【词汇大师】自然灾害(1/2)

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听过飓风卡特里娜吗？那是美国了史上最严重的自然灾害之一。那么，卡特里娜名字的由来从何说起呢？我们来听听那场灾难亲临者的描述吧！
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本篇听写只听写嘉宾的话，主持人的不需要听写。仔细听哟
主持人的话①"So now when you and your neighbors and your friends talk about the storm and the effects and so forth, let us in a little bit on what influence Katrina has had on the language, the local language in New Orleans."
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Sliver by the River 注意大小写
Times-Picayune
Chris Rose
Katrina"We had wind damage around here, but we had very little flooding. The floodwaters from the levee breeches reached about three blocks away and stopped as they approached the river. I'm part of what they refer to as the 'Sliver by the River,' the area that didn't flood from the levee breeches."
"There's a local columnist at the Times-Picayune newspaper named Chris Rose and he has coined this phrase 'The Thing.' He will not refer to Katrina by name, and he always calls it The Thing, and a lot of people have picked up that habit.
"A lot of people are very - they infuse the word Katrina with so much venom that it's almost hard to say.