CNN news 2011-08-31 加文本

短语讲解：

1. But, when you get that much water in that period of time, we literally were taking on an inch-and-a-half of rain an hour and for a sustained period, you just can't take that...were marvelous, did last and airports were gonna dig out at last and had tremendous damage, loss of life, as we all know about obviously partly damaged homes, infrastructure.

take on承担
例句：He is always ready to take on heavy responsibilities.
他一向乐于挑重担。
dig out匆匆地离开
例句：She didn't say where to go, just dug out.
她没有讲要到哪儿去, 只是匆匆地走了。

2. He'd been expected to die almost two years ago.

be expected to预计
例句：House prices are expected to perk up.
预计房价会上涨。

3. Alan brings a wealth of experience to the job.

a wealth of大量的, 丰富的
例句：There's a wealth of books in the library.
这个图书馆藏书丰富。

4. In the first two years of this administration, as we were dealing with the effects of a complex and fast-moving financial crisis, a crisis that threatened a second Great Depression, Alan’s counsel as chief economist at the Treasury Department proved invaluable.

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。