英语新闻听写 美国四个州燃森林大火 已致六人死亡

Emergency crews are scrambling¹ across four mid-western states as wildfires scorch² hundreds of square miles of land.

随着大火在方圆几百里的土地上燃烧，急救人员正匆忙前往四个中西部州。

The fires have burned parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, killing³ six people and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate⁴.

大火已经烧毁堪萨斯、俄克拉何马、德克萨斯和科罗拉多部分地区，造成六人死亡，并迫使数千居民撤离。

In Kansas, 625 square miles have already burned.

在堪萨斯，625平方英里已经被烧毁。

Conditions in neighboring Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska have also led to concerns that the fires could spread across state lines.

邻州爱荷华、密苏里和内布拉斯加的情况也令人担忧，担心大火会蔓延到州际线。

According to the National Weather Service, powerful thunderstorms and tornadoes⁵ have moved through the region overnight.

据国家气象局，强大雷暴和龙卷风夜间已经穿过该地区。

1 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 scorch   

v.烧焦，烤焦；高速疾驶；n.烧焦处，焦痕

参考例句：

• I could not wash away the mark of the scorch.我洗不掉这焦痕。
• This material will scorch easily if it is too near the fire.这种材料如果太靠近炉火很容易烤焦。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 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