought tornados(7) in Iowa that killed at least one person.

听音瓶颈词汇

1. blizzard  n.大风雪
2. extremely  adv.非常地
3. transmission n.传输
4. flooding n.泛滥
5. distributionn.分配；配送
6. imminent adj.即将来临的；逼近的
7. tornado² n.龙卷风

听音高级短语

bring down  使…倒塌
weigh down 压倒
as a result  结果
knock out 切断；破坏

听音超级句型

And as a result knocked out power to…
结果导致…的电源被切断。

1 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

2 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。