外研社高级英语face to face with hurricane camille精选.pptVIP

* Red Cross 红十字会An international organization concerned with the alleviation减轻 of human suffering and the promotion of public health. A red cross on a white background is the symbol.poverty alleviation?扶贫 * * (para 30-31) (para 30) By this time, organizations within the area and, in effect, the entire population of the United States had come to the aid of the devastated coast. Before dawn, the Mississippi National Guard and civil-defense units were moving in to handle traffic, guard property, set up communications centers, help clear the debris and take the homeless by truck and bus to refugee centers. By 10 a.m., the Salvation Army’s canteen trucks and Red Cross volunteers and staffers, were going wherever possible to distribute hot drinks, food, clothing and bedding. * (para 31) From hundreds of towns and cities across the country came several million dollars in donations, household and medical supplies streamed in by plane, train, truck and car. The federal government shipped 4,400,000 pounds of food, moved in mobile homes, set up portable classrooms, opened offices to provide low-interest, long-term business loans. * Stream: n. v. 1)narrow moving mass. He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke. 2): a large number of sth occurring one after anther. We had a constant stream of visitors. 3): a group of children of the same age and ability taught together Examinations may be used to choose which pupils are to move into the top streams. 4):move quickly and in large numbers. Refugees have been streaming into the neighboring countries. 5): light shines strongly into or out of a place Sunlight was streaming into the courtyard. * 译：他身后有一长串的车。 那悲惨的故事引发了源源不断的读者来信。 他倡导将孩子们分流，根据他们的需要来教育他们。 教堂的钟声敲响了12下，人们很快开始蜂拥而出。 There was a stream of traffic behind him. The sad story triggered a stream of readers’ letters. He advocates streaming children, and educating them according to