美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-02-10

Technology is the theme of Wednesday’s CNN student news. Thanks for watching. We got reports involving internet connectivity and internet … for safety of travelers. We’ll get to it as soon as we can dig out all the snow. While not a lot at Atlanta, but Us Midwest and northeast are getting one-two punch this week. Sound familiar? They had a wicked winter. This time around, some northeast streets could be under ice. Last year the farmers almanac predicted a bitterly cold winter for the region. And a major storm right around the time of the super bowl. It looks that they got it right. Preparations for it might take a toll¹ on the other parts of the Northeast.

Millions along the east coast are digging out Monday’s record-breaking snow storm. Snow is coming down faster than we can plow² it. The winter storm is transferring New York’s Central Park into a winter wonderland in just hours, setting a new daily record at eight inches. “Bad things arrive from the Summer(?)”. For thousands travelers heading home from the Sunday Super bowl, the airports were anything but a wonderland. More than 2000 flights cancelled on Monday due to the storm. “we’re trying to go to Chicago, my flights are couple hours late and we are hoping it actually takes off”.

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 plow   

n.犁，耕地，犁过的地；v.犁，费力地前进[英]plough

参考例句：

• At this time of the year farmers plow their fields.每年这个时候农民们都在耕地。
• We will plow the field soon after the last frost.最后一场霜过后，我们将马上耕田。