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1、高中英语 VOA慢速英语美国万花筒第27课（文本）素材英语翻议讲解：1.vacant a.空的,空白的,空灵的,空闲的,茫然的,空缺的例句：We have six rooms vacant in the annexe. 我们饭店的辅楼还有6个空房。2.wreck v.毁灭,船失事例句：The tide had washed up cargo from the wrecked ship. 潮水把遇难船上的货物冲到了岸边。3.exceed v.超过,胜过;越出例句：Last years exports exceeded imports in value. 去年的出口价值超过进口。4.insulti
2、ng a.侮辱的例句：Their insulting remarks were a provocation. 他们侮辱人的话使人愤怒。5.appreciate vt.欣赏,鉴赏;正确评价,鉴别;感谢,感激 例句：Mr. Smith appreciates his abilities. 史密斯先生赏识他的才能。6.inventive a.善于创造的,发明的例句：He has an inventive genius. 他有发明的天才。1.Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the
3、United States. to ever strike不定式做后置定语，修饰hurricane。2.The group plans to build a total of one hundred fifty houses.a total of总计为,总共例句：A total of 103 beds are being closed for good because of a shortage of cash. 由于缺少现金，总计103张床位被永久取消了。 3.However, everyone agrees that the city is still in great need of s
4、afe and affordable housing.in need of需要,急需例句：The brickwork in this house is in need of repair. 这所房子的砖造部分需要修理。英语听力原文：HOST:Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)Im Doug Johnson.This week on our program .We visit New Orleans, Louisiana, to learn about the recovery efforts since Hurri
5、cane Katrina .And play music from several of the citys many jazz bands.The French Quarter and Garden District are two of New Orleans most famous and popular neighborhoods. Walking through these historic areas, visitors today might find it hard to believe that a deadly storm swept through the city ov
6、er four years ago. However, most of New Orleans and its people are still struggling to rebuild and recover after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August of two thousand five. Barbara Klein has more.BARBARA KLEIN:Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the
7、United States.Jackson Hill is a photographer who has lived in New Orleans for over thirty years. He took us on a tour through the citys neighborhoods to help understand more about the storms damage and the slow recovery process.A house sits next to an empty lot in New Orleans, LouisianaJACKSON HILL:
8、 Where those cars are going over that little bridge down there where those lights is where the floodwall is. Were going to go right up to it, then we will go over to where the new pumps have been built and the floodgates.Driving through the neighborhoods of northern and eastern New Orleans, you see
9、many newly built or repaired houses. But there are also a surprising number of areas of empty land where houses used to stand.JACKSON HILL: You see, all these vacant lots, they are all houses that are not there.Mister Hill points out that just because you see houses, does not mean that these neighbo
10、rhoods have recovered. Many houses that are standing are still wrecked and must be torn down. Some are only partly repaired. And he says that when you consider recovery, you cannot just think about the houses in a community.JACKSON HILL: You also gotta think about schools, fire stations, police stat
11、ions. Theyre all gone too.New Orleans was built on low-lying wetlands along the Mississippi River. Because of the risk of flooding, the city is surrounded by protective levees and floodwalls. But the poorly designed protection system was widely known to be too weak to protect against a major hurrica
12、ne.A damaged house in New Orleans sits abandonedJACKSON HILL: And the water here, came in like that, bang.When Katrina hit, water levels exceeded the height and strength of many of these walls. Many walls broke, allowing billions of liters of water from the Gulf of Mexico and two nearby lakes to flo
13、od the city. Eighty percent of the city was underwater for days.After the storm, recovery and aid efforts by local, state and federal agents were not well organized. This only added to the storms damage.As Mister Hill continues driving, he points out many shopping centers that remain empty. Many bus
14、inesses never reopened after Katrinas destruction. There are empty stores, religious centers and hospitals. This has made it even more difficult for many people to rebuild their lives and communities.The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center says the citys population is about seventy-seven perce
15、nt of what it was before Katrina. Many people who fled chose to build new lives in other cities. This has had a huge effect on New Orleans economically, socially and culturally.One area of the city that has received much media attention is the Lower Ninth Ward. More than four thousand homes were des
16、troyed when a nearby flood wall broke.Actor Brad Pitt created the Make It Right Foundation to provide money to rebuild in this poor neighborhood. The organization hired top building designers to create modern, environmentally friendly houses. Many sit on tall supports in case of future flooding. One house is built like a boat so that it will rise with flood waters. So far there are about twenty of these colorfu
