VOA慢速英语:Hurricane Irene Hits Northeastern United States

词汇讲解：

1. crew n.全体船员, 全体机务人员
例句：The plane crashed, killing all its passengers and crew.
飞机失事了, 所有乘客和机组人员都遇难了。

2. populate vt.居住于, 生活于
例句：Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas.
欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。

3. evacuate vt. 使避难,使疏散
例句：The civilians were evacuated from the city to farms.
百姓被从城里疏散到了农庄。

4. unemployment n. 失业
例句：A rapid rise in price soon eventuated in mass unemployment.
物价迅速上涨, 结果造成了大量失业。

5. activate vt.使活动, 起动, 触发
例句：We must activate the youth to study.
我们要激励青年去学习。

6. relief n. (痛苦等)缓解, 减轻, 解除
例句：They send relief to those who made homeless by floods.
他们给水灾中无家可归的人发送救援物资。

7. airlift vt. 空运
例句：The nurse had been airlifted to Kinshasa.
这位护士被用飞机送到金沙萨。

8. trap vt. 困住, 使陷入绝境
例句：Thirty miners were trapped underground after the fire.
起火后有三十名矿工被困在地底下。

9. comprehension n. 理解;理解力
例句：The problem is beyond my comprehension.
这个问题我无法理解。

10. threaten v. 恐吓, 威胁
例句：They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail.
他们时而恳求, 时而威胁, 但这一切看来都没有用。