美语听力练习素材:美国多地遭遇严寒

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1.Prosecutors say they're authorizing capital murder charges.

authorize批

It would certainly be within his power to authorize a police raid like that.
他肯定有权批准那种警方突袭行动。 

2.A bitter deep freeze is gripping the northeast, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic.

grip笼罩
 

The entire community has been gripped by fear.
整个社区已被恐惧笼罩着。