NPR邊聽邊練332：美國遭遇極端寒冷天氣

以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個段落的聽寫?？諆?nèi)信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據(jù)這些信息復(fù)述新聞。

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。

A life threatening wind chill is gripping states in the northern and central US. It is -21 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Tulsa,Oklahoma faces wind chills tonight of -10 to -20 degrees. Authorities in nearly half the country _1_ residents to take precautions.Chicago's Emergency Management Director Gary Schenkel is among them.

危及到生命的寒冷空氣正在向美國中北部各州移動。北達(dá)科他州的格蘭特?？怂沟貐^(qū)目前溫度為零下21度。今晚，俄克拉荷馬州圖爾薩將迎來冷空氣，溫度將下降至零下10度至零下20度左右。美國有一半地區(qū)的相關(guān)部門警告居民要采取預(yù)防措施。芝加哥應(yīng)急管理署署長加里·申克爾便發(fā)出類似警告。

"These cold temperatures can cause frost-bite and hazardous situation within minutes. The elderly, the very young and the _2_ can be especially affected by extreme weather."

“這種低溫可能在幾分鐘內(nèi)便引起凍傷和危險情況。尤其老年人，兒童和殘疾人更易受極端天氣的影響。”

Some areas will see temperatures 30 to 50 degrees colder than average.

一些地區(qū)的溫度將比平均溫度低30至50度。

2014 _3_ off to a dry start in California which depends heavily on winter rain and snow fall to fill reservoirs that supply farms and cities. NPR's Craig Ziegler reports this is on top of last year which is one of California's driest on record.

2014年一開始，加州便面臨干旱問題，加州在極大程度上依賴于冬雨和冬雪來注滿水庫，為農(nóng)田和城市用水提供供應(yīng)。據(jù)NPR新聞的克雷格·齊格勒報(bào)道，這是繼去年之后繼續(xù)存在的問題，去年幾乎是加州有記錄以來最干旱的一年。

The 2013 moisture totals are alarming in California. Los Angeles will normally get about 14 inches of rain, Oakland about 22 inches but both cities for instance _4_ less than 4 the entire year. State Drought Manager Bill Croyle says the situation in the Sierra，Nevada Mountains _5_.

2013年加州的濕度總量令人擔(dān)憂。舉例來說，洛杉磯的正常降雨量為14英寸，奧克蘭為22英寸，但是這兩個城市全年的降雨量均少于4英寸。加州干旱事務(wù)負(fù)責(zé)人比爾·克羅伊爾表示，內(nèi)華達(dá)山脈的情況要更嚴(yán)重。

This is really historic dry year for California. In Northern Sierras is the driest since records began in 1905.

“這是加州有史以來最干旱的一年。謝拉山脈北部是1905年有記錄以來最干旱的一年。”

Like the rest of the west, California cities and farms depend on melting snows in spring to fill reservoirs but snow pack levels across much of this year in Nevada are just 20% of normal. Craig Ziegler NPR News.

和西部其他地方一樣，加州的城市和農(nóng)田需要春季的融雪來注滿水庫提供水供應(yīng)，但是內(nèi)華達(dá)州全年的融雪量僅為正常的20%。NPR新聞，克雷格·齊格勒報(bào)道。

詞匯解析：

1. on top of

另外;加之;除…之外(還);

eg. On top of borrowing 50, he asked me to lend him my car.

他向我借了50英鎊，此外還向我借汽車。

eg. An extra 700 jobs are being cut on top of the 2,000 that were lost last year.

除了去年被裁掉的 2，000 個職位，還有700個崗位在裁撤中。

2. on record

有記錄的;有記載的;

eg. It's the shortest election campaign on record.

這是史上為期最短的一次競選活動。

eg. The 1980s were the hottest decade on record.

20世紀(jì)80年代是有史以來最熱的十年。

3. for instance

例如;譬如;

eg. There are a number of improvements; for instance, both mouse buttons can now be used.

在許多地方有了改進(jìn)，例如，鼠標(biāo)的左右鍵都可以使用了。

eg. Let your child make some of the small decisions concerning his daily routine. For instance, allow him to choose what clothes he wears at the weekend.

讓孩子在日常生活中作一些小決定。比如，讓他自己決定周末穿什么衣服。

參考答案：

1、are warning 2、disabled 3、is getting

4、received 5、is even worse