CNN news 2011-05-16 加文本

短语讲解：

1. That'll help free up money for the relief efforts.

free up空出来
例句：When you focus on simplifying your life, you free up energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. 
当生活真正简化，你就会有时间和精力从事喜欢的工作，并为之奋斗。 

2. He's looking at how officials -- and individuals -- are preparing to deal with the water that's heading their way.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

3. Gerald Gaudet will fight off the rising water with a little Louisiana bayou ingenuity: his own homemade levee wall. Gerald, do you really think this wall will be enough?

fight off竭力摆脱〔驱走, 阻止, 回避…〕
例句：This is a possible cure to fight off cancer.
这也许是治愈癌症的良方。

4. Disaster is flowing downstream and residents in towns like Stephenville and Morgan City are at the end of the line.

at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句：The town lies at the end of the valley.
这个镇坐落于河谷的尽头。

5. Getting pretty ready now. The more closer it gets, starting to get worried about it.

worry about担忧, 烦恼
例句：Don't worry about my illness; what I need is nothing but a few days' rest.
不要为我的病担心, 我只要休息几天就好了。

6. This structure is almost 5,000 feet long, and it has 125 gates. In the coming days, some of those gates will be opened up, and when that does, a massive wall of water will continue to flow out this way, drowning out this area and flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico.

open up打开
例句：The police had to get special permission to open up the grave.
警察必须在获得特准后, 才能打开这座坟墓。
drown out淹没
例句：The loud cheers drown out his shouts.
欢呼声盖过了他的喊叫声。

7. You're confident about these walls holding up?

hold up支持, 支撑, 承受住,支持住,承受住,支撑得住
例句：Don't worry. The house will hold up.
别担心, 房子不会倒下来。

8. So, you'll just sit back here and watch that water start creeping up here in a few days?

creep up逐渐增长, 渗上来
例句：One had winter we watched the river creep up the lower meadows.
有一年冬天，天气不好，我们眼看着河水浸没了地势较低的草场。