NPR边听边练261：天气延误科州救援

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　More than a thousand people are waiting to _1_ in parts of Colorado following intense flooding.But as Luke Rania, from member station KUNC reports, weather condition _2_ rescue efforts.Many of the winding¹ mountain roads, that give access to _3_ towns have been wiped out by overflowing² rivers.That makes helicopter the only way to reach some of the stranded³ residents.

　　科罗拉多州部分特大洪水过后，超过一千人等待救援。但成员站KUNC的卢克·拉尼亚发回报道，天气情况拖延了救援工作。众多蜿蜒的山路将通往被洪水河流淹没的城镇造成了困难。直升机成为能到达一些被困居民所在的唯一方式。

　　Incident commander, Shindo Grasul, says it's impossible to get into the air where the weather refused to cooperate.He says even the smallest delays, put lives at risk.It's the middle of September, it's not gonna _4_ in this country for yourself get frost, and you're gonna start having some snow.

　　事件指挥官辛多·格拉索尔表示因为天气不配合，所以不可能进入大气当中。他称即使是最小的延迟,也对生命构成威胁。现在已经进入九月中旬,这个国家只要短短时间就会开始有霜，之后就会降雪。

　　It's gonna take months and years to rebuild some of these roads.Across the state, more than 1,000 people are still _5_ .For NPR News, I'm Luke Rania, in Fort Collins,Colorado.

　　而重建这些道路几个月甚至几年时间。整个州超过1000人仍下落不明。NPR新闻，记者卢克·拉尼亚,科罗拉多州柯林斯堡发回的报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、wipe out

　　消灭，彻底摧毁；垮台；（滑雪等时的）翻倒；封闭

　　eg:He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven.

　　又要将他们的君王交在你手中，你就使他们的名从天下消灭。

　　2、at risk 有危险

　　eg:This put them at risk for reading problems later.

　　这使得他们随后会面临阅读障碍的风险。

　　eg:Determine if your behavior is putting you at risk.

　　确定你的行为是否给你带来危险。

　　参考答案：

　　1、be rescued 2、are delaying 3、flooded

　　4、be long 5、unaccounted for

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