CNN 2011-01-16
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2011年(一)月
This morning, Haitians gathered at what remains 1 of Notre Damn Cathedral to celebrate mash 2 on this somber 3 occasion. One year has now passed since the earth shook Port-au Prince. The earthquake killed closed to a quater million people. In October, disaster struck again in the form of a deadly epidemic 4 of cholera 5. The death toll 6 now more than 3600 people dead and climbing.
One year, nothing has changed here, he says, many people are suffering, and we don't know why.
We still have 6 patients in the hospital. One patient stays or remains in a critical fashion, two are serious and three are in a fair condition. The update on the congresswoman at this time period is that it's going as anticiptated,again at this time period things can go very slowly and the progress can occur very rapidally at some particular time,and actually can also go in a negative fashion, the downward the way as well. And I'm happy to state that none of the downward events have occured at this time which is, you know, exactly what kind of want to happen. It's just amazing how the people of this nation here are coming together on this tragedy. The amount of good wishes that coming across is just absolutely stunning 7.
The latest weather storm to bury the northeast is getting out of there as fast as it blew in, in the meantime though, it is whiteout Wednesday. A foot or more of new snow in New York City, and through much of New England plus winds as high as 80 miles an hour, air travel once again is at a virtual standstill.The bigger airports are open, but so many people are not flying.
Today's storm in the northeast is a bigger,badder version of what we had in the south on Sunday and into Monday.The memories of that are still fresh because most of the snow and ice is still all over the place in the south. Of the 50 states have some snow on the ground, somewhere this week, Florida being the lone 8 exception.Here's another way to look at it. The national weather service says 71% of the United States is covered by snow.
More than 40,000 houses are expected to flood with up to 100,000 homes without power.Over 2000 Brisbane streets will sink below the murky 9 waters while around 3,000 businesses are facing financial ruin.
It's horrible, that's my whole life, but we are alive, I've got my kids.
The Goodwill 10 Bridge on verge 11 of collapsing 12 into the surging waters.Salvage 13 missions now have begun to prevent further scenes like this one.Major infrastructure 14 is also under threat, including the city's port as residents prepare the best they can, the city's biggest dam continues to fill, Wivanhoe currently sits around 190 percent of capacity .But for now ,it's stable. A piece of good news on a very bad day
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- He beat the potato into a mash before eating it.他把马铃薯捣烂后再吃。
- Whiskey,originating in Scotland,is distilled from a mash of grains.威士忌源于苏格兰，是从一种大麦芽提纯出来的。
- He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
- His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。
- That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
- The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
- The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
- Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
- The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。
- A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
- She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。
- She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
- She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。
- His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
- We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
- Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
- The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。
- All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
- The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。