时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)


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After Sandy, New Yorkers Give Holiday Thanks


This year's Thanksgiving holiday falls just three weeks after Hurricane Sandy battered 1 New York City, leaving thousands homeless or displaced.


Rashawn Austin’s neighborhood was relatively 2 unscathed but loved ones elsewhere in the city weren’t so lucky. For her, the awareness 3 of insecurity and blessing 4 are paired this year. 


“A friend of mine sent me a photo of a spot where we used to sit at Long Beach maybe three months ago. The spot is completely gone," Austin says. "I think this year a lot of people are probably looking at the fact … that I am actually sitting with my family and we are all healthy and everything is good…. You know, in spite of everything… it’s a positive thing.”


Among the travelers packing the city's bustling 5 Pennsylvania Station is Sandra, an out-of-towner on her way to catch a train home. She and three women friends came to the city without careful planning. She's thankful they survived some unexpected adventures getting here. 


"We rode in on Amtrak and we got dumped out in the middle of nowhere. Had no idea what we were doing," Sandra says. "We had never ridden the train and we were just looking around trying to follow the herd 6 with all of our luggage. But we made it out of the train tracks, went out and got a taxi, rolled to our hotel, and once we got our bearings, we just rocked this city."


Up in Central Park, Jeff is having a ball listening to an ad hoc drum circle. He is thankful to be back in his hometown after 20 years out west.


“And this Thanksgiving I am grateful for my beautiful healthy family that I am here traveling in New York City with," Jeff says. "We’ve been in Los Angeles 20 years, and we’re excited to show the kids the city and the fall and we’re having a great time.”


Jeff’s 10-year-old daughter has things she's thankful for as well.


"My family, because they keep me safe," she says, "and they make me feel special."


At a popular sidewalk café uptown, New Yorker Jeff Ellenberger expresses similar feelings. 


“I am very grateful for friends who have put out helping 7 hands in times of stress. I came in here and was in a very dark mood and in 10 minutes this guy had me going again.”


“This guy” is Bob Mills, who is thankful he left a dangerous drinking habit behind. 


“I am grateful this year to be sober," Mills says. "I am sober 26 years and to have redeemed 8 my life through 12 step programs and fellowship. The people I love. The love I can give. My health.”


It is new-found freedom, following a prison term for selling illegal drugs, that has Rafael Romero feeling grateful this Thanksgiving. He's now a street cleaner proudly working for an honest wage.


“I am grateful for just being home and being able to start a new life. Being happy and not having to look over my shoulder," Romero says. "I am happy that I am being a different person, changed, and I am just looking for a new beginning."


Liburna Deva came to New York from Kosovo to pursue a graduate degree. She also hopes for success in life, and, like many, is grateful to America for giving her a shot at her dreams. 


“It’s unbelievable that I am here for only three years and I can call this place home," Deva says. "That’s what America does to you and I am grateful for that. A lot. Yes, it’s going to a good Thanksgiving, a lot to be thankful for.”


Some of the thoughts of gratitude 9 that Americans will be digesting, along with their turkey and trimmings, this Thursday, Nov. 22, Thanksgiving 2012.




adj.磨损的;v.连续猛击;磨损
  • He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
  • The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿
  • The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
  • A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。
adj.喧闹的
  • The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
  • This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。
n.兽群,牧群;vt.使集中,把…赶在一起
  • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  • He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见,只是人云亦云。
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。
adj.感激,感谢
  • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
  • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
学英语单词
actinium-uranium
aesthete
air pollutant emission standard
alloscutum
apatemyid
apts.
assheton
automatic level control amplifier
Bajūgaon
bandy blows with
bastardi
birdieing
bliki
burner support
Carucedo
check nonstop flight
chronometer escapement
Chrysanthemum maximum maximum
coagulation
Coca-Cola
contorted strata
courmont
cross switch
culture-vultures
cycloidal tooth profile
de niroes
dead or alive
deducibleness
derivation of an algebra
Electric power grid
embedded parts
epithelium anteriu corneae
faunas
flame regulator
flying-spot scanning digitizer
gastrotomy
Gilliganian
ground paint
harmonic choke
hensen's cell
hydrobots
immanentize
intergalactic nebula
isoendomorphism
kata-plagioclase gneiss
La Guajira, Dep. de
liagora segawai
linear admissible function
market town
meroplankton
mesomesenchyme
mixed formulation
Mukinga
multi-aspect search
neck journal bearing
Nefteyugansk
nepskoeite
nisans
oiling groove
optimum power shaping
organo-tin stabilized poly
outflow boundary condition
Paederus
paraschachnerite
perichondral tumor
permissible diameter
picture amplitude
porosomes
prejudizes
preziosi
prosthetic grous
pterobryopsis orientalis
public decisions
put your finger to your lips
region of proportionality
salophen
semiconductor filter
serebrov
series and parallel
Smith's suprarenal sarcoma
source rod clad(ding)tube
steric compatibility
structural computation
sue to sb for sth
Sungai Bayor
supersonic launch
take their name in vain
taper rolling
tide-pool
torsoclusion
towing aircraft
tricyclic anti-depressants
turn head
underlets
upset pressure
uromyces decoratus
valgous
vesbium
wall humping
warm condenser
waste wood
webley