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In the day's other headlines: Major snow and ice storms and bitter windchills plagued much of the country again.
今日其他头条，大雪、冰暴和刺骨寒风再次侵袭本国大部分地区。
In state after state, classes were canceled, planes were grounded and homes were dark.
在一个又一个州，课程被取消，飞机停飞，家里一片漆黑。
Stephanie Sy has our report.
斯蒂芬妮报道。
After days of freezing cold and snow, major cities across the United States woke up to find schools and offices closed.
经过几天的严寒和大雪，美国各大城市的居民醒来时发现学校和办公室都关闭了。
More than 1,300 flights on the East Coast were canceled.
东海岸1300多个航班被取消了。
For many places on the East Coast, including Manhattan, it's the first significant snowfall in years.
对包括曼哈顿在内的东海岸许多地方来说，这是多年来的第一场大雪。
New York had not seen more than an inch of snow in 701 days.
在过去的701天里，纽约的降雪从未超过一英寸。
Philadelphia has faced a similar snow drought.
费城也面临着类似的雪荒。
My daughter's 4.
我女儿4岁。
She doesn't remember the snow, so this is her first time actually checking it out.
她不记得下雪了，所以这是她第一次去看雪。
So yesterday, I said, it might snow today, you guys, so when they woke up this morning, see snow all over the ground, they lost their minds.
所以昨天，我说，今天可能会下雪，当她们今天早上醒来，看到满地都是雪，都迷失了自我。
In the country's interior, temperatures have stayed below freezing.
在本国的内陆地区，气温一直低于冰点。
A brief warm-up is predicted, but a new surge of cold air is expected by the end of the week.
预计会有短暂的气温回升，但本周末会有一股新的冷空气涌入。
Windchills in the Rockies, Great Plains in Midwest plunged as low as negative 30 degrees.
落基山脉和中西部大平原的寒气低至零下30度。
Austin Rowser is managing the snow removal in Omaha, Nebraska, where crews have been working overtime.
奥斯汀·罗瑟负责内布拉斯加州奥马哈市的除雪工作，工作人员一直在加班加点工作。
We have had a lot of people working 12-hour days for nine, 10 days in a row.
我们有很多人连续9、10天每天工作12个小时。
So, it's been -- obviously, that's a lot of time.
所以，很明显，这是很长的工作时间。
It's a lot of effort, a lot of work and a lot of dedication that our people have put into the snow.
我们的人民在这场雪中付出了很多努力、很多工作和很多奉献。
In these dangerous conditions, he warns drivers to be vigilant.
在这种危险的情况下，他警告司机要保持警惕。
The best thing for anybody to do in any location and conditions are bad is just to make sure that you have plenty of time, slow down, understand how your vehicle operates differently.
对任何人来说，在任何地势和条件恶劣的情况下，最好确保你的时间足够，放慢速度，了解你的车在运行时有何不同。
We can't slam on brakes when we've got ice on the road.
路上结了冰，我们不能猛踩刹车。
Farther south, snowplows cleared the roads during the winter storm warning in Tennessee.
再往南，在田纳西州冬季风暴预警期间，铲雪机清理了道路。
A layer of snow covered Western Kentucky, and freezing rain created icy conditions in Alabama.
一层雪覆盖了肯塔基州西部，冻雨使阿拉巴马州冰天雪地。
But it wasn't all misery.
但带来的也不全是痛苦。
Our arsenal of snowballs.
还有我们的雪球库。
With federal offices closed in Washington, D.C., the National Mall was for snow lovers who have waited two years for enough snow to put up a proper fight.
国家广场是为雪爱好者准备的，由于华盛顿特区的联邦办公室关闭，他们已经等了两年，等待足够的雪来进行一场真正的比赛。
