NPR边听边练184：费城楼塌

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　Federal investigators¹ are around the scene of a collapsed³ building in downtown, Philadelphia where first _1_ are searching this hour for anyone who may still be strapped⁴ in the rubble⁵. NPR's Jeff Brady reports more than a dozen people _2_ when the four-story building caved later this morning.

　　联邦调查人员正在费城市中心倒塌大楼的事发地附近，此时急救人员正在搜寻被困在废墟中的幸存者。据NPR新闻的杰夫·布拉迪报道，今天上午晚些时候，这座四层大楼发生倒塌事故，造成超过12人受伤。

　　The building was being demolished⁶ when the collapse² _3_. Bricks rained down on a nearby thrift⁷ store. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter⁸ says it's not clear how many people were in the store. High school senior Jordan McLaughlin, says he _4_ nearby and helped rescue several people trapped against the wall.

　　这座大楼在拆除过程中倒塌。大量砖块落入附近的一家旧货店。费城市长迈克尔·纳特表示，目前还不清楚旧货店里有多少人。高中生乔丹·麦克拉格林表示，他当时就在附近工作，并帮忙救助了一些困在墙中的人。

　　"One lady hided, sitting _5_ on her arm, the structure, part of the structure of building, so we needed a couple of guys, they were there, we all lifted the thing and moved it, and then we helped to pull the lady out."

　　“一位女士坐在那里，她的胳膊被建筑物的部分结构压住，我们需要几个人，所以我们一起抬起并搬走了压住她的东西，然后我们把她拉了出来。”

　　The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it's on site and investigating the accident. Jeff Brady, NPR News, Philadelphia.

　　联邦职业安全与健康管理局表示，他们已经抵达现场，对事故展开调查。NPR新闻，杰夫·布拉迪费城报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. cave

　　文中用作动词，表示挖空；塌落；屈服

　　eg. The roof of the cave dropped in on the miners, trapping them.

　　洞穴的顶部坍了下来，砸在矿工身上。

　　eg. After a ruinous strike, the union caved in.

　　一场破坏性的罢工之后，工会突然服软了。

　　eg. I had a nervous breakdown⁹, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me.

　　我曾经有过一次精神崩溃，好像天塌了一样。

　　2. rain down

　　大量落下；

　　eg. Tears rained down her cheeks.

　　眼泪顺着她的面颊如雨点般落下。

　　eg. Long after the storm, water still rained down from the roofs where it had collected.

　　暴风雨过去很长一段时间后, 积在房顶上的雨水仍一个劲儿地从房顶上流下来。

　　eg. Invitations rained down on the visiting writer.

　　来访的这位作家收到了许多邀请信。

　　参考答案：

　　1、responders 2、were injured 3、happened

　　4、was working 5、resting

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

4 strapped   

adj.用皮带捆住的，用皮带装饰的；身无分文的；缺钱；手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词)；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带

参考例句：

• Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

6 demolished   

v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

7 thrift   

adj.节约，节俭；n.节俭，节约

参考例句：

• He has the virtues of thrift and hard work.他具备节俭和勤奋的美德。
• His thrift and industry speak well for his future.他的节俭和勤勉预示着他美好的未来。

8 nutter   

n.疯子

参考例句：

• Don't call him nutter because it is such a bad term.别叫他“疯子”，这不是个好词。
• But it's awfully ruthless and cold-blooded for a nutter from the other side.但是对那边的疯子们来说，却也实在太冷血无情了。

9 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。