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第139期：主餐一道：泛听练习
以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。
一、泛听建议：
1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。
2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。
3、复述新闻。
Federal investigators are around the scene of a collapsed building in downtown, Philadelphia where first _1_ are searching this hour for anyone who may still be strapped in the rubble. NPR's Jeff Brady reports more than a dozen people _2_ when the four-story building caved later this morning.
联邦调查人员正在费城市中心倒塌大楼的事发地附近，此时急救人员正在搜寻被困在废墟中的幸存者。据NPR新闻的杰夫·布拉迪报道，今天上午晚些时候，这座四层大楼发生倒塌事故，造成超过12人受伤。
The building was being demolished when the collapse _3_. Bricks rained down on a nearby thrift store. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter says it's not clear how many people were in the store. High school senior Jordan McLaughlin, says he _4_ nearby and helped rescue several people trapped against the wall.
这座大楼在拆除过程中倒塌。大量砖块落入附近的一家旧货店。费城市长迈克尔·纳特表示，目前还不清楚旧货店里有多少人。高中生乔丹·麦克拉格林表示，他当时就在附近工作，并帮忙救助了一些困在墙中的人。
"One lady hided, sitting _5_ on her arm, the structure, part of the structure of building, so we needed a couple of guys, they were there, we all lifted the thing and moved it, and then we helped to pull the lady out."
“一位女士坐在那里，她的胳膊被建筑物的部分结构压住，我们需要几个人，所以我们一起抬起并搬走了压住她的东西，然后我们把她拉了出来。”
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it's on site and investigating the accident. Jeff Brady, NPR News, Philadelphia.
联邦职业安全与健康管理局表示，他们已经抵达现场，对事故展开调查。NPR新闻，杰夫·布拉迪费城报道。
词汇解析：
1. cave
文中用作动词，表示挖空；塌落；屈服
eg. The roof of the cave dropped in on the miners, trapping them.
洞穴的顶部坍了下来，砸在矿工身上。
eg. After a ruinous strike, the union caved in.
一场破坏性的罢工之后，工会突然服软了。
eg. I had a nervous breakdown, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me.
我曾经有过一次精神崩溃，好像天塌了一样。
2. rain down
大量落下；
eg. Tears rained down her cheeks.
眼泪顺着她的面颊如雨点般落下。
eg. Long after the storm, water still rained down from the roofs where it had collected.
暴风雨过去很长一段时间后, 积在房顶上的雨水仍一个劲儿地从房顶上流下来。
eg. Invitations rained down on the visiting writer.
来访的这位作家收到了许多邀请信。
