CCTV9英语新闻：加拿大经历极端寒冷天气
时间：2019-02-03 作者：英语课 分类：CCTV9英语新闻2014年01月
By CCTV correspondent 1 Kristiaan Yeo
Extreme cold weather is freezing Canada. In Toronto, the country's largest city, temperatures have dropped to as low as minus 40 with wind-chill.
Canada experiences extreme cold.
Across the country, Canadians woke up to severe weather warnings, and "flash freeze" alerts 2. In Manitoba, temperatures have been in the negative 30-40 through all the day. To the east, in Newfoundland, around 30-thousand homes were without power.
Now Toronto, like most of Canada, that's used to brutal 3 winters. Beneath the streets of the downtown core, is a vast underground city of tunnels, connecting the major buildings directly to the subway system. It's like a giant shopping mall and spares thousands of city workers from having to venture outside.
But above ground, things have been quite a challenge.
"We're Canadians, so we're pretty tough. We can handle this stuff," a resident says.
"You have to be very careful on the sidewalks and I think for older people or people who have disabilities, it can be a real problem. You have to drive slower and try to be very careful getting your car out of the parking spot or walking on the streets when you're out shopping," a resident says.
"We're not used to it and it takes a while until we get used to it. Maybe by the middle of February, everybody will have had their fill and look forward to an early spring," a resident says.
Now travel has already been a problem. Roads, railways and airports have already seen disruption 4, and advice people to delay their travel plans if at all possible. That advice continuing into Tuesday as these bitter cold temperatures linger 5 on until the middle of the week.
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correspondent
n.记者，通信者；adj.符合的，一致的，相当的
参考例句：
He volunteered as a correspondent for the war.他自愿担任作报道这次战争的记者。
The result was correspondent with my wishes.结果与我的愿望是一致的。
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alerts
n.警戒( alert的名词复数 )；警报期间；警戒状态；报警信号v.使（某人）保持警觉( alert的第三人称单数 )；使意识到；提醒（某人）注意（某事）；使（部队）处于待命状态
参考例句：
Folder level alerts are not available on this server. 此服务器上不支持文件夹级的通知。 来自互联网
Monitor daily customer FTP site for Compatibility Matrix & Quality Alerts. 实时注意客户FTP上的兼容性列表和质量警报。 来自互联网
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brutal
adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的
参考例句：
She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
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disruption
n.分裂
参考例句：
The state was in disruption. 国家处于分崩离析之中。
Such storms cause considerable disruption in magnetic prospecting operation. 这种磁暴对磁法勘探产生严重的破坏。
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linger
vt.消磨，无所事事；vi.逗留，消磨，徘徊，漫步
参考例句：
Don't linger away your holidays,try to find something useful to do.不要虚度假日，尽量找些有意义的事做。
His last words still linger in our ears.他的临终嘱咐仍萦绕在我们耳际。
- He volunteered as a correspondent for the war.他自愿担任作报道这次战争的记者。
- The result was correspondent with my wishes.结果与我的愿望是一致的。
- Folder level alerts are not available on this server. 此服务器上不支持文件夹级的通知。 来自互联网
- Monitor daily customer FTP site for Compatibility Matrix & Quality Alerts. 实时注意客户FTP上的兼容性列表和质量警报。 来自互联网
- She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
- They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
- The state was in disruption. 国家处于分崩离析之中。
- Such storms cause considerable disruption in magnetic prospecting operation. 这种磁暴对磁法勘探产生严重的破坏。