时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)


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Cleanup From US Storm Could Benefit Local Economies



On the ground, the damage from Superstorm Sandy is obvious. But from the air, the destruction is stunning 1. At this community in New Jersey 2, boats lie scattered 3 amid broken piers 4, flooded roads remain impassable, and hundreds of businesses are still closed.


For homeowners in Sandy's path, it's heartbreaking.


Preliminary estimates put the total cost of the storm for the East Coast at between $20 and $50 billion. But each day businesses remain closed reduces the region's economic output by about $200 million a day.


In New York's Chinatown, many stores are still without power, but store owner Cyndi Cheung says foot traffic is already coming back.


'Yeah, we didn't open yesterday and we closed early on the day of the incident, so yeah, we totally lost at least two days business," she noted 5. "So I'm trying to get back on. At least we could do some business today."


For some workers, no customers means no paycheck.


In the short term, some economists 6 say the storm could hurt employment and reduce gross domestic output slightly. But Robert Johnson at Morningstar Analytics in Chicago says in the months to come the storm could bolster 7 the U.S. economy.


"My guess is it may throw a couple of economic statistics like retail 8 sales for a couple of weeks or whatever, but, on the other hand, I think it's probably the reverse - it's more like a stimulus 9 program," he said.


Johnson says the damage could have been much worse.


"To give you some perspective, Katrina was more like a $100 billion impact because the winds were so much stronger. This is a more populated area, but the winds were less -- you need to completely wipe out hundreds of thousands of houses like you did in the Katrina situation," he explained.


Although the comparison will do little to ease the losses some have suffered, Johnson says in a $15 trillion a year economy, and a region that generates about $10 billion a day in retail sales, Sandy could eventually boost economic activity in affected 10 areas as clean up and rebuilding efforts intensify 11




adj.极好的;使人晕倒的
  • His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
  • The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。
n.运动衫
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 );(常设有娱乐场所的)突堤;柱子;墙墩
  • Most road bridges have piers rising out of the vally. 很多公路桥的桥墩是从河谷里建造起来的。 来自辞典例句
  • At these piers coasters and landing-craft would be able to discharge at all states of tide. 沿岸航行的海船和登陆艇,不论潮汐如何涨落,都能在这种码头上卸载。 来自辞典例句
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.枕垫;v.支持,鼓励
  • The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
  • He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。
v./n.零售;adv.以零售价格
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
n.刺激,刺激物,促进因素,引起兴奋的事物
  • Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
  • Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • 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。
vt.加强;变强;加剧
  • We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
  • They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻,保卫我国的领空。
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Adiora
artificial propagation coefficient
asbestos-centered wire gauze
Audio Modem Riser
automatic disbributor of load
bear up for(to)
befo
better luck next time
blonde bombshell
bowl chopper
cacophonically
castable refractories
cecidium
cholesterohydrothorax
chopped fiber reinforced composite
circular list type
closed system of ventilation
common quail
coniferous forest
critical span
CSS (communication subsystem)
damask plum
datepalm
deep penetrating nevus
deferentitis
discogenetic
drop keel
earth-received times
educational trust
ethyl linoleate
experimental cytology
family spheniscidaes
fibrose phthisis
four-leafed clover
four-level laser rod
genus Chalcis
glossful
goatrill
gollywog
guidance and control
horn drum
hump-shoulder
imacs
implementation rule
inescapabilities
insulating glaze
iron ammonuim citrate
ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
kicking my ass
likelihood criterion
liver wind calmed drug
management by synchronization
marsa
Mbogwe
mean deformation resistance
menseful
minivehicles
mixed arrangement
mixed-flow centrifugal pump
moulding-sand property
multicloning
needle-in-tube pen
neo-barb
non-intersecting line
nonzoological
number of moles of gas
off the bone
oil compartment
peronard
phlyctochytrium chaetiferum
photoelectronic image
photographic lamp for studio
private or house c/p form
ranunculids
regmatic pattern
Reinbek
religiously-inspired
Serg.
shatterment
side strip
signal aspect and indication
simendan
slow response action potential
speak for yourselves
splicing mark
stotty
strategic renewal
suprahyotal triangle
system of difference equation
talpiform
target efficiency
Tiaong
tip lorry
travel through
true thickness
Tsugaru-hantō
VDFG
very small quad flat packages
vote with one's feet
warning path
wireless fix