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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: A very resilient state, that's what Governor Rick Scott says about Florida. The reason why is our first story today on CNN 10. After Hurricane Michael struck last Wednesday, Governor Scott toured the hardest hit areas. He described Mexico Beach, which apparently¹ took the brunt of the storm as being like a war zone. U.S. President Donald Trump² and First Lady Melania Trump joined the governor Monday after taking an aerial tour aboard Marine³ 1. The President was also expected to visit parts of Georgia that were hit.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Just making sure everyone is safe, that they’re fed. You know many of these people have no — they have no home. Some of them have no trace of a home. You wouldn`t even know, just got blown right off the footing.

CARL AZUZ: The Category 4 hurricane left behind clear examples of what a storm that strong could do. Dozens of beachfront homes are simply gone.

Some were lifted by waves and wind and carried to other places. In Mexico Beach, one resident says the Florida panhandle's still his home but he's going to rebuild somehow. Part of that resilience the governor spoke⁴ of. The city's police chief says search crews are looking for 30 to 35 people who are still missing. Officials have made progress in getting to the most heavily damaged parts of Florida.

Sears Roebuck and Company got it's name in 1893 though Richard W. Sears had been in business years before that.

Sears Holdings, the parent company of both Sears and K-Mart is filing for bankruptcy⁵. It's been struggling for years and it had a debt payment that was due on Monday that it just couldn't afford to pay. Hundreds of Sears and K-Mart stores have already been closed this year. There are 700 that are still open and their parent company says that 142 of them will be closed in the weeks ahead. Bankruptcy does not necessarily mean that Sears is going out of business. Though, many companies that file for bankruptcy do. Sears Holdings is planning to keep open it's profitable stores along with it's websites. But as the company's future looks uncertain, it's past is an undeniable part of America's retail⁶ heritage.

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

6 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。