NPR邊聽邊練268：美龍卷風(fēng)著陸中西部地區(qū)
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。
There are _1_ of tornados or a possible tornado's touching down this evening in Nebraska and Iowa. Meteorologist Phil Schumacher with the National Weather Service says powerful winds _2_ homes in the northeast Nebraska town of Wayne. Witnesses described a two-mile-wide tornado.
有報(bào)道指今晚龍卷風(fēng)可能在內(nèi)布拉斯加州到愛荷華州登陸。美國國家氣象局的氣象學(xué)家菲爾·舒馬赫表示，強(qiáng)風(fēng)摧毀了內(nèi)布拉斯加州北部韋恩鎮(zhèn)的房屋。據(jù)目擊者描述，龍卷風(fēng)的直徑有兩英里。
"Right now, it still looks like these storms are still very well-organized to store the capability of producing tornados for at least the next hour, so that they continue to move east and northeast across northwestern Iowa, and so people in the path really need to prepare to take shelter."
“目前，看起來這些風(fēng)暴非常有組織，至少在接下來的一個(gè)小時(shí)就有形成龍卷風(fēng)的能力，它們繼續(xù)在向東部和東北部地區(qū)移動(dòng)，將覆蓋愛荷華州西北部地區(qū)，所以在這個(gè)地區(qū)的民眾需要準(zhǔn)備好躲避。”
Weather service says witnesses also _3_ at least two tornados touching down near Sioux City, Iowa. The extent of the damage's not known. Meanwhile, snow _4_ in South Dakota today.
天氣預(yù)報(bào)表示，消息還稱，至少兩個(gè)龍卷風(fēng)將在愛荷華州蘇市附近著陸。破壞程度目前還不得而知。同時(shí)，今天南達(dá)科他州已經(jīng)降雪。
Leaders in one North Carolina school system are suspending the largest tablet computer initiative in US history. North Carolina Public Radio's Jeff Tiberii reports the school district _5_ the use of tablets made by a third party and supplied by a company called Amplify.
北卡羅來納州學(xué)校系統(tǒng)的一名負(fù)責(zé)人中止了美國歷史上最大的平板電腦項(xiàng)目。據(jù)北卡羅來納州公共電臺(tái)的杰夫·提貝里報(bào)道，該學(xué)區(qū)中止了平板電腦的使用，據(jù)悉這些平板電腦由第三方制造，由一家名為Amplify的公司供應(yīng)。
詞匯解析：
1. touch down
降落;著陸;
eg. Spacecraft Columbia touched down yesterday.
“哥倫比亞”號(hào)宇宙飛船昨天著陸。
eg. The first large contingent of troops touches down on American soil today.
第一批分遣大部隊(duì)今天在美國著陸。
2. take shelter
躲避;尋求庇護(hù);安身;存身;
eg. We must take shelter from rain.
我們必須避雨。
eg. As the bombs came screaming down, the villagers tried to take shelter.
當(dāng)炸彈呼嘯著落下時(shí)，村民都設(shè)法躲避。
參考答案：
1、reports 2、destroyed 3、reported
4、fell 5、is suspending
