AP 2011-04-30
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(四月)
1. A long line of severe storm is making its way across the US. Four people are dead after a possible tornado 1 touchdown about 30 miles north of Little Rock, Arkansas. Three people died in other parts of the state. Residents across the Midwest are preparing for what officials say could be catastrophic flooding.
2. Residents of Taxes City have been told to remain indoors after several refineries 2 and plants lost electricity overnight. City officials say the Valero Refinery 3, the BP Refinery and the Dow Chemical plant all lost power since last night. Officials are looking for the cause of the outages.
3. Hundreds of Ukrainians gathered early today for memorial services across the country. They are marking the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The plant is a still radioactive, no-go zone.
4. And 50 bulldogs wowed the crowd, going for the Beautiful Bulldog crown. The title went to Lucy Brown. She was decked out in pearls and a skirt when she won the annual contest in Des Moines, Iowa.
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
- The efforts on closedown and suspension of small sugar refineries, small saccharin refineries and small paper mills are also being carried out in steps. 关停小糖厂、小糖精厂、小造纸厂的工作也已逐步展开。
- Hence the sitting of refineries is at a distance from population centres. 所以，炼油厂的厂址总在远离人口集中的地方。