时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2017年2月


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Hey. I'm Carl Azuz for CNN 10. And Fridays are awesome 1 — unless you're in the U.S. Northeast and you hate snow.


The region is dealing 2 with the affects of what could be the most significant storm of this winter. When the snow emergency is declared in places like Boston, Massachusetts, you know the weather is bad. Blizzard 3 conditions, whiteouts, more than 1,600 flight cancellations, the closure of the largest school district in the United States, and the warnings to people not to leave their homes except in an emergency. This is all because of a storm system that's affected 4 more than 60 million people in some way. That's roughly one-fifth of America's population.


It came on suddenly. Wednesday's temperature at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was 65 degrees Fahrenheit 5. Yesterday, it was 25, sinking to a low of 18 overnight, and it came with snow.


Forecasters predicted eight to 12 inches in New York, with wind gusts 6 of 50 miles per hour. Boston was expected to get 12 to 15 inches of snow.


And yesterday, in Massachusetts and Connecticut — thundersnow. Pretty unusual event when a winter snowfall brings the thunder.


The system was moving out of New York by last night, but it was expected to impact Boston through the weekend. National Weather Service doesn't expect the temperature there to get above freezing until Sunday.


Despite the storm's location, though, and despite its affects, it moved from west to east, from land to sea. It's not technically 7 a nor'easter, though some folks were calling it that.


What exactly is the difference?


JENNIFER GRAY, AMS METEOROLOGIST: A nor'easter occurs within the most crowded coast line of the United States, the Northeast, and they can occur any time of year but are most common between the months of September and April. That's when weather conditions are primed for a nor'easter.


You start with a low. It's going to travel from the Southeast to the Northeast and intensify 8. Nor'easters are strongest around New England as well as the Canadian Maritime 9 Provinces.


Now, we have very warm water in the Gulf 10 of Mexico and all around the coast of Florida, it's going to warm the air above it and that warm air is going to clash with very cold air coming from the north. Now, nor'easters carry winds out of the Northeast at about 58 miles per hour or more. And keep in mind, the wind direction out of the Northeast is what defines a nor'easter.


It's also going to cause beach erosion, as well as coastal 11 flooding and very, very rough ocean conditions.


Now, not all nor'easter have snow, but some of the most memorable 12 ones have dumped lots of it.



1 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
2 dealing
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
3 blizzard
n.暴风雪
  • 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。
4 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
5 Fahrenheit
n./adj.华氏温度;华氏温度计(的)
  • He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
  • The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。
6 gusts
一阵强风( gust的名词复数 ); (怒、笑等的)爆发; (感情的)迸发; 发作
  • Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
  • Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。
7 technically
adv.专门地,技术上地
  • Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说,这是最先进的设备。
  • The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说,西红柿是一种水果,尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。
8 intensify
vt.加强;变强;加剧
  • We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
  • They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻,保卫我国的领空。
9 maritime
adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的
  • Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
  • The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
10 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
11 coastal
adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的
  • 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。
12 memorable
adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的
  • This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
  • The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。
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ariosoma major
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audiovisual technique
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automatic drain separator
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battering-ram political tactics
Beavis
beckmans
becoming one flesh
Berlin edema
capacity optimization
Carex hirticaulis
cattle-truck
chea-
child behavior
coal slurry pump
coefficient of separate determination
complex instruction
cyclobutanedicarboxylato
de-interlacing
deodar
displace
djounoud
Eastern Arabic numerals
engine bracket
entwining twill
epicardially
Essebsi
Forefathers' Day
full-bodied
Gandhist
genus heterosceluss
gouge flap
government reengineering
granular sludge
Home-Equity Loan
honor-roll
hydrogen blister
immunolabelling
iontotherapy
IRQ
jandal
lanthanum iodite
law-governed
lebensspuren
lignocaine
lower retina
majority element
microinstruction width
misanalysing
mixed acid fermentation
mogis
Mubadala
multilayer(ed) thermal insulation system
naengmyeon
nullosetigera impar
ollite
peak pendent
polyethylene balloon
pond scums
ravenstones
record selector
retained earnings statement
retest
rod handling equipment
self-supplying of feed
serious injuries resulting in death
shoulder breadth
Sigsbee Deep
single-strand wire rope
Slavophil
snow melter
social inflation
specifying
spindle-type drilling machine
split salve fire
stained wool
steel carburized
stereocillia
supervisory regime
suppering
syphionthus
to make a long story short
tomtits
tractor mounting
tube tongs
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twunts
United Nations Peace-Keeping Force
unrecounselled
unregularized
variable path-length cell
varisized
verbification
william shakespeares
wonkily
work station structure diagram
yottalitre
you don't know
zymogenes