CRI听力:Japan One Year after the Tsunami

step into干预; 涉足
例句：After graduation John stepped into his father's shoes to become a lawyer.
约翰毕业后便继承了他父亲的衣钵, 当了一名律师。

2. I'm kneeling down underneath it.

kneel down跪下
例句：The child knelt down to look for a coin he had dropped.
这个小孩跪下找他掉的一个钱币。

3. And I guess we just wait for the earthquake to start…

wait for等待, 等候
例句：I've been waiting for the bus for half an hour.
我等车已等了半个小时了。

4. And much of this came from charities such as Tokyo-based food-bank Second Harvest.

come from来自，源出；产自
例句：From this area come most of our best potatoes.
我们最好的马铃薯大部分是这个地区生产的。

5. It was almost as if a giant hand had come over and just swept things away.

sweep away扫除, 刮走, 冲走
例句：The wind swept the leaves away.
风吹走了树叶。

6. What we found with this is that it's really more important for us, when we're doing that outreach -- we have a national care van traveling throughout Japan telling people about who we are -- is to reach out to the local government units.

reach out (使)伸出
例句：A tree reaches out its branches towards the light.
树枝向阳光处伸展。

7. Professor Hirata says Japanese earthquake researchers need to work closer with foreign counterparts in order to increase our global understanding of these natural disasters.

in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。