VOA标准英语2012--Superstorm Sandy Beaches Boats Along New Jersey Shore
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)
Superstorm Sandy Beaches Boats Along New Jersey 1 Shore
It was forecast as one of the largest storms in American history. And yet, some New Jersey citizens stood their ground.
“Mandatory evacuation... by the time it came in, unfortunately, we didn't have a lot of options,” said resident 2 Teja Anderson.
That's because Anderson and her husband had waited too long.
“Everybody was begging us to get out like our families," she said. "My husband's family in Ohio was screaming at us and hanging up on us like, 'GET OUT GET OUT.'”
But then she heard the hurricane 3 was speeding up, which meant less time for the storm to do damage
“The only crash we heard the whole night was the first table falling over. After that the water sort of gently mixed it all around and made a big hodgepodge of stuff 4. We knew the house wouldn't fall apart at that point. We'd made it through the worst,” said Anderson.
Thousand of others didn't, though. They lost their cars, their furniture and even their homes.
“It's just stuff. It's so stupid," said Anderson. "But everybody lost just so much more. Photos and memories and stuff that you can never get back. Ours was really just furniture. It's just stuff. It really doesn't mean anything.”
She said what does matter is how people pulled together.
“This is a community. This is a town that cares about other people and everyone pulls through,” said Anderson.
Neighbors helping 5 neighbors. Anderson said that's commonplace 6 here.
“Soon as somebody got hot water, and they put it on Facebook, 'I have hot water! Come take a shower!'” she said.
Still, Anderson can't help but look back at how lucky they were.
“We were worse than stupid. We were idiots 7. We took our children's lives into our hands. I'll never do that again...” she said.
She knows that next time they might not be so lucky.
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- I've been resident in this place for five years. 我已经在这个地方住了五年。
- They engaged a resident tutor. 他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。
- The hurricane destroyed the whole village.飓风把整个村子都毁掉了。
- A hurricane struck the city.飓风袭击了该城市。
- We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
- He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
- 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。
- Soon it will be commonplace for men to travel to the moon.人们去月球旅行很快就会成为常事。
- What he has said is a mere commonplace view.他所说的不过是尘俗之见而已。