AS IT IS 2016-01-23 What's Trending: #Blizzard2016

AS IT IS 2016-01-23 What's Trending: #Blizzard2016

This is What’s Trending Today.

The eastern part of the United States, from Tennessee all the way to Boston, is expected to receive some bad winter weather this weekend.

The morning program Today Show says 88 million people could be affected¹ by the storm. It will deliver snow and high winds through Sunday.

But people in Washington, D.C. are especially concerned. The region is expected to receive over 60 centimeters of snow this weekend. Only 3 centimeters of snow fell earlier in the week, but it was enough to cause major problems for drivers going home from work.

In Philadelphia, residents traditionally use everything, from lawn chairs to orange cones³, to “save” parking spaces after the streets are cleared of snow. The city police department used Twitter to send them a message that it is illegal to “save” parking spaces.

Many people rush to grocery stores to buy supplies before a storm. The Atlantic wrote about the crowd psychology⁴ that inspires people to stock up on bread, milk and eggs.

Even the BBC asked its audience to tell people who live in the eastern United States how to handle a big snow storm. And the broadcaster wrote a story saying it wants to hear from people in the U.S. as the snow is falling.

As public transportation is closed for the weekend, drivers are also advised to stay off the roads.

Yes, there are lots of problems during a massive snowstorm. But people also like to have fun in the snow.

Here are some great examples of how snow can inspire creativity.

One artist uses the snow as his canvas, using his feet to stomp⁵ out amazing designs that can only be appreciated from above.

Another creative person used the snow that blew up against mailboxes to make some “ghostly” images.

But it would not be a snow storm on social media if some regions known for sunny weather did not poke⁶ fun at the suffering Americans are about to endure. An Italian travel agency posted a photo of woman sunbathing⁷ in the town of Vernazza, along with the message “stay warm.”

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amazing – adj. causing great surprise or wonder : causing amazement⁸

cone² – n. a shape that has a pointed⁹ top and sides that form a circle at the bottom

endure – v. to deal with or accept (something unpleasant)

ghost – n. the soul of a dead person thought of as living in an unseen world or as appearing to living people

inspire – v. to make (someone) want to do something : to give (someone) an idea about what to do or create

sunbathe¹⁰ – v. to sit or lie in the light of the sun especially in order to make your skin darker

stomp – v. to put (your foot) down forcefully and noisily

psychology – n. the study of human behavior

region - n. area

canvas - n. a specially prepared piece of cloth on which a picture can be painted

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 cone   

n.圆锥体，圆锥形东西，球果

参考例句：

• Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
• The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。

3 cones   

n.（人眼）圆锥细胞；圆锥体( cone的名词复数 )；球果；圆锥形东西；（盛冰淇淋的）锥形蛋卷筒

参考例句：

• In the pines squirrels commonly chew off and drop entire cones. 松树上的松鼠通常咬掉和弄落整个球果。 来自辞典例句
• Many children would rather eat ice cream from cones than from dishes. 许多小孩喜欢吃蛋卷冰淇淋胜过盘装冰淇淋。 来自辞典例句

4 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

5 stomp   

v.跺（脚），重踩，重踏

参考例句：

• 3.And you go to france, and you go to stomp! 你去法国，你去看跺脚舞！
• 4.How hard did she stomp? 她跺得有多狠？

6 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

7 sunbathing   

n.日光浴

参考例句：

• tourists sunbathing on the beach 在海滩上沐浴着阳光的游客
• We've been sunbathing on the beach. 我们一直在海滩上晒日光浴。

8 amazement   

n.惊奇，惊讶

参考例句：

• All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
• He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。

9 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

10 sunbathe   

n.日光浴

参考例句：

• She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.她喜欢在自己僻静的花园里晒日光浴。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。