PBS高端访谈:飓风玛丽亚袭击加勒比海地区

 　　And now to Hurricane Maria. The confirmed death toll¹ across the Caribbean rose to 19 today, nearly all of them on the island of Dominica.

　　Reports also began coming in of widespread damage on Puerto Rico, after it took an all-day pounding on Wednesday. John Yang has that story.

　　Across Puerto Rico today, more rain. In some spots, as much as three feet is forecast to fall by Friday. Flood warnings cover the entire island.

　　Parts of San Juan were under several feet of water after the storm surge rushed in.

　　Residents emerged from an overnight curfew to face the first clear view of the devastation²:

　　clothes and belongings³ strewn about, trees and power lines downed, red tile roofs splayed across streets.

　　Eighty-five percent of the houses are gone in the neighborhood.

　　Hardest hit, Puerto Rico's smaller coastal⁴ towns, like Guayama, near where Maria made landfall. It's lost all communications.

　　In New York today, President Trump⁵ used apocalyptic⁶ terms, saying the U.S. territory has been obliterated⁷.

　　Puerto Rico is in very, very, very tough shape. Their electrical grid⁸ is destroyed.

　　So we're starting the process now, and we will work with the governor and the people of Puerto Rico.

　　Governor Ricardo Rossello met with FEMA officials, already spread thin by a series of powerful storms, to discuss a recovery plan.

　　He warned it will take months to repair the island's long-neglected electrical grid and restore power.

　　To the east, word of even worse devastation on tiny Dominica, where British aid and military teams landed today.

　　Officials say 95 percent of the buildings are damaged.

　　Every village in Dominica, every street, every cranny, every person in Dominica was impacted by the hurricane.

　　We have no running water now. We have no electricity, no power.

　　St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin⁹ Islands, also reported near-total communications and power outages; 65 percent of the buildings suffered damage.

　　Today, Maria lashed¹⁰ the Dominican Republic with heavy wind and rain.

　　The storm is forecast to reach Turks and Caicos overnight, then pass the Eastern Bahamas by Saturday morning.

　　But a sharp turn to the north will take it toward the open Atlantic by Monday.

　　As of now, Maria is not expected to pose a direct threat to the U.S. mainland, having already ravaged¹¹ U.S. territories in the Caribbean.

　　For the PBS NewsHour, I'm John Yang. undefined

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 devastation   

n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤

参考例句：

• The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
• There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

4 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 apocalyptic   

adj.预示灾祸的，启示的

参考例句：

• The air is chill and stagnant,the language apocalyptic.空气寒冷而污浊，语言则是《启示录》式的。
• Parts of the ocean there look just absolutely apocalyptic.海洋的很多区域看上去完全像是世界末日。

7 obliterated   

v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 )；涂去；擦掉；彻底破坏或毁灭

参考例句：

• The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
• He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

9 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

10 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 ravaged   

毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )； 蹂躏； 劫掠； 抢劫

参考例句：

• a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
• The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。