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 　　JUDY WOODRUFF:This was another difficult day in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The U.S. death toll¹ rose to at least 102, and for millions of people, basic needs became increasingly urgent.

　　Ray Suarez has the story.

　　RAY SUAREZ:Four days after Sandy hit, patience was in short supply. So were gasoline, electricity and clean water. Again today, car after car after car waited long hours at gas stations in New York and New Jersey².

　　WOMAN:It's crazy, because people are fighting. They are jumping in front of each other. They want to get out of their car and they want to fight you. So you are going to have to stand in line to get gas, or you won't get none.

　　116.jpgRAY SUAREZ:This afternoon, in hard-hit Ocean County, N.J., Gov. Chris Christie promised help.

　　GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE,R-N.J.: We are working with FEMA, and we have lots of the oil companies -- Gulf³ Oil and Hess have both said that they will deliver gasoline with the National Guard and FEMA to any gas station that is not giving out gas because they are out of gas. So, we are on top of the gas situation.

　　RAY SUAREZ:Frustration⁴ was also at a boil on New York City's Staten Island, where local officials complained they have been largely ignored since Monday's storm.

　　JAMES MOLINARO, Staten Island Borough⁵ president: This is America. This is not a Third World nation. We need food. We need clothing.

　　RAY SUAREZ:There was also an all-day fight over running the New York City Marathon Sunday morning, beginning on Staten Island. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg initially⁶ defended the decision to proceed.

　　MAYORMICHAEL BLOOMBERG,I-New York: It doesn't use resources that can really make a difference in recovery and that sort of thing. It's a different group of people.

　　We have to work around the clock for people to get through this thing, and I assure you we're doing that. And if I thought it took any resources away from that, we would—we wouldn't do this.

　　RAY SUAREZ:But late today, Bloomberg reversed course and announced the marathon was canceled.

　　Further adding to the frustration of many, the power was still off for well over three million customers, many of them in New York and New Jersey.

　　This man lives in Far Rockaway in Queens.

　　MAN:We are not sitting around singing kumbaya. This is really a dangerous, dangerous situation, and it's a real dangerous place in the dark.

　　RAY SUAREZ:The power company, Consolidated⁸ Edison, said it hopes to have all the lights back on in Manhattan by tomorrow, but others could wait as long as Nov. 11.

　　New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was unimpressed.

　　GOV. ANDREW CUOMO, D-N.Y.: That will be great for downtown Manhattan. I grew up in a place called Queens, and there's a place called Brooklyn and there's a place called the Bronx and a place called Staten Island. And they need their power back on.

　　RAY SUAREZ:Food was a pressing need in places like Manhattan's Lower East Side, the AlphabetCity neighborhood, where volunteers have been handing out free meals. A local minister said many people are struggling.

　　MAN:They see that other areas are being taken care of, and they totally overlooked us.

　　Now, a couple days later, we are finally getting some resources, and most of the resources that have come in so far have not come from the city. They have come from different organizations, charitable organizations, churches.

　　RAY SUAREZ:Meanwhile, the long job of cleaning up moved forward, slowly.

　　MAN:This is the front of my house.

　　RAY SUAREZ:In Pleasantville, N.J., near Atlantic City, uprooted⁹ trees littered the landscape, along with homes declared unsafe for human occupancy. Returning residents spent the day picking up the pieces.

　　MAN:This is the house we all grew up in, all my cousins, and it was—my grandmother actually grew up in this house. It's been in our family for over 120 years, and it's withstood every hurricane until this one.

　　RAY SUAREZ:But for all the sudden new difficulties of just getting through the day, some optimism remained.

　　WOMAN:I don't think that's going to defeat us, this one perfect storm.

　　RAY SUAREZ:And there were more signs of progress. Federal officials waived¹⁰ a rule that blocks foreign oil tankers¹¹ from bringing fuel to the Northeast.

　　And for more on how these problems are affecting residents, we turn to Patrick McGeehan, who has been covering the storm for The New York Times.

　　And, Patrick, I guess emblematic¹² of what is going on in New York is what you saw in the West Side neighborhood off the Hudson River of Chelsea. Tell us about it.

　　PATRICK MCGEEHAN, The New York Times: Well, yes, I was down in Chelsea today, where the power was still out in a building with no elevators, so you had to walk up six flights to get up and down.

　　And it is still dark around there. It's completely different than it is up here in Midtown. And it's been that way all week.

