时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2015年9月


英语课

 Let’s start with what’s happening in California, not just the state of .., but something is making much worse---wildfire. The state wildfire season used to run from spring until fall, now it’s year around with hot dry trees and branch acting 1 like kindling 2, causing tens of thousands of enkers to burn up. California government declared that the state of emergency in XX yesterday. What that does is to speed up assistance 3 to people who need it. Every day from the place causing the burning... to help to remove the brief from their property.


   Two massive 4 wildfires burning in northern California are spreading fast and threatening homes, property and lives. The filco bally firing lately counted 115 miles XXX, spreading from 50 enkers to 25,000 in just over 10 hours.   “That is a very rapid rid of spread, very dangerous situation. Three miles that is in this condition in California right now. What the temperature and locimedity, the conditions are very extreme.”
  Four or five fighters were injured in the valley fire and they’ve been transported to the UC Davis burned treatment center where they are in stable condition.
   “Firefighters, they are, I’m sure they are emotionally 5 drink physic drinks after being in the second situation where, you know, your life is on the line, doing your job.”
   Mediatorial evacuations have been ordered for many communities in the fire zone, the XXX,XXX just in time.
  “I couldn’t go either way and when we are near, we are scary. We saw the flame going ahead through our house.”
    Meanwhile, the building fire about 70 miles east of XXX was growing to 65,000 enkers, also filled by dry conditions.
   “Within 15 minutes,  we were sitting in the backyard,  those trees and these trees were all on fire when I left. And it came up in minutes.”
    More than 6000 homes were being threaten there. Some already destroyed. In both fires, residents 6 had little time to escape the fast moving flame.

1 acting
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
2 kindling
n.援助,帮助
  • She called and called but no one came to her assistance.她叫了又叫,但没有人来帮。
  • He will get the great possible assistance.他将获得尽可能大的帮助。
3 massive
adj.巨大的,大规模的,大量的,大范围的
  • A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
  • He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。
4 emotionally
adv.感情上,情绪上,冲动地
  • a special school for emotionally disturbed children 为精神异常儿童开办的特殊学校
  • A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse. 多种令人情绪紧张的事情都可能引起旧病复发。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 residents
n.居民( resident的名词复数 );(旅馆的)住宿者
  • Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents. 修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。
  • Local residents have reacted angrily to the news. 当地居民对这一消息表示愤怒。
学英语单词
acenaphthenes
Agats
ammonchelidonic acid
apoaequorin
bacmicetin
bipolar cell
brevi manu
broadcast sowing machine
built-in motor drive
butter (parchment) paper
chirurgie
citizen governance
cluster water
coefficient of moisture permeability
colloid meal
counterbalancing
Cpes
current measuring instrument
dagans
dashing leather
de-Sunnified
dendrolites
DHL courier service
educology
empty receptacle
equal pay for equal work?
eskimo cloth
excess issue
exodetrinite
fluorescence-activated cell sorter
fortunato
gain recovery
germanischer lloyd (gl)
gross production efficiency
Hardeeville
harmane
huntingtins
ideal realism
immunomodulator
insulation oil
LFAB
look-up routine
manhigh balloon flight
metempsychosis
micro disk transistor
mikhail bakunins
Monbahus
moritz den
Mysovka
nappekyn
narrow hook rule
neutropoietin
Note-row
nutribility
olenick
orthoptoscope
peltas
perceived control
philostephanus ovalis
picture specification table
pokeweed families
Porteus maze tests
pouchitis
pressure defined chamber
pto lever
research value
residence routine
retarded menstruation due to deficiency of blood
retirement-savings
ring unit
runy
scattering absorption
school-linked services
scopornetry
selectwomen
Sinapis juncea L.
speck dyeing
split ring clutch
standard counting error
standheight diameter
stimulte
Taklimakan Desert
tallying
Tambovka
taper of web diameter
the Midland
thorium resources
tithely
transmission tie-points
triacanthodids
TV mannequin
two way radio communication
tyre crane
unsatisfied chemical bond
valises
VHTR (very high temperature gas cooled reactor)
waist high
water-stop
wet leaves
wifty-wafty
Xuan-tong
year-end audit