CNN 2011-09-07

 This is insane. There's nothing left of these houses. Absolutely, freaking nothing, oh, my god, was on.

 

I'm a little freaked out because I'm pretty sure I just saw a tornado¹ form and cross the thruway. Oh, my god, my god, my god.

 

We got roads and bridges across this country that need rebuilding. We got private companies with the equipment and the manpower to do the building. We got more than 1 million unemployed² construction workers ready to get dirty right now. There is work to be done and there are workers ready to do it. Labor³ is on board. Business is on board. We just need Congress to get on board. Let's put America back to work.

1 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。

2 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。