美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-02-18
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2014年(二)月
英语课
Happy Valentine’s day everyone. I’m Carl Zeus. Welcome to another lovely edition of CNN student news. One thing that isn’t lovely as far as many Americans concerned: the weather. From North Caroline to Boston, another winter storm is frosting the east coast. Possible the worst northeast has seen this winter. Ice, sleet 1, snow, freezing rain, all are making nearly impossible in some places to go anywhere. Staying home wasn’t great either for more than seven hundred thousand power customers in the dark. New Yorkers were looking at 15 inches of snow that’s just a snapshot in the eastern seaboard.
“Right now mother nature is serving up tragedy and miseries 2; there are 10 confirmed deaths due to the storm. Obviously it made this tragedy there are also problems and pain, but some people are able to find simple pleasure in so much wicked weather”.
A snow ball fighter in front of the Lincoln Memorial shows the lighter 3 side of the storm; but government agencies are taking the snow seriously. Forecasters expect up to 10 inches of snow in the Nation’s capital. Officials order all federal offices closed. The plows 4 are out in force Wednesday in Raleigh, North Carolina. But for a lot of stranded 5 drivers, it didn’t do much good. Officials in the Southeast urge people to stay home if they could, as the roads’ conditions got progressively worse. Even first responders were having a hard time to get around. Slipping and sliding, they try to get their vehicles moving again.
1 sleet
n.雨雪；v.下雨雪，下冰雹
- There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
- When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。
2 miseries
n.痛苦( misery的名词复数 )；痛苦的事；穷困；常发牢骚的人
- They forgot all their fears and all their miseries in an instant. 他们马上忘记了一切恐惧和痛苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I'm suffering the miseries of unemployment. 我正为失业而痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 lighter
n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级
- The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
- The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。