　　You know, people are mostly getting around on foot. The cabs are having trouble getting enough gasoline. There's one gas station on the West Side in Midtown sort of west of the Theater District. And it has a line -- it had a line this morning of cars, mostly taxicabs, all the way down to the Chelsea neighborhood, about 25 blocks.

　　And it had to represent hours in line and it seemed to be growing at the time.

　　RAY SUAREZ:Are people frustrated¹³? Is there this sense almost everywhere you go that people somewhere else are getting helped faster than you are?

　　PATRICK MCGEEHAN:Yes, I think the frustration is starting to build. I think people are reaching the outer limit of their patience with being without power, particularly.

　　I think in the suburbs, it's particularly bad because people expect to see a truck pass their house in their neighborhood with people up working on lines. And when they don't see that, they think they have been neglected and ignored. And so you hear that from Long Island. You hear that from WestchesterCounty.

　　You hear less of that in New York City because people don't really expect to see the repairmen, you know, in front of their building necessarily. And their power will come on sort of all at once, like in neighborhoods, as opposed to out in the suburbs, where some people need power restrung right to their house.

　　RAY SUAREZ:Is there a solid waste problem? I mean, with so much damage to so many things in so many places, is there just a lot of reeking¹⁴, fetid stuff around that doesn't have any place to go yet?

　　PATRICK MCGEEHAN:Yes. There are places where the city is starting to smell.

　　I was in this building today where I was passing—on my way up the stairs, I was passing people carrying huge bags of trash down the stairs trying to get them out of the building.

　　And that building had not had working toilets since Monday. So—and there are a number of places like that.

　　I was in the Con⁷ Edison utility company headquarters and they have been without power since Monday night, running on generators¹⁵, but they don't have their toilets working either. So—or they didn't for much of the time.

　　They might be back on now, but it smells bad in some of these buildings. And I guess it's going to continue for another day or two.

　　RAY SUAREZ:Are people getting enough information from local government about what they can expect and when? Do people feel well-informed?

　　PATRICK MCGEEHAN:I think they do, I mean, those who are able to get it. Receiving it is a problem if you don't have power. But there has been no shortage of briefings by the mayor, Gov. Cuomo, Gov. Christie, utility company executives.

　　They are doing lots of outreach, but most of the news isn't that good if you are without power. So I don't know how much it makes people feel better.

　　RAY SUAREZ:Patrick McGeehan from The New York Times, thanks for joining us.

　　PATRICK MCGEEHAN:Sure. Thank you.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: Hurricane Sandy also devastated¹⁶ parts of the Caribbean, including Haiti, where 54 people died.

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 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

3 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。

4 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

5 borough   

n.享有自治权的市镇；(英)自治市镇

参考例句：

• He was slated for borough president.他被提名做自治区主席。
• That's what happened to Harry Barritt of London's Bromley borough.住在伦敦的布罗姆利自治市的哈里.巴里特就经历了此事。

6 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

7 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

8 consolidated   

a.联合的

参考例句：

• With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。
• Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。

9 uprooted   

v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的过去式和过去分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园

参考例句：

• Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着，树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 waived   

v.宣布放弃( waive的过去式和过去分词 )；搁置；推迟；放弃（权利、要求等）

参考例句：

• He has waived all claim to the money. 他放弃了索取这笔钱的权利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I waived the discourse, and began to talk of my business. 我撇开了这个话题，开始讲我的事情。 来自辞典例句

11 tankers   

运送大量液体或气体的轮船[卡车]( tanker的名词复数 )； 油轮； 罐车； 油槽车

参考例句：

• They should stop offloading waste from oil tankers into the sea. 他们应当停止从油轮上往海里倾倒废弃物。
• The harbour admits large tankers and freighters. 这个港口容得下巨型油船和货轮。

12 emblematic   

adj.象征的，可当标志的；象征性

参考例句：

• The violence is emblematic of what is happening in our inner cities. 这种暴力行为正标示了我们市中心贫民区的状况。
• Whiteness is emblematic of purity. 白色是纯洁的象征。 来自辞典例句

13 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 reeking   

v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 )；散发臭气；发出难闻的气味 (of sth)；明显带有（令人不快或生疑的跡象）

参考例句：

• I won't have you reeking with sweat in my bed! 我就不许你混身臭汗，臭烘烘的上我的炕！ 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• This is a novel reeking with sentimentalism. 这是一本充满着感伤主义的小说。 来自辞典例句

15 generators   

n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司

参考例句：

• The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
• Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 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。