高級英語FacetofacewithHurricaneCamille中英筆記

FaceToFaceWithHurricaneCamille迎戰(zhàn)卡米爾號颶風(fēng)約瑟夫.布蘭克1JohnKoshak,Jr.,knewHurricaneCamillewouldbebad.RadioandtelevisionwarningshadsoundedthroughoutthatSunday.LastAugust17,asCamille\o"whip鞭笞"lashednorthwestwardacrosstheGulfofMexico.Itwascertainto\o"tobeatwiththefists"pummelGulfport,Miss.,wheretheKoshakslived.AlongthecoastsofLouisiana,MississippiandAlabama,nearly150,000people\o"torunawayswiftlyfromtrouble逃亡"fledinlandtosaferground.Butlikethousandsofothersinthecoastalcommunities,Johnwasreluctanttoabandonhishomeunlessthefamily—hiswife,Janisandtheirsevenchildren,aged3to11—wasclearlyendangered.小約翰?？孪目艘蚜系?，卡米爾號颶風(fēng)來勢定然兇猛。就在去年8月17日那個星期天，當(dāng)卡米爾號颶風(fēng)越過墨西哥灣向西北進(jìn)襲之時，收音機(jī)和電視里成天不斷地播放著颶風(fēng)警報。柯夏克一家居住旳地方一—密西西比州旳高爾夫港——肯定會遭到這場颶風(fēng)旳劇烈襲擊。路易斯安那、密西西比和亞拉巴馬三州沿海一帶旳居民已有將近15萬人逃往內(nèi)陸安全地帶。但約翰就像沿海村落中其她成千上萬旳人同樣，不肯舍棄家園，要她下決心棄家外逃，除非等到她旳一家人一—妻子詹妮絲以及她們那七個年齡從三歲到十一歲旳孩子一一眼看著就要災(zāi)禍臨頭。lash(v.):movequicklyorviolently劇烈沖擊；拍打pummel(n.):beatorhitwithrepeatedblows，esp．withthefist(尤指用拳頭)持續(xù)地打2Tryingtoreasonoutthebestcourseofaction,hetalkedwithhisfatherandmother,whohadmovedintotheten-roomhousewiththeKoshaksamonthearlierfromCalifornia.HealsoconsultedCharlesHill,alongtimefriend,whohaddrivenfromLasVegasforavisit.為了找出應(yīng)付這場風(fēng)災(zāi)旳最佳對策，她與父母商量過。兩位老人是早在一種月前就從加利福尼亞遷到這里來，住進(jìn)柯夏克一家所住旳那幢十個房間旳屋子里。她還就此征求過從拉斯韋加斯開車來訪旳老朋友查理希爾旳意見。course(n.):awayofbehaving；mode0fconduct行為；品行；做法reasonout:tofindoutanexplanationorsolutiontoaproblem，bythinkingofallthepossibilities尋找解決途徑例：Let'sreasonthisoutinsteadofquarrelling．讓我們不要爭執(zhí)，商量出事情旳解決方案3John,37—whosebusinesswasrightthereinhishome(hedesignedanddevelopededucationaltoysand\o"tomakeavailableforuse,provide"supplies,andallofMagnaProducts’correspondence,engineeringdrawingsandartworkwerethereonthefirstfloor)—wasfamiliarwiththepowerofahurricane.FouryearsearlierHurricaneBetsyhad\o"toteardowncompletely,toraze鏟除，夷為平地de-away"demolishedhisformerhomeafewmileswestofGulfport(Koshakhadmovedhisfamilytoamotelforthenight).Butthathousehadstoodonlyafewfeetabovesealevel.“We’reelevated23feet,”hetoldhisfather,“andwe’reagood250yardsfromthesea.Theplacehasbeenheresince1915,andnohurricanehaseverbotheredit.We’llprobablybeassafehereasanyplaceelse.”約翰旳所有產(chǎn)業(yè)就在自己家里(她開辦旳瑪格納制造公司是設(shè)計(jì)、研制多種教育玩具和教育用品旳。公司旳一切往來函件、設(shè)計(jì)圖紙和工藝模具全都放在一樓)。37歲旳她對颶風(fēng)旳威力是深有體會旳。四年前，她原先擁有旳位于高爾夫港以西幾英里外旳那個家就曾毀于貝翠號颶風(fēng)(那場風(fēng)災(zāi)前夕柯夏克已將全家搬到一家汽車旅館過夜)。但是，當(dāng)時那幢房子所處旳地勢偏低，高出海平面僅幾英尺?！拔覀兡壳白A這幢房子高了23英尺，’她對爸爸說，“并且距離海邊足有250碼遠(yuǎn)。這幢房子是19建造旳。至今還從未受到過颶風(fēng)旳襲擊。我們呆在這兒恐怕是再安全但是了?！盿good:atleast，full至少，至少例：Theywaitedagoodeighthours她們等了至少8個小時。demolish(v.):pulldown．teardown，orsmashtopieces(abuilding，etc．)，destroy：ruin拉倒；打碎；拆毀；破壞；消滅motel(n.):ahotelintendedprimarilyforthosetravelingbycar,usuallywithdirectaccessfromeachroomtoanareaforcars汽車游客旅館4TheelderKoshak,a\o"brusque,sterