【英音模仿秀】瓦砾中的新生
英语课
模仿文本： But first, this month Haiti is marking the third anniversary of the devastating 1 earthquake, in which a quarter of a million people died. Recovery since that time has been frustratingly 2 slow. More than 300,000 Haitians are still in temporary shelters, and many more lives have been lost to outbreaks of cholera 3 and to Hurricane Sandy last year.
译文：不过让我们先来关注这个，本月是海地遭受灾难性大地震三周年纪念，25万人死于那场地震。自那时起，复建工作进展缓慢得简直令人气馁。超过30万海地人仍然住在临时住所里，更多人在霍乱爆发和去年的飓风“桑迪”中失去了生命。
译文：不过让我们先来关注这个，本月是海地遭受灾难性大地震三周年纪念，25万人死于那场地震。自那时起，复建工作进展缓慢得简直令人气馁。超过30万海地人仍然住在临时住所里，更多人在霍乱爆发和去年的飓风“桑迪”中失去了生命。
1 devastating
adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
2 frustratingly
- Some programs set this limit too close, resulting in frustratingly temperamental scroll behavior. 一些程序将这种限制设置得太窄，导致滚屏的行为变幻无常，令人沮丧。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- But the process is frustratingly slow. 但这过程慢得让人郁闷。 来自互联网