New York snow chaos

Transcript

Freak snowstorms have hit America’s East coast.

Some say Mother Nature played a Halloween trick on 60 million people. Only four times in the last 135 years has New York’s Central Park seen snow this early.

The blizzards caused power cuts and some deaths as roads became treacherous.

More than a thousand flights were cancelled with some passengers trapped on grounded planes for hours.

Vocabulary

freak: aneh

Mother Nature: Alam

blizzards: badai salju

treacherous: sangat berbahaya

grounded: tidak bisa terbang

Exercise

Isilah tempat yang kosong dengan memilih kata-kata yang sesuai berikut ini. Anda mungkin harus mengubah bentuk kata:

1. Last winter Edinburgh experienced the worst ____________ for decades. Hundreds of tonnes of salt were used on roads and pavements. Offenders and the Army were brought in to clear routes.

2. Ms Hedges said: "The __________ waters round the Isle of Wight present a major challenge - there are so many unknowns. My emotions are very up and down at the moment, going from being really excited to really scared."

3. Before the president joined the children for a reading lesson, the White House and the president already knew a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center, but they thought it was a ___________ accident.

4. Qantas ______________ all Saturday's flights, affecting some 70,000 travellers.

5. "An element of luck was involved with this, as with any expedition of this nature when the variables are out of your control - the weather, __________ herself," he said.

Answer

1. Last winter Edinburgh experienced the worst blizzards for decades. Hundreds of tonnes of salt were used on roads and pavements. Offenders and the Army were brought in to clear routes.

2. Ms Hedges said: "The treacherous waters round the Isle of Wight present a major challenge - there are so many unknowns. My emotions are very up and down at the moment, going from being really excited to really scared."

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Isle of Wight all-female relay swim record attempt</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/vZBT8a" platform="highweb"/></link>

3. Before the president joined the children for a reading lesson, the White House and the president already knew a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center, but they thought it was a freak accident.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> 9/11 anniversary: Andy Card and the attack on America</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/oZ9YlD" platform="highweb"/></link>

4. Qantas grounded all Saturday's flights, affecting some 70,000 travellers.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Qantas resumes flights as court orders end to dispute</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/sbxBN3" platform="highweb"/></link>

5. "An element of luck was involved with this, as with any expedition of this nature when the variables are out of your control - the weather, Mother Nature herself," he said.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Wounded soldier reaches North Pole with charity trek team</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/fMF3Ta" platform="highweb"/></link>