奥巴马慰问纽约灾民

时间：2012-11-16 08:21:59

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US President Barack Obama has consoled bereaved¹ residents in areas of New York that still have no electricity 17 days after the deadly super-storm Sandy.

美国总统奥巴马慰问了超级风暴仙蒂过后17天仍未通上电的部分纽约地区居民。

Mr Obama took a helicopter tour of Breezy Point, a neighbourhood in Queens where about 100 homes were razed² in a fire during the storm.

He also met residents at an emergency response centre in Staten Island.

More than 100 people were killed in the US as a result of Sandy, 43 of them in New York.

As of Tuesday, 25,000 people were still without electricity, mostly in New York.

Insurance firms pressurised

Outages were especially dangerous in the city's low-income public housing complexes, where some elderly and infirm people have found it hard or impossible to leave their homes.

Staten Island was among the hardest-hit areas, as record storm surges flooded the island borough³.

Mr Obama spoke⁴ in front of several damaged homes in Staten Island, vowing⁵ to stick with New Yorkers "until the rebuilding is complete".

He said he was designating Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and a native New Yorker, to help.

At the emergency centre at a Staten Island high school, residents stood in line for supplies, a place to warm up or take a hot shower. They also queued to file claims with insurance companies.

The White House reported that about 1,500 people had received services at the centre as of Monday, one of several in affected⁶ areas.

Mr Obama called on insurance companies to "show some heart and some spirit in helping⁷ people rebuild".

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1 bereaved
adj.刚刚丧失亲人的v.使失去（希望、生命等）( bereave的过去式和过去分词)；（尤指死亡）使丧失（亲人、朋友等）；使孤寂；抢走（财物）
参考例句：
The ceremony was an ordeal for those who had been recently bereaved. 这个仪式对于那些新近丧失亲友的人来说是一种折磨。 an organization offering counselling for the bereaved 为死者亲友提供辅导的组织

2 razed
v.彻底摧毁，将…夷为平地( raze的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The village was razed to the ground . 这座村庄被夷为平地。 Many villages were razed to the ground. 许多村子被夷为平地。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 borough
n.享有自治权的市镇；(英)自治市镇
参考例句：
He was slated for borough president.他被提名做自治区主席。 That's what happened to Harry Barritt of London's Bromley borough.住在伦敦的布罗姆利自治市的哈里.巴里特就经历了此事。

4 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 vowing
起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。 President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

6 affected
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。 His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

7 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。