CNN news 2011-05-12 加文本

短语讲解：

1. That would be the Mississippi River which is causing floods up and down as it path through the United States.

up and down上上下下

例句：She was jumping up and down.

她上上下下地蹦着。

2. Wanna take you down the river now to check out some of what's been going on.

check out检查, 核对, 核实

例句：They checked out all the goods in the store.

他们清点了仓库里的货物。

3. Flooding was threatening to wipe out the entire town.

wipe out彻底摧毁, 消灭

例句：The earthquake wiped out the whole town.

那次地震毁掉了整个城镇。

4. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came up with this plan to help Cairo and some other communities nearby.

come up with想出, 提出

例句：I hope you can come up with a better plan than this.

我希望你们能提出一个比这个更好的计划。

5. What the Corps did was intentionally blow up a levee, a barrier that's designed to actually prevent flooding.

blow up (使)爆炸, 将…炸毁, 毁掉

例句：A chemical factory blew up in the North of England.

英国北部的一座化工厂爆炸了。

6. And a lot of people, especially farmer angry with this plan.

be angry with对…生气

例句：They are likely to become angry with him.

他们可能会对他发怒。

7.  One farmer said she felt like she was suffering for somebody else.

feel like觉得好像是...

例句：She felt like a fool.

她觉得自己好像是个大笨蛋。

8. He said the water that is rushing through the Mississippi right now ,in one second, could fill up an area the size of a football field 44 feet deep.

fill up (使)充满

例句：The rain has filled up the ditches again.

雨水又把沟渠给灌满了。

9. Some are holding out to the last minute, but we think in the end, they’re gonna come out.

hold out顶住, 坚持

例句：We must hold out till victory.

我们必须坚持到胜利。