VOA标准英语2013--Cebu Island Struggles to Recover From Typhoon's Direct Hit
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2013年(十一月)
Cebu Island Struggles to Recover From Typhoon's Direct Hit
DAANBANTAYAN, PHILIPPINES — In the Philippines, much of the world's attention has focused on the devastated 1 city Tacloban where authorities have struggled to deliver aid to tens of thousands of homeless residents.
But scores of smaller towns across the country's central islands are only just being reached by aid workers a week after Typhoon Haiyan. Among them: Daanbantayan on Cebu island's northern tip, which was in the storm’s direct path.
At one aid station, fledgling attempts are made to transform frustration 2 and confusion into organization as food, water and other necessities trickle 3 into coastal 4 villages directly hit by winds of more than 300 kilometers per hour.
Francisco Oswa, his wife and their five children rode out the storm at his mother’s sturdier house next door.
“The roofs all flew off. Our neighbors’ homes collapsed 5. Then our house was destroyed," she explained through an interpreter. "We’re poor people, we need help here. We are out of food." While Cebu’s physical devastation 6 is enormous, its remarkably 7 low human death toll 8 is being attributed to most people heeding 9 the mandatory 10 evacuation notices. But figuring out where to shelter more than 20,000 households is now the latest challenge for Dann Andrio, operations officer on assignment from the national interior department.
“What we really need is temporary shelters," he said. "A big help would be the used tarpaulins 11 or big mats or any kind of plastic material that can sustain at least a day or so, especially because Philippines is a tropical country. We’re expecting not just summer, but also rainy season, rainy days.”
Under a blazing sun, children cluster by the roadside pleading hunger, and a fortunate few receive handouts 12. But some officials dismiss their pleas as the exploits of perennially 13 impoverished 14 parents seeking to capitalize on the sympathies of foreign aid workers.
But for most families in Cebu, it has long been a hand-to-mouth existence, even when not contending with the destruction wrought 15 by one of the world’s most powerful storms.
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
- He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
- The stream has thinned down to a mere trickle.这条小河变成细流了。
- The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.汹涌的车流现在已经变得稀稀拉拉。
- 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。
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- 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》
- I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
- He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- This come of heeding people who say one thing and mean another! 有些人嘴里一回事，心里又是一回事，今天这个下场都是听信了这种人的话的结果。 来自辞典例句
- Her dwarfish spouse still smoked his cigar and drank his rum without heeding her. 她那矮老公还在吸他的雪茄，喝他的蔗酒，睬也不睬她。 来自辞典例句
- It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
- There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。
- Main wood to aluminum and plexiglass, PC, tarpaulins, toughened glass. 主材以铝型材与进口有机玻璃、PC、防水布、钢化玻璃。 来自互联网
- That means providing tents or other materials, including plastic sheeting, tarpaulins and wood. 这意味着需要帐篷和其他物资，包括塑料布、放水油布和木材。 来自互联网
- Soldiers oversee the food handouts. 士兵们看管着救济食品。
- Even after losing his job, he was too proud to accept handouts. 甚至在失去工作后，他仍然很骄傲，不愿接受施舍。
- He perennially does business abroad. 他常年在国外做生意。 来自辞典例句
- We want to know what is perennially new about the world. 我们想知道世上什么东西永远是新的。 来自互联网
- the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
- They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》