CNN news 2011-08-29 加文本

短语讲解：

1. First up, a major hurricane is plowing its way through the Caribbean, and it could be taking aim at the U.S. east coast.

plow through费力的通过，费劲的阅读
例句：In order to gather material for my lectures, I had to plow through dozens of old books on economics. 
为了收集讲课资料,我只好啃几十本经济学的旧书。 

2. Yesterday it was slamming the Bahamas, where locals boarded up their shops and tourists hunkered down in hotels.

hunker down 蹲下休息
例句：They are not allowed to hunker down to rest after running5, 000meters. 
他们跑完5000米后不准蹲下休息。 

3. Check out these satellite images.

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。

4. That’s why people up and down the U.S. east coast are stocking up on supplies.

stock up on储备
例句：People seldom stock up on Chinese cabbage now
现在人们很少贮存大白菜了。

5. It’ll just depend on what path Irene takes.

depend on取决于
例句：Whether the game will be played depends on the weather.
比赛是否举行要看天气而定。

6. East Coast residents are preparing for that extreme event.

prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句：We should prepare well for the negotiations.
我们应该为这次谈判做好准备。

7. But they just lived through another one.

live through经历过; 经历…而未死
例句：She has lived through several terrible accidents.
她曾经历过几次可怕的意外事故。

8. Shaking was felt in more than a dozen states in all, even into Canada. NBC’s cameras, focused on the White House, caught the shaking as it happened.

focus on对(某事或做某事)予以注意; 致力于
例句：All eyes were focused on him when he came in.
他进来时大家都注视着他。

9. Some of the masonry of the National Cathedral fell off, and the National Park Service says engineers found a crack near the top of the Washington Monument.

fall off跌落, 滚落下
例句：When you are learning to ride a bicycle, you often fall off.
初学骑自行车时, 常会从车上掉下来。

10. Both units are shut down, maintained in a safe shutdown condition.

shut down完全关闭，倒闭，停止运转
例句：The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.
那商店因生意萧条而停业。