CNN news 2012-03-10 加文本

clean up对…作最后处理, 结清; 整顿; 实行改革
例句：They clean up old debts.
他们结清了旧债。

2. I`m a famous star who wants nothing to do with night life.

do with与…有关
例句：I'm interested in anything to do with music.
凡与音乐有关的事我都感兴趣。

3. Ben Franklin came up with Daylight Saving Time in the 1700s.

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。

4. It was used for the first time in Great Britain during World War I. U.S. states don`t have to take part in Daylight Saving.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。

5. One year later, he looked back on his experience.

look back回忆；回顾；追忆
例句：He still feels quite guilty when he look back on the past.
想起过去，他仍然感到很内疚。

6. When we got to this disaster it was very challenging to cover because we didn`t have any kind of office or bureau to work out of.

work out作出; 制订出
例句：It wasn't too long before we had worked out a plan acceptable to all.
没多久我们就制订出一个大家都能接受的计划。

7. There were some other tsunami warnings in the days after. So the sirens would go off and the Japanese defense forces and the Japanese fire and rescue, they were very much on edge, very stressed.

go off响起
例句：The alarm went off.
警铃骤然响起。

8. You know, they were trying to keep us safe, too, so they would come down, you know, just screaming and yelling, "Tsunami, tsunami," and so we had to listen and get to higher ground.

come down倒塌
例句：The ceiling came down suddenly.
天花板突然塌落。

9. What was amazing about what happened with the tsunami there, the tsunami wave actually picked up giant freighters, and they were mostly fishing trawlers, and tossed them on their side like little toy boats, and also picked some of the ships up and took them into the city.

pick up安排接取; 使搭乘; 搭救
例句：The shipwrecked sailors were picked up by a passing boat.
一艘过路的船只搭救了遭受船难的水手。