CNN 2010-05-16

Vicious weather in the southern plains. Two deadly tornadoes² swirling³ in unison⁴ in southern Oklahoma. All of it caught on tape.

There comes one right there. Look at them. They are all over.

As you can hear, storm chasers were only reporters because it was just too dangerous for anyone else. Two people killed in Oklahoma City. Three just south of there in Cleveland County. Dozens of more people were injured.

Now those twisters churned across much of the metro⁵ area, ripped apart homes and tore down power lines. They knocked out the power for tens of thousands of homes and businesses.

What happened yesterday, a very dynamic situation. Check out these pictures that we have from storm spotters of the tornado¹. This was in north central Oklahoma near Medford. And there you can see multiple vortices. Look at that. I count like three，maybe four of them. And it's not terribly unusual to have multiple vortices within a tornado. They tend to happen because of the air incoming into the storm as well as a little bit of friction⁶, Kyra. But this is a lot of reasons why sometimes we'll see one house which is destroyed and then one standing⁷ next to it that isn't. So these were very classic looking super cells. Very violent day yesterday. Today we'll have to watch out for more. But hopefully, not as bad.

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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 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

3 swirling   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句

4 unison   

n.步调一致，行动一致

参考例句：

• The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.这些国家的政府一致行动对付恐怖主义。
• My feelings are in unison with yours.我的感情与你的感情是一致的。

5 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

6 friction   

n.摩擦，摩擦力

参考例句：

• When Joan returned to work,the friction between them increased.琼回来工作后，他们之间的摩擦加剧了。
• Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.摩擦力作用于运动着的物体，并使其停止。

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

8 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。