英语新闻听写 强大风暴摧毁东海岸家园

A powerful storm system swept across the east coast on Wednesday,

周三，强大风暴系统席卷整个东海岸，

killing¹ two people in Virginia and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the Carolinas.

造成弗吉尼亚两人死亡，卡罗莱纳州成千上万的家庭和企业断电。

A day earlier, the system spawned² at least 10 tornadoes³ along the Gulf⁴ Coast, damaging hundreds of homes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida.

早在一天前，该系统在墨西哥湾沿岸产生了至少10次龙卷风，摧毁了路易斯安那、密西西比和佛罗里达州数百个家庭。

Forecasters warned the threat wasn’t over and that more than 88 million people were at risk Wednesday of seeing some sort of severe weather.

气象预报员警告称威胁尚未结束，周三有超过8,800万人面临某种恶劣天气。

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。

3 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

4 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。