VOA标准英语2008年-Gustav Slams Louisiana
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（九月）
Satellite image shows Hurricane Gustav as it plows 1 ashore 2 on US coast
The storm struck the U.S. Gulf 3 Coast southwest of New Orleans, knocking down power lines and creating waves several meters high. Torrential rain buffeted 4 the coast as the storm brushed past New Orleans, losing strength as it headed inland past city of Baton 5 Rouge 6 and into the state of Texas.
Emergency officials are relieved that losses are low. But Louisiana's Lieutenant 7 Governor, Mitchell Landrieu, says he worries most about the levees and walls that protect populated areas from the swollen 8 Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain.
"We're watching the television pictures of the splash over on the industrial canal [in New Orleans] and monitoring things as carefully as we can. I want to remind everybody about [Hurricane] Katrina [three years ago]. That storm passed and everybody thought it was OK. And then, other things happened," he said.
Three years ago, levees were breached 10 by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina, inundating 11 80 percent of New Orleans, destroying homes and leaving thousands of people stranded 12. More than 1,400 died in that storm and in the chaotic 13 and late rescue effort that followed.
A Louisiana National Guard vehicle in New Orleans, 01 Sep 2008
This time, people heeded 14 warnings to evacuate 15 and nearly two million departed from coastal 16 areas in advance of the storm. Rescue efforts have been prompt and well coordinated 17.
Greg Champagne 18, the Sheriff of St. Charles Parish, a district west of New Orleans, says it is too early for evacuees 19 to return. "Sit tight just a little bit longer. We've got plenty of deputies to control the streets and protect your property tonight [Monday night]. We're going to be out there in full, full force, very aggressively. We don't want anyone on the streets tonight. Our curfew, consider it in effect now. Don't go on the streets, residents. Stay home! There is nothing you can do on the streets except hurt yourselves," he said.
While New Orleans was largely deserted 20 when the storm hit, C.W. Stanbaugh was among those who stayed behind. From the front door of his home, he surveyed the fallen trees. "The only damage I've seen is on the street here. From what I've seen on our battery-operated television, it seems to be pretty much like this all over the city."
Meanwhile, New Orleans has yet to fully 9 recover from the devastation 21 of Katrina in 2005.
- Alex and Tony were turning awkward hands to plows and hoe handles. 亚历克斯和托尼在犁耙等农活方面都几乎变成新手了。
- Plows are still pulled by oxen in some countries. 在一些国家犁头仍由牛拖拉。
- The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
- He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- to be buffeted by the wind 被风吹得左右摇摆
- We were buffeted by the wind and the rain. 我们遭到风雨的袭击。
- With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
- The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。
- Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
- She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。
- He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
- He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。
- Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
- A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
- Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。
- Floodwaters are inundating states up and down the Eastern Seaboard. 洪水淹没了东部沿海各州。 来自互联网
- Their invasion of the city effecttidal wave inundating first the immigrant colonies. 他们的涌入城市，象潮头一样首先淹没了移民地带。 来自互联网
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
- Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
- The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
- She countered that her advice had not been heeded. 她反驳说她的建议未被重视。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I heeded my doctor's advice and stopped smoking. 我听从医生的劝告，把烟戒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
- They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。
- Moreover, for multi-exits, evacuees select a exit based on game theory. 在有多个出口时，疏散人员根据对策论选择出口。 来自互联网
- Evacuees wade through flooded area following heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar on Saturday, July 31, 2010. 撤离灾区涉水通过后在白沙瓦沉重的季风降雨在周六，2010年7月31日。 来自互联网
- The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
- The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》