美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-09-16
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2015年9月
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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》