NBC晚间新闻 热带风暴“戈登”将席卷佛罗里达

Tonight tropical storm Gordon is drenching¹ Florida and strengthening as it moves into the Gulf² of Mexico. Beaches closed this holiday weekend under the threat of rip currents and storm surge. I didn't expect it to end up like this. I thought it was just gonna be outer bands, rain. Not like this. Gordon could become a hurricane by the time it makes landfall tomorrow night with the storm surge forecast to reach up to five feet in some areas. People from Mobile to New Orleans bracing³ for landfall.

Do not dismiss this, do not take this lightly, because it's a tropical storm or they get a category one. Right now another storm system is bringing flash flooding to the Midwest, first in the plains, now Chicago, grounding flights at O'Hare. Parts of the International Terminal flooding, the road to the airport under water. But tonight the biggest concern remains⁴ Gordon coming almost one year to the day hurricane Irma devastated⁵ so many lives.

今晚，热带风暴“戈登”将席卷佛罗里达，进入墨西哥湾后将增强。由于海流和风暴潮的威胁，这个周末海滩关闭了。我没想到它会变成这样。我以为只是外围下雨。没想到是这样的。戈登可能在明天晚上登陆时变为飓风，预计一些地区的风暴潮将达到5英尺。从莫比尔到新奥尔良的人们正为其登陆做准备。不要忽视，不要轻视，如果不是热带风暴，它将被归类为一级。另一个风暴系统刚刚给中西部地区带来了洪水，首先是平原地区，现在是芝加哥，奥黑尔机场的航班停飞。部分国际航站楼泛洪，通往机场的道路被淹没。但是今晚，最令人担心的还是戈登，此时致使多人丧生的飓风厄玛过去将近一年了。

1 drenching   

n.湿透v.使湿透( drench的现在分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• A black cloudburst was drenching Siena at midday. 中午，一场天昏地暗的暴风雨在锡耶纳上空倒下来。 来自辞典例句
• A drenching rain poured down and the rising hurricane drove it in sheets along the ground. 一阵倾盆大雨泼下来了，越来越大的狂风把它顺着地面刮成了一片一片的雨幕。 来自辞典例句

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 bracing   

adj.令人振奋的

参考例句：

• The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
• The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 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。