CCTV9英语新闻：中国西北降雪降温_在线英语听力室

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The first cold front of 2014 is sweeping¹ across Northwest China, bringing snow and plunging² temperatures.

Some cities in Northern Xinjiang have seen temperatures drop by more than 20 degrees Celsius³, to hover⁴ around 23 degrees below zero. The cold front is also expected to extend to east and south China.

Many cities in the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hebei are expected to get their first major snowfall of the year. Shandong, Henan and Hubei provinces can expect sleet⁵ as temperatures there will drop by at least 6 degrees Celsius.

Beijing is also experiencing its coldest temperatures of the winter as night-time lows will decline to about minus ten.

Autonomous⁶ Region, Jan. 6, 2014. Guyuan City witnessed a snowfall on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Ran) " border="0" src="/upimg/allimg/140106/13293U320-0.jpg" width="550" alt="" />

Snow is seen on a man's clothes in Xiji County of Guyuan City, northwest
China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 6, 2014. Guyuan City
witnessed a snowfall on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

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1 sweeping
adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的
参考例句：
The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。 Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

2 plunging
adj.跳进的，突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发，生灵涂炭。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 Celsius
adj.摄氏温度计的，摄氏的
参考例句：
The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。 The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。

4 hover
vi.翱翔，盘旋；徘徊；彷徨，犹豫
参考例句：
You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。 A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。

5 sleet
n.雨雪；v.下雨雪，下冰雹
参考例句：
There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。 When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。

6 autonomous
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。 This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

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CCTV9英语新闻：中国西北降雪降温