美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-05-26

 Hi, I'm Carl Azuz.. Welcome to the special edition of CNN Student News. Today we're focusing exclusively on the Oklahoma City area and the devastating¹ tornado² that tore through there on Monday. This is what we know so far.

The tornado touched down near the town of New Castle Oklahoma, just before 3 p.m. Monday. Residents had about 16 minutes warnig before it hit. From there, it moved to the city of Moore, and that's where the storm did its worst.

You can tell from this video, it was gigantic. Official said it was  more than a mile wide, and the path it took across New Castle and Moore was 17 miles long. That path was one of the destrucions and devastations, homes and businesses flattened³, a local hospital severely⁴ damaged, 2 elementary schools took direct hits.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the authorites had confirmed dozens of death from this tornado and including 9 children. More than 200 other people were injured. The rescue efforts started immediately Monday afternoon, they continued through the night. Pamela Brown has more on that.

--Illuminated by flood lights, rescue team search tirelessly throughout the night, sifting⁵ through moutianes of debris⁶ where Plaza⁷ Towers Elementary School once stood.

--Oh my God.

--In some places, the debris was 10 feet high, underneath⁸ every parent is worth nightmare. The bodies of school children who try to seek shelter from a ferocious⁹ tornado, mamy more still missing.

The raised rescue dozens of students and teachers began right after the massive mile wide tornado ripped through at least 2 elementary schools directly in its path. At hardest hit Plazza Tower Elementary, a third grade class huddled¹⁰ on the hallway of their school.

--We have to pull a car out of the front hallway off a teacher, she, I don't know what that lady's name is, but she had 3 little kids underneath her. Good job, tech.

Worried parent send to a staging area that nearby church and search for answers. At first, several children were pulled from the leveled school alive. But with each passing hour, the operation tragically¹¹ went from a rescue to a recovery mission. The heart wrenching¹² reality at the storm's fury hard to comprehend, even for those covering it.

--I've never anything like this in my 18 years' covering tornado in Oklahoma City. This is, without queation, the most terrific...

--OK, Lance, listen, we need to get this information.

Searchers were able to reunite many kids with their families.

In fact, rescuers had pulled at least 100 people out of the rubble¹³ alive. At first, search efforts were a mix of emergency responders and volunteers. A local pipeline¹⁴ workers who joined in, said he felt it was his duty to help.

But eventually so many volunteers showed that officials had to ask them to stay away. Police, fire fighters, natinal guard members all involved in the search efforts, specially¹⁵ trained animals, too. Chris Cuomo has more on how they helped.

--The set up premeter here, is about 6 or 8 men, inside there were dogs, 3 or 4 of them. The dogs were working, they were sniffing¹⁶, you hear barking, the barking could be singles. It can just be excitement. The trainers know how to deal with that, and what they do is that they have to follow the dogs to through this debris field.

We're showing you this because it's a very pain stakeing work, it's very detail oriented, and it's very dangerous because they have to find their way to through it. And the dogs as well, they are of course much more nimble, and are able to make through very easily. You're watching Chief, this dog's name, right now. He's working. He's back with his trainer right now. His barking that's a part of the work, just communication between trainer and dog that doesn't necessarily found something. But they have to find and follow him all through this, it takes time. It's sophisticated work and it's dangerous and it's so much of it to do because there are buildings like this that fallen down all over. As you coming into this area, here in Moore Oklahoma, it comes in waves: first you see debris on the road; then you start to see that homes have been like sprayed, almost like power washed with mud; then you start to see big thins were missing, trees, power line are down, the street lights are stopped, and then everything is gone, and you get to this point.

1 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

2 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。

3 flattened   

[医]（水）平扁的，弄平的

参考例句：

• She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
• I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。

4 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

5 sifting   

n.筛，过滤v.筛( sift的现在分词 )；筛滤；细查；详审

参考例句：

• He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers. 他躺在沙滩上用手筛砂子玩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was sifting the cinders when she came in. 她进来时，我正在筛煤渣。 来自辞典例句

6 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

7 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

8 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

9 ferocious   

adj.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的

参考例句：

• The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
• The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。

10 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

11 tragically   

adv. 悲剧地，悲惨地

参考例句：

• Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
• Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。

12 wrenching   

n.修截苗根，苗木铲根（铲根时苗木不起土或部分起土）v.（猛力地）扭( wrench的现在分词 )；扭伤；使感到痛苦；使悲痛

参考例句：

• China has been through a wrenching series of changes and experiments. 中国经历了一系列艰苦的变革和试验。 来自辞典例句
• A cold gust swept across her exposed breast, wrenching her back to reality. 一股寒气打击她的敞开的胸膛，把她从梦幻的境地中带了回来。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）

13 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

14 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

15 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

16 sniffing   

n.探查法v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的现在分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。
• They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了，呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》