美国国家公共电台 NPR--California's McKinney fire has taken 4 lives including that of a fire lookout

California's McKinney fire has taken 4 lives including that of a fire lookout¹

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Kathy Shoopman, 74, was the Buckhorn-Bally fire lookout at the Klamath National Forest. She was killed Friday by the McKinney fire — the largest and most deadly wildfire in California this year.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

The McKinney fire in northern California has now taken four lives, including that of 74-year-old Kathy Shoopman. She was a fire lookout in the Klamath National Forest who was on the job when the wildfire overran the community of Klamath River.

RACHEL SMITH: She had a voice that was like the Klamath River gravel³. It sounded as if she'd been talking for a thousand years. But in person, she had the loveliest, sweetest voice. Many of our fire personnel found her voice to be a very comforting voice to listen to.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Forest supervisor⁴ Rachel Smith says Shoopman knew her area like the back of her hand.

SMITH: She would spend the day constantly looking for smoke, staying in contact with both our home unit dispatch here in Yreka, Calif., and then also with the firefighters on the ground.

FADEL: Now, fire lookouts⁵ don't just watch for new wildfires. They also help coordinate⁶ the firefighting.

SMITH: A very experienced lookout really increases our ability to catch a fire fast. And Kathy was one of those lookouts.

MART?NEZ: Shoopman started her watch in the early 1970s. She became known for her strong sense of duty. And Smith says she stayed even after her supervisor and sheriff's deputies advised her to leave.

SMITH: Kathy lived in that same home in that community for almost 50 years.

FADEL: Most of Shoopman's community is now gone. But Smith says her legacy⁷ endures.

SMITH: Kathy's memory will flow on like the Klamath River.

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1 lookout   

n.注意，前途，瞭望台

参考例句：

• You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
• It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 gravel   

n.砂跞；砂砾层；结石

参考例句：

• We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
• More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。

4 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

5 lookouts   

n.寻找（ 某人/某物）( lookout的名词复数 )；是某人（自己）的问题；警戒；瞭望台

参考例句：

• Lookouts were spotted all along the coast. 沿海岸都布置了监视哨。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Lookouts and leadsmen in bulky life jackets stumbled and slipped after him. 监视哨和测深员穿着饱鼓鼓的救生衣，跌跌撞撞地跟在他后面。 来自辞典例句

6 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

7 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。