New York City makes all efforts to confront snowfall

    NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- New York City pulled out all the stops on Friday as the city was confronted with another blast of snow.
    The National Weather Service said three to five inches of snow are expected in the city. It issued a winter weather advisory（报告,公告） in effect through midnight Friday and warned drivers to watch for slippery roads and poor visibility.
    While still recovering from a blizzard¹ that crippled the traffic last week, New York City mobilized "SCOUT"teams (street condition observation unit) to monitor the streets with cameras, to make sure the city is up to speed on the state of the snow.
    In addition, the city equipped 50 sanitation² trucks with GPS tracking systems, and planned to outfit³ all 1,700 plows⁴ if things went smoothly⁵.
    "While I realize there were problems with the city's snow clearing efforts last week, we want to assure all New Yorkers that we are doing everything in our power to make sure we don't experience those kinds of problems again," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "We plan to do a great job, the kind of job that the public expects us to do."The Bloomberg administration has been criticized for the slow response to the blizzard. The MaristCollege/NY1 poll released on Thursday found that his approval rating (支持率)reached 37 percent, the lowest point since Bloomberg took office.
    When asked specifically about how he handled the snow cleanup, 71 percent of responders disapproved⁶ of his management of the 20- inch snow blizzard which crippled the city.
    "Mayor Bloomberg clearly will need a big shovel⁷ if he wants to dig himself out of this political storm, and it looks like the next opportunity is heading his way," said Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

2 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

3 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

4 plows   

n.犁( plow的名词复数 )；犁型铲雪机v.耕( plow的第三人称单数 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• Alex and Tony were turning awkward hands to plows and hoe handles. 亚历克斯和托尼在犁耙等农活方面都几乎变成新手了。
• Plows are still pulled by oxen in some countries. 在一些国家犁头仍由牛拖拉。

5 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

6 disapproved   

v.不赞成( disapprove的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My parents disapproved of my marriage. 我父母不赞成我的婚事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She disapproved of her son's indiscriminate television viewing. 她不赞成儿子不加选择地收看电视。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 shovel   

n.铁锨，铲子，一铲之量；v.铲，铲出

参考例句：

• He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
• He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。