高级英语第二册L1中英文对照(3)

human bodies -- more than 130 men, women and children died along the Mississippi coast- and parts of the beach and highway were strewn with dead dogs, cats, cattle. Strips of clothing festooned the standing trees, and blown down power lines coiled like black spaghetti over the roads.

破晓时分，海港湾的居民开始陆续返回家园。呈现在他们面前的是遇难者的尸体——密西西比沿海一带的130多名男女和儿童丧生——海滩和公路上的一些地方随处可见死猫、死狗和死家畜。尚未被飓风刮倒的树上结彩似的挂满了被撕成布条状的衣服，被刮断的电线像黑色的实心面一样层层盘绕着撒落在路面上。

29 None of the returnees moved quickly or spoke loudly; they stood shocked, trying to absorb the shattering scenes before their eyes. \go?\

返回的人群中没有一个人疾步行驶，或者大声说话。他们站在原地，完全怔住了，迫使自己接受眼前这副惨烈的景象。他们问道：“我们怎么办?”“我们上哪儿去呢?”

30 By this time, organizations within the area and, in effect, the entire population of the United States had come to the aid of the devastated coast. Before dawn, the Mississippi National Guard and civil-defense units were moving in to handle traffic, guard property, set up communications centers, help clear the debris and take the homeless by truck and bus to refugee centers. By 10 a.m., the Salvation Army's canteen trucks and Red Cross volunteers and staffers were going wherever possible to distribute hot drinks, food, clothing and bedding.

此时，该地区的一些组织，实际上全美国的同胞，都已向这个遭受飓风重创的地区伸出了援助之手。天还没亮，密西西比国民警卫队和一些民防队便开进灾区，疏导交通，保护财产，设立通讯中心，帮助清理废墟，用卡车和公共汽车将无家可归的人们送往难民收留中心。到上午十时，救世军的流动餐车和红十字志愿者以及工作人员开始奔赴能够到达的地方，去分发热饮、食物、衣物和卧具。

31 From hundreds of towns and cities across the country came several million dollars in donations; household and medical supplies streamed in by plane, train, truck and car. The federal government shipped 4,400,000 pounds of food, moved in mobile homes, set up portable classrooms, opened offices to provide low-interest, long-term business loans.

举国上下上百个城镇为灾区募集了数百万美元的捐款，家用和医疗用品通过飞机、火车、卡车和轿车源源不断地运往灾区。联邦政府用船只运来了440万磅的食品，送来了可移动房屋，建立了流动教室，还开设了发放低息长期商业贷款的办事处。

32 Camille, meanwhile, had raked its way northward across Mississippi, dropping more than 28 inches of rain into West Virginia and southern Virginia, causing rampaging floods, huge mountain slides and 111 additional deaths before breaking up over the Atlantic Ocean. 在此期间，飓风卡米尔横扫密西西比州的北部，给弗吉尼亚州西部和南部带来了28英寸以上的雨水，导致洪水泛滥，山体滑坡，另外造成111人丧生，之后飓风才在大西洋上空慢慢消散。

33 Like many other Gulf port families, the Koshaks quickly began reorganizing their lives, John divided his family in the homes of two friends. The neighbor with her two children went to a refugee center. Charlie Hill found a room for rent. By Tuesday, Charlie's back had improved, and he pitched in with Seabeesin the worst volunteer work of

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all--searching for bodies. Three days after the storm, he decided not to return to Las Vegas, but to \

与许多海港湾的其他家庭一样，柯夏克一家很快开始重新组织他们的生活。约翰把家人安置在两个朋友的家里。邻居妇人和她的两个孩子去了难民收留中心。查理·希尔租了一间屋子。到星期二，查理的背伤有所好转，他便精力充沛地和美国海军修建营成员一道投入到最艰苦的一项志愿工作---搜寻尸体。飓风过后三天，他决定不再返回拉丝韦加斯，而“呆在海港湾，帮助灾民重建社区。”

34 Near the end of the first week, a friend offered the Koshaks his apartment, and the family was reunited. The children appeared to suffer no psychological damage from their experience; they were still awed by the incomprehensible power of the hurricane, but enjoyed describing what they had seen and heard on that frightful night, Janis had just one delayed reaction. A few nights after the hurricane, she awoke suddenly at 2 a.m. She quietly got up and went outside. Looking up at the sky and, without knowing she was going to do it, she began to cry softly.

快到第一周的周末，一位朋友给柯夏克一家提供了自己的公寓。于是，一家人又团聚了。孩子们这场灾难中似乎并没有受到什么心理创伤，他们虽然对飓风那难以理解的威力仍心有余悸，却津津乐道地描述他们在那个可怕的夜晚里的所见所闻。詹尼斯对于这场灾难的反应则是过了几天才表现出来。飓风过后的好几个夜晚，她都会在凌晨2点突然惊醒，然后轻轻地起来，走到屋外。她仰望着天空，不知不觉地轻声哭起来。 35 Meanwhile, John, Pop and Charlie were picking through the wreckage of the home. It could have been depressing, but it wasn't: each salvaged item represented a little victory over the wrath of the storm. The dog and cat suddenly appeared at the scene, alive and hungry. 临近周末，约翰，祖父和查理清理着房子废墟。这项工作原本让人感到沮丧，但实则不然。每件幸存下来的物品都代表着对这场愤怒的飓风的小小胜利。那只狗和猫忽然出现在他们的面前，个个都活着，只是饿坏了。

36 But the blues did occasionally afflict all the adults. Once, in a low mood, John said to his parents, \and look what happened.\

但抑郁的情绪也偶尔会困扰着所有的大人们。有一次，约翰情绪低落，对父母说：“我本来想让你们来这儿，我们就可以团圆了，你们也能享受天伦之乐了，可谁会想到眼前发生的这一切。”

37 His father, who had made up his mind to start a welding shop when living was normal again, said, \

他的父亲已经决定生活恢复正常后开办一家金属焊接商店。父亲说：“别再为过去的事情而难过了。我们重头开始吧。”

38 \ be better here than it ever was before.\

“您真了不起,”约翰说，“这个镇上有很多了不起的人。这儿会比以前变得更好的。” 39 Later, Grandmother Koshak reflected : \the family came through it. When I think of that, I realize we lost nothing important.\

柯夏克祖母后来回忆道：“我们虽然在物质上损失殆尽，但一家人幸存了下来。这样一想，我就觉得我们并没有损失什 …… 此处隐藏：2837字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……