CNN news 2011-04-13 加文本
短语讲解:
1. This new quake was closer to the coast and it led to some tsunami warnings, but those were canceled within 90 minutes.
lead to 导致,引起
例句:In given conditions, a bad thing can lead to good results.
在一定条件下, 一件坏事可以导致好的结果。
2. But it's also had a devastating impact on some of the nation's fishermen.
have an impact on 对…有影响
例句:The extent and nature of literacy will have an obvious impact on library growth.
文化的性质及其发展对图书馆的发展具有明显的影响。
3. He says, "None of us can trust what the real safety level of radiation in seawater is, because the government keeps changing it based on what nuclear plants need. It makes me so angry."
base on 建立在…基础上,立足于
例句:We must base ourselves on the interests of the people.
我们一定要从人民的利益出发。
4. Wataru Ito is cleaning up the fish processing plant he works in.
clean up 打扫,清理
例句:This room needs cleaning up.
这间房间需要打扫一下。
processing plant 加工工厂
5. An area once bustling with fishermen, now a boat graveyard.
bustle with 充满
例句:The university is bustling with life.
这所大学充满生机。