英语新闻听写 丹佛暴雪致机场数百航班取消

More than 2 feet of snow fell as a a powerful blizzard¹ swept through Colorado on Saturday forcing the cancellation² of most of the scheduled flights at the Denver airport, officials said.

周六官员表示，超过2英尺的暴风雪席卷科罗拉多，迫使丹佛机场大部分航班取消。

United Airlines canceled all of its flights to and from Denver International Airport.

联合航空公司取消了所有来往丹佛国际机场的航班。

All told, more than 800 flights were grounded on Saturday, or more than 65 percent of all scheduled take-offs and landings at the airport, the FlightAware airline tracking website showed.

总之，周六有800多次航班停飞，超过百分之65在机场预计起飞和降落的航班，联邦航空局追踪网站显示。

Dozens of other flights were delayed. Denver International is the fourth-largest hub for United Airlines and Southwest Airlines, and the primary hub for Frontier Airlines.

另有数十次航班被延误。丹佛国际机场是美国联合航空公司和西南航空公司的第四大枢纽机场。

The heavy snow began falling on Friday night and was expected to continue through Sunday.

大雪在周五晚上开始下落，预计将持续到周日。

1 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

2 cancellation   

n.删除，取消

参考例句：

• Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。
• Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。