CRI听力:Extreme Weather to Economy

2. trigger vt.引发, 引起
例句：The incident triggered an armed clash.
这起事件触发了一场武装冲突。

3. surge n. 激增
例句：It failed to stimulate a surge of investment in industry.
这没有能刺激工业投资的激增。

4. cancel vt.取消
例句：We were all disappointed to learn that the picnic had been cancelled.
我们得知这次野餐已经取消, 都感到很失望。

5. grip vt. 紧握, 抓紧；吸引, 引起
例句：His performance gripped the audience.
他的表演深深地吸引住观众。

6. shortage n. 缺少,不足,匮乏
例句：There is a shortage of salt in this country.
这个国家缺少盐。

7. anticipation n. 预测；预感,预知
例句：People bought in stocks of tinned goods in anticipation of a famine year.
人们买进大量罐头食品以防饥荒的一年。

8. panic n. 恐慌, 惊慌, 慌乱
例句：There was a panic when the building caught fire.
大楼起火时, 人们一片惊慌。

9. sacrifice vt.牺牲, 献出
例句：He sacrificed his holiday to help his brother's business.
为了帮助兄弟经商, 他放弃休假。

10. relief n. (痛苦等)缓解, 减轻, 解除
例句：They send relief to those who made homeless by floods.
他们给水灾中无家可归的人发送救援物资。