一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　There are _1_ of tornados or a possible tornado's touching down this evening in Nebraska and Iowa. Meteorologist Phil Schumacher with the National Weather Service says powerful winds _2_ homes in the northeast Nebraska town of Wayne. Witnesses described a two-mile-wide tornado.

　　有报道指今晚龙卷风可能在内布拉斯加州到爱荷华州登陆。美国国家气象局的气象学家菲尔·舒马赫表示，强风摧毁了内布拉斯加州北部韦恩镇的房屋。据目击者描述，龙卷风的直径有两英里。

　　"Right now, it still looks like these storms are still very well-organized to store the capability of producing tornados for at least the next hour, so that they continue to move east and northeast across northwestern Iowa, and so people in the path really need to prepare to take shelter."

　　“目前，看起来这些风暴非常有组织，至少在接下来的一个小时就有形成龙卷风的能力，它们继续在向东部和东北部地区移动，将覆盖爱荷华州西北部地区，所以在这个地区的民众需要准备好躲避。”

　　Weather service says witnesses also _3_ at least two tornados touching down near Sioux City, Iowa. The extent of the damage's not known. Meanwhile, snow _4_ in South Dakota today.

　　天气预报表示，消息还称，至少两个龙卷风将在爱荷华州苏市附近着陆。破坏程度目前还不得而知。同时，今天南达科他州已经降雪。

　　Leaders in one North Carolina school system are suspending the largest tablet computer initiative in US history. North Carolina Public Radio's Jeff Tiberii reports the school district _5_ the use of tablets made by a third party and supplied by a company called Amplify.

　　北卡罗来纳州学校系统的一名负责人中止了美国历史上最大的平板电脑项目。据北卡罗来纳州公共电台的杰夫·提贝里报道，该学区中止了平板电脑的使用，据悉这些平板电脑由第三方制造，由一家名为Amplify的公司供应。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. touch down

　　降落；着陆；

　　eg. Spacecraft Columbia touched down yesterday.

　　“哥伦比亚”号宇宙飞船昨天着陆。

　　eg. The first large contingent of troops touches down on American soil today.

　　第一批分遣大部队今天在美国着陆。

　　2. take shelter

　　躲避；寻求庇护；安身；存身；

　　eg. We must take shelter from rain.

　　我们必须避雨。

　　eg. As the bombs came screaming down, the villagers tried to take shelter.

　　当炸弹呼啸着落下时，村民都设法躲避。

　　参考答案：

　　1、reports 2、destroyed 3、reported

　　4、fell 5、is suspending