绗竴璇?/p>
Face to face with Hurricane Camille
1.
We
鈥?/p>
re elevated 23 feet.
We鈥檙e 23 feet above sea level.
2.
The place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has bothered it.
The house has been here since 1915, andno hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.
3.
We can batten down and ride it out.
We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.
4.
The generator was doused, and the lights went out.
Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out.
5.
Everybody out the back door to the cars!
Everybody goes out through the back door and runs to the cars!
6.
The electrical systems had been killed by water.
The electrical systems in the car (the battery for the starter) had been put out by water.
7.
John watched the water lap at the steps, and felt a crushing guilt.
As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for
endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland.
8.
Get us through this mess, will you?
Oh God, please help us to get through this storm safely
9.
She carried on alone for a few bars; then her voice trailed away.
Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and finally stopped.
10.
Janis had just one delayed reaction.
Janis displayed the fear caused by the hurricane rather late.
1.Each and every plane must be checked out thoroughly before taking off.
姣忔灦椋炴満璧烽涔嬪墠蹇呴』缁忚繃涓ユ牸鐨勬鏌ャ�?/p>
2.The residents were firmly opposed to the construction of a waste incineration plant in their neighborhood because they
were deeply concerned about
the plant鈥檚 emissions polluting the air.
灞呮皯鍧氬喅鍙嶅鍦ㄩ檮杩戝缓绔嬪瀮鍦剧剼鐑у巶锛?/p>
鍥犱负浠栦滑鎷呭績
宸ュ巶鎺掓斁鐨勬皵浣撲細姹℃煋鍛ㄥ洿鐨勭┖姘斻�?/p>
3. Investment in ecological projects in this area mounted up to billions of Yuan.
鍦ㄨ繖涓湴鍖猴紝
鐢熸�佸伐绋嬬殑鎶曡祫棰濋珮杈炬暟鍗?/p>
浜垮厓銆?/p>
4. The dry riverbed was strewn with rocks of all sizes.
骞叉灟鐨勬渤閬撻噷甯冩弧浜嗗ぇ澶у皬灏忕殑鐭冲潡銆?/p>
5. Although war caused great losses to this country, its cultural traditions did not perish.
铏界劧鎴樹簤缁欒繖涓浗瀹堕�犳垚宸ㄥぇ鐨?/p>
鎹熷け锛屼絾褰撳湴鐨勬枃鍖栦紶缁熷苟娌℃湁娑堜骸銆?/p>
6. To make space for modern high rises, many ancient buildings with ethnic cultural features had to be demolished.
涓轰簡寤?/p>
绛戠幇浠ｅ寲鐨勯珮妤煎ぇ鍘︼紝璁稿鍙よ�佺殑锛屽叿鏈夋皯鏃忕壒鑹茬殑寤虹瓚鐗╅兘琚媶姣佷簡銆?/p>
7. In the earthquake the main structures of most of the poor-quality houses disintegrated.
鍦ㄥ湴闇囦腑澶氭暟璐ㄩ噺宸殑鎴垮瓙鐨勪富
浣撶粨鏋勯兘鏁ｆ灦浜嗐�?/p>
8. His wonderful dream vanished into the air despite his hard efforts to achieve his goals.
浠栦负瀹炵幇鑷繁鐨勭洰鏍囦粯鍑轰簡鏈�澶?/p>
鍔姏锛屼絾鏈�鍚庣編濂界殑姊︽兂杩樻槸鍖栨垚浜嗘场褰便�?/p>
绗簩璇?/p>
Hiroshima-the
鈥?/p>
Liveliest
鈥?/p>
City in Japan
1.
Serious-
looking men spoke to one another as if they were oblivious of the crowds about them鈥?/p>
They were so absorbed in their conversation that they seemed not to pay any attention to the people around them.
2.
At last this intermezzo came to an end, and I found myself in front of the gigantic City Hall.
At last the taxi trip came to an end and I suddenly found that I was in front of the gigantic City Hall.
3.
The
rather
arresting
spectacle
of
little
old
Japan
adrift
amid
beige
concrete
skyscrapers
is
the
very
symbol
of
the
incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.
The traditional floating houses among high modern buildings represent the constant struggle between old tradition