A winter storm that slammed the northeast of the United States the Saturday before Christmas may have delayed some shoppers.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

the natural forces imaged in the ice storm.] Often you must have seen them Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning after a rain.

冰的自然作用作对比],下过一场冬雨，第二天，太阳出来,你准会看到白桦上结满了冰。

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The Democrats met just three blocks from the White House, but with half a meter of snow on the ground from a winter storm, the trip became dangerous.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06