VOA常速英语:US Flood Control Measures Could Affect At Least 30,000

短语讲解：

1. The action is expected to result in huge losses, inundating nearly 8,000 square kilometers of low-lying swamp and cropland.

result in导致,结果是
例句：The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.
这次水灾造成相当大的减产。

2. Seventy-two kilometers north of Louisiana's capital, experts say this plume of gushing water from the Morganza Spillway will gradually raise water levels up to six meters high -- flooding farms and businesses in an area that until Saturday was home to more than 25,000 people

up to 多达
例句：I can take up to four people in my car.
我的汽车最多能坐四个人。
be home to是…的家园, 是…的所在地，是…的发源地
例句：The America is home to Jazz.
美国是爵士乐的发源地。

3. They are saying 30- to 60,000 people will probably get flooded, but the alternative to that is possibly losing Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

get flooded 被水淹, 发大水
例句：This river used to get flooded whenever there was a rainstorm.
过去一下暴雨， 这条河就发大水。

4. And you're talking about well over a million people and billions and billions of dollars of industry, and we are going to lose some crops here and some people will lose some work time, but you have got to look at the big picture, I guess," said Jerry Berger, a Louisiana resident.

talk about讨论; 谈论
例句：We talked about what to do.
我们讨论该怎么办。
be going to要,会,将要
例句：We are going to travel by jet.
我们打算乘喷射机旅行。

5. But the big picture is little comfort to those who stand to lose their homes, especially those without flood insurance.

stand to不放弃, 坚持
例句：You must stand to your resolution.
你一定要坚守你的决心。

6. That was an oversight on our part. Normally we do, but nothing happened last year so we opted not to.

opt to do sth　选择做某事
例句：The popularity of early retirement appears to be waning as more people opt to work on into their 70s.
随着越来越多的人选择工作到70多岁，提前退休的流行趋势似乎正在渐渐衰退。

7. (We had) some financial problems and now we might pay for it," said homeowner George Morrison.

pay for 因…受罚〔痛苦〕; 为…付出代价
例句：You'll have to pay for your crime.
你得为你的罪行付出代价。

8. Experts say Americans can expect to pay higher insurance premiums as a result of this year's flooding.

as a result of由于…的结果
例句：He was injured as a result of boiler explosion.
他因锅炉爆炸而受伤。