时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2016年9月


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Starting with the drought that's been going on. It's not one you might have heard of.


The Atlantic hurricane drought — it's been more than 10 years since a category three or stronger hurricane has made landfall in the Eastern U.S. or on the Gulf 1 Coast. A category three storm is a major one, with wind speeds of more than 110 miles per hour. The current hurricane drought is the longest on record.


But it doesn't mean there haven't been any big Atlantic storms. Hurricane Gaston is currently spinning in the Atlantic. It's just not expected to hit land.


Forecasters say the longer a drought last, the more likely it becomes that a threatening hurricane will form. And right now, the North Atlantic is entering peak season for cyclones 3. The hurricane season itself runs from June 1st to November 30th. Mid 4 to late August is the start of the most active and dangerous time for tropical cyclone 2 activity. That's according to the U.S. government's meteorologists.


There are a couple of systems out at sea that could become a threat in the days ahead. What should you do if you live in an area where a hurricane could come ashore 5?


SUBTITLE 6: Preparing for a hurricane.


JENNIFER GRAY, CNN METEOROLOGIST: You and your family need to be prepared for hurricane way before it makes landfall.


The number one thing you need to do: get your supplies. You need enough nonperishable food items for three days for each person in your family.


You also need one gallon of water per day for each person. Also make sure you have plenty of batteries and a battery operated radio, as well as flashlights.


Chances are during a hurricane, you will lose power. In that case, your cell phone will lose power as well. So, you'll lose all of your contacts.


Make sure you make a list of all the emergency contacts that you'll need.


Also, have an evacuation plan. Know your evacuation route and familiarize yourself with it.


Lastly, get your home ready. If you have hurricane shutters 7, make sure you know where they are and you know how to install them. Also, prune 8 your trees and gather up any loose items that can become projectiles 9 once the winds pick up.



1 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • 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。
2 cyclone
n.旋风,龙卷风
  • An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
  • The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
3 cyclones
n.气旋( cyclone的名词复数 );旋风;飓风;暴风
  • The pricipal objective in designing cyclones is to create a vortex. 设计旋风除尘器的主要目的在于造成涡旋运动。 来自辞典例句
  • Middle-latitude cyclones originate at the popar front. 中纬度地区的气旋发源于极锋。 来自辞典例句
4 mid
adj.中央的,中间的
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
5 ashore
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
6 subtitle
n.副题(书本中的),说明对白的字幕
  • His new book has a subtitle.他的新书有一个副标题。
  • Ah!I don't know why they don't subtitle these movies.唉!我不知道这些电影为什么不打字幕。
7 shutters
百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门
  • The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
  • The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。
8 prune
n.酶干;vt.修剪,砍掉,削减;vi.删除
  • Will you prune away the unnecessary adjectives in the passage?把这段文字中不必要的形容词删去好吗?
  • It is our job to prune the side branches of these trees.我们的工作就是修剪这些树的侧枝。
9 projectiles
n.抛射体( projectile的名词复数 );(炮弹、子弹等)射弹,(火箭等)自动推进的武器
  • These differences are connected with the strong absorption of the composite projectiles. 这些差别与复杂的入射粒子的强烈吸收有关。 来自辞典例句
  • Projectiles became more important because cannons could now fire balls over hundreds or yards. 抛射体变得更加重要,因为人们已能用大炮把炮弹射到几百码的距离之外。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
a Gary
acoustic isolater
admission rule
aerationagitation
affinity ligand
aluminium flat sheet
argininosuccinicaciduria
ASC (automatic synchronized control)
back-asswards
beer-battered
British Isles
cable cutter
cane wax
Catherine of Aragon
Charpy bay
chracter search
close-up shot
coalition bargaining
corpus amygdaloideum
counseling centre
critical statistics
current node
darn
demat
diastasis epiphysealis
Diazinol
distermine
document-holder
dodecatemory
emulsoid
enjoy your life
eothyridids
etzioni
flexigraph
flip flops
fullonite
functional shift
geacs
granular vaginitis
guylike
hand instrument
hand-carried electrostatic sprayer
I'm married
import and export licence
intersatellite service
jew flag
Johann Muller
konorski
Ksar el Hirane
Kyzylkum
Lagochilus brachyacanthus
leucoaurin
light hose
light-infantry
lithuresis
local use
long service
love me tender
low-temperature resistant conveyor belt
lowde
man-rope knot
mast hound
Melina Mercouri
off-centre arrangement
on the homeward voyage
organically bound nitrogen
overeying
Palatinate
Pekar test
phylogenetic reticulum
programmer unit
pyloric antrectomy
pyrrolidinetrione
rachitis foetalis
rectangular type core
regulator corrector
ring structures
rock hopper
science teachhing
secondary kinetochore
selenium deficiency
sobfests
somatic chromosome
spiral-bevel gearing
split bushing
streptococcemia
subcerebellar
tabs
technofunk
temperature buzzer
terracing
terrestrial circuit
to block
trautman
Turczaninovia
uterine epithelium
W-H
washester
went about
white-wings
xfc
Zefreh