一、泛聽建議:
1、完整聽一遍,掌握大意。
2、繼續(xù)聽,特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞,寫下來。
More than a thousand people are waiting to _1_ in parts of Colorado following intense flooding.But as Luke Rania, from member station KUNC reports, weather condition _2_ rescue efforts.Many of the winding mountain roads, that give access to _3_ towns have been wiped out by overflowing rivers.That makes helicopter the only way to reach some of the stranded residents.
科羅拉多州部分特大洪水過后,超過一千人等待救援。但成員站KUNC的盧克·拉尼亞發(fā)回報道,天氣情況拖延了救援工作。眾多蜿蜒的山路將通往被洪水河流淹沒的城鎮(zhèn)造成了困難。直升機成為能到達一些被困居民所在的唯一方式。
Incident commander, Shindo Grasul, says it's impossible to get into the air where the weather refused to cooperate.He says even the smallest delays, put lives at risk.It's the middle of September, it's not gonna _4_ in this country for yourself get frost, and you're gonna start having some snow.
事件指揮官辛多·格拉索爾表示因為天氣不配合,所以不可能進入大氣當中。他稱即使是最小的延遲,也對生命構(gòu)成威脅?,F(xiàn)在已經(jīng)進入九月中旬,這個國家只要短短時間就會開始有霜,之后就會降雪。
It's gonna take months and years to rebuild some of these roads.Across the state, more than 1,000 people are still _5_ .For NPR News, I'm Luke Rania, in Fort Collins,Colorado.
而重建這些道路幾個月甚至幾年時間。整個州超過1000人仍下落不明。NPR新聞,記者盧克·拉尼亞,科羅拉多州柯林斯堡發(fā)回的報道。
詞匯解析:
1、wipe out
消滅,徹底摧毀;垮臺;(滑雪等時的)翻倒;封閉
eg:He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven.
又要將他們的君王交在你手中,你就使他們的名從天下消滅。
2、at risk 有危險
eg:This put them at risk for reading problems later.
這使得他們隨后會面臨閱讀障礙的風險。
eg:Determine if your behavior is putting you at risk.
確定你的行為是否給你帶來危險。
參考答案:
1、be rescued 2、are delaying 3、flooded
4、be long 5、unaccounted for