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Yesterday, about a million U.S. homes and businesses were without power, and more than athird of the countrys population from the Midwest to the Northeast is hunkering down in coldsnow ice or all three. 昨天,大约有一百万美国家庭和企业没有电力,而从中西部到东北超过三分之一的人们在严寒中挨冻。 Its easier to show you what some of that looks like, with snow piling higher in places likeKansas City, Missouri, as the storm froze its way east. 向您展现那里的境况很容易,在堪萨斯城,密苏里州这样的城市,随着风暴冻结东部积雪越堆越高。 But you cant really see the cold. 但你不可能真的感觉到到底有多冷。 Not like folks in Montana are feeling it. 不像是在蒙大拿的人可以感觉到。 In high temperatures of three degrees below zero. 零下三度。 This weather is also having an economic impact. 这种天气也对经济造成了影响。 Out of business because of a broken water pipe. 因为水管破裂，企业无法开工。 Found water just all over the place. 到处都是水。 It is hard to imagine anyone more upset about this winter than the owner of Rozals ItalianCuchina in Chicagos Little Italy. 很难想象有人会比在芝加哥的小意大利罗萨利餐馆的老板更不满这个冬天。 He was literally crying. 他是真的欲哭无泪。 When I spoke to him on the phone he was literally crying. 当我跟他通电话的时候他在那边已经哽咽了。 The harsh unrelenting snow and freezing temperatures have four cities across the country toshell out thousands in overtime pay to plow streets and now many areas are running low onroad salt, forcing crews to cut back or pay three times the regular price for the other whitestuff, now in short supply. 残酷无情大雪和冰冻的温度使得四个城市超额支付数千清扫街道的费用，而现在很多地方面对道路撒盐问题拮据，这就迫使工作人员要么削减要么支付三倍于正常价格现在供不应求的其他白色物质。 Price have skyrocketed because of-really because of the lack of supply. 价格飞涨,因为真的因为缺乏供应。 Several industries are feeling the effects of this winter. 几个行业都受到这个冬天的影响。 Airlines have lost an estimated quarter of a billion dollars according to analyst. 据分析师称，航空公司已经损失了几十亿美元。 Poor auto sales in the Midwest, South and East are being blamed on the weather along withsome lower retail sales. 在中西部,南部和东部的可怜汽车销售因为天气问题带来较低的销售业绩。 Even restaurants without broken water pipes are getting hit. 甚至没有破水管的餐馆也受到影响。 At Gyro-Mena in Chicagos Greek Town the owner says his business goes