VOA标准英语2012--New York City's Post-Sandy Cleanup Crawling
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)
New York City's Post-Sandy Cleanup Crawling
In the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, New York city is dealing 1 with water in tunnels, electrical conduits, and in the basements of major financial institutions.
On Tuesday, the Brooklyn Bridge was covered with bumper 2 to bumper traffic. On the pedestrian deck above, thousands of pedestrians 3 were keeping pace with the cars.
Due to a city-wide suspension of subway service, street vendor 4 Dominic Raiano decided 5 to walk from Brooklyn to Manhattan after waiting an hour for a bus.
“There’s no reason that there shouldn’t be shuttle bus service for the trainsm," he complained. "They do it on other times when trains are down. Why can’t they do it this time?”
New York State Governor, Andrew Cuomo is asking the public to be patient.
“There are significant challenges that we're facing, he explained, "and problems in many cases that we've never experienced before or not in our generation. So patience and tolerance 6 will be appreciated."
Cuomo announced the resumption of limited subway service in parts of the city for Thursday, but not in Lower Manhattan.
Workers there are pumping water from flooded underground electrical conduits. The flooding as well as an explosion during the storm at a transformer station knocked out power to New York’s Financial District, a local hospital, and the city’s tallest apartment building, the new Beekman Tower designed by famous architect Frank Gehry.
Nathaniel Clay, who lives on the 70th floor, says the novelty of using the power outage to visit friends and neighbors is wearing off. The basement of Clay’s office in New York's Financial District is flooded. Subway stations in the area and some commuter 7 tunnels also are flooded.
“At this point, I think a lot of people are getting stir-crazy, nad want to go back to their normal routines," he admitted.
At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Army Corps 8 of Engineers is helping 9 the city remove water from places where Corps spokesperson Chris Gardner says it has never been.
“There are still tunnels and there are other areas in Lower Manhattan with large amount of water. We’re here to support efforts to unwater those as soon as possible and as soon as feasible," Gardner explained. "But there’s not really a timeline for that."
Gardner says the Corps of Engineers also is helping clean up tons of debris 10 from New York waters to ensure the safety of local shipping 11, much of which has also been suspended.
- 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。
- The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
- This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。
- Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
- He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
- Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- 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。
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。