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Aid groups get hot meals to tornado¹ survivors² in Mississippi

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In the path of a devastating⁴ tornado, volunteers are arriving in Rolling Fork to help with the cleanup and feed those in need. Mercy Chefs deployed⁵ mobile kitchen trucks to Mississippi.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

People in Rolling Fork, Miss., don't have much left after a tornado killed 25 of their neighbors and wiped out much of their town. Maya Miller⁶ of the Gulf⁷ States Newsroom checked in and found that a good meal is at the top of the most-needed list.

MAYA MILLER, BYLINE⁸: Chanteria Williams (ph) waits in a line which nearly wraps the parking lot at Sharkey-Issaquena Academy. She's here to pick up a hot meal, hygiene⁹ products and clothing for her family. She was leaving work when she got the call. A tornado had damaged her grandmother's home. Her only son, who is 6 years old, was inside. And though they're all safe now, she says it's been hard to process.

CHANTERIA WILLIAMS: I don't like to talk about it because, you know, you get a little emotional and stuff. But we never had nothing like this, I can say that. So I think everybody in disbelief about this.

MILLER: To comfort people, Mercy Chefs deployed mobile kitchen trucks to Mississippi. Molly MacDonald is with the Virginia-based organization and says their mission is to get people fed. Mercy Chefs cooks fresh meals in trucks complete with vegetables and even dessert.

MOLLY MACDONALD: When you open that box and you notice it's more than just a hot dog or a sandwich or something cold, it's, like, nourishing to your soul, you know? It is literally¹⁰ feeding your soul, just warmth and comfort.

MILLER: The trucks have handed out more than 700 meals on this day alone, but they're equipped to deliver thousands more. MacDonald says they'll be here all week. And she's not alone. Ally Willis (ph), who lives just a couple of miles from Rolling Fork, says she's volunteering to keep herself from thinking about how heartbreaking it's been.

ALLY WILLIS: I come up here to volunteer because I had to, you know, find something to do. I just had to come up here and help my town.

MILLER: She says she can see that people have been hurt.

WILLIS: It's just devastating. I mean, I know after this, I know our communities, some of us are going to need some therapy - you know what I'm saying? - the kids and all.

MILLER: Chanteria also looks to the future, as her son clings to her legs.

WILLIAMS: My hope is that we can get everything cleaned up and back together, which I know it'll never be the same, but hopefully that we can get some stuff back the same.

MILLER: But it could take a while. Officials say more than 1,600 homes were damaged across Mississippi.

For NPR News, I'm Maya Miller in Rolling Fork, Miss.

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1 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

2 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 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。

4 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

5 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

6 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

7 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。

8 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

9 hygiene   

n.健康法，卫生学 （a.hygienic）

参考例句：

• Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
• He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。

10 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。