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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
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Could you help me with the listening?

Hi teachers,

Could you help me with the underlined words? The one is just after the news in flash.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-irene-sends-tens-thousand-fleeing-coast-states/story?id=14377737

We just showed you from Haiti all the way to Miami the clouds had extended there. That's about 800 miles. So if you look at the _ _ _ _ _, you go all the way back. That's worth of storm at that point. They are just gaint canopy of cloud. When we show you what this thing looks like as far as the tracks go is generally, here's the latest thing and we'll tell you this has not changed much in the last three runs. And that's why we're very concerned about it........

(0.31)This is how we get the_.

(0.44)We'll take you down to the shore side in Altantic City.

Thank you for your time.

Tinanam
  

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We just show you from Haiti all the way to Miami, the clouds that extend there, and that's about 800 miles. So if you look at the feeder bands from this storm and you go all the way back, that's more than 1200 miles of storm at that point of the - the just giant canopy of clouds. When we show you what this thing looks like as far as the track goes, uh, it is generally - here's the latest thing, and and and we will tell you that this has not changed much in the last three runs.

— CSnyder

  • We just show you from Haiti all the way to Miami, the clouds that extend there, and that's about 800 miles.
  • So if you look at the feeder bands from this storm and you go all the way back, that's more than 1200 miles of storm at that point of the - the just giant canopy of clouds.
  • When we show you what this thing looks like as far as the track goes, uh, it is generally - here's the latest thing, and and and we will tell you that this has not changed much in the last three runs.
  • And that's why we've been very concerned about it.
  • Often we show you what looks like the spaghetti model - that line of maybe half a dozen 'cause we narrow it down.
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We just show you from Haiti all the way to Miami, the clouds that extend there, and that's about 800 miles. So if you look at the feeder bands from this storm and you go all the way back, that's more than 1200 miles of storm at that point of the - the just giant canopy of clouds. When we show you what this thing looks like as far as the track goes, uh, it is generally - here's the latest thing, an
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Hi CSnyder,

Thanks for spending that much time on this subject. It really helps me.

I can never hear word like: that, and, a, an.

Would you tell me:

1. What is feeder bands?

2. Do you mean it should be get the comb, but he said "cone". What is "get the comb"

3. Sometimes it says "The hurriance is picking up wind at xxmph" Does this mean
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1. You can find a definition of feeder bands [url=http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/hurricanefacts/story/31027/what-are-the-parts-of-a-hurric.asp]here.[/url]

2. He definitely says comb, not cone, but he meant to say cone. When the projected storm tr
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Hi CSnyder,

Thanks for the information link. It is very usual.

Tinanam
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