布什总统密切关注“艾克”飓风(2008-09-15)-英语课

时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：美国总统每日发言

英语课

President Bush Receives Update on Hurricane Ike Response and Relief Efforts

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Secretary Chertoff, for your briefing -- you just came back from Houston; Administrator 1 Paulison. The briefing, of course, was on the damage done to Texas and Louisiana, a result of Ike.

We obviously watch this recovery very carefully, because the federal government is playing a crucial role in helping 3 the people of the devastated 4 areas recover. We're working closely with the state and local authorities on a variety of subjects.

Recently I was informed that there are going to be a -- numerous points of distribution for food, water and ice throughout Harris County to help the people there adjust. Obviously until electricity is fully 2 restored, people are going to need help with water, food and ice.

There's some good news on electricity. Electricity is beginning to be restored. Obviously there's a lot more houses and folks that are waiting for electricity, but people are working hard; there's crews coming in from around the country to help.

The energy situation is one that's of concern. Our drivers are -- folks probably going to have to expect some upward pressure on price because the storm disrupted the supply of gasoline as a result of shutting down refineries 5 and pipelines 6. Now, two -- the two major pipelines are up and running, which is positive news, and it happened quicker than we thought it would happen. Yet until those refineries get up and running full blast, those pipelines are going to be looking for product.

And so there's going to be a pinch. I wish it wasn't the case, but it is. On the other hand, if the pinch is too hard, if people think they're being treated unfairly, they need to get on the Department of Energy website, because there's -- or the FTC website -- and make their complaints known.

The storm was -- damaged a lot of infrastructure 7, but truthfully it was not as bad as some predicted that it would be on the energy sector 8.

I'm going down tomorrow. I'm looking forward to going down. Members of my administration will be going down. We're looking forward to hearing from, you know, the local folks. I'm confident there will be people that are very frustrated 9 because their lives have been severely 10 affected 11 by this storm. My message will be that we hear you and we'll work as hard and fast as we can to help you get your lives back up to normal.

Thank you.

1 administrator

n.经营管理者，行政官员

The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

2 fully

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 helping

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

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。

4 devastated

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的