CNN 2011-05-26

Your DNA¹ determined² which sport you should play. You’re gonna hear some opinions on net on today’s show then we want to hear yours. You’re CNNStudent News.

First up, more than a thousand emergency workers are in the city of Joplin, Missouri right now. And these images give you an idea why. A tornado³ one of the deadliest in U.S. history raped⁴ though town on Sunday night, at least 116 people are killed, and the emergency workers who were from four different states are trying to find survivors⁶. This tornado and the damage that left behind were extreme. An official said the twister was at its biggest point, three quarters of a mile wide, homes, business all left in ruins, Joplin’s high school was raped a part. The senior class had just finished their graduation ceremonies at a nearby university when the storm hit. The high school’s principle said it looked like a bomb having gone off. One survivor⁵ said the tornado started as a low roar, and then, quote, “got louder and louder until it sounded like fifty semitrucks going about 70 miles per hour, outside the front door.”

Randy K has more near the incredible impact of this tornado and the reaction of some of the people who lived through with it.

“Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.”

This is what the massive tornado looked like. It was bearing down on Joplin, Missouri. But listen to this. This is what it sounded like from inside a convenient store, where terrified customs rolled out the storm, jammed inside the dark refrigerated store room. We talked to one of those, who was grained inside.

“There were about twenty people in the back. I am handled down, and everyone was kind of deciding what to do. All of a sudden, the glass on the front of the building just got sucked out, completely blow out, and so my buddy⁷ who was with me had the idea we should all like run as fast as we can in getting in that cooler.”

Those people inside thankful to be alive.

“Basically the only thing that last standing⁸ was the cooler that we were in.”

In a matter of moment, the tornado was gone. In a flash, lives changed.

“There was several miles later on the side. Uh, there were several upon on the ground where people laid over, several people upon the banks, they were hurt, bleeding, nearly everyone was wounded, I guess. ”

One of the hardest hit places, the hospital.

“Every window looks to be blown out. There are sprigs hanging out of the windows. There were just cars stuck all over the parking mile.”

The power of the storm sent the X-rays fly. They were found as far as 70 miles away. The tornado was at least half a mile wide, and hit residential⁹ areas and business alike including the city’s home depot¹⁰ and Wal-Mart.

I don’t think you can single out that any one area the entire path of the tornado that took to town and it has just basically devastated¹¹ the central portion in Joplin.

Not even the rescuers themselves were expelled, also hit the fire chief’s home.

“Uh, it’s been destroyed.”

1 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

4 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

5 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

6 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

7 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

8 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

9 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

10 depot   

n.仓库，储藏处；公共汽车站；火车站

参考例句：

• The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
• They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。

11 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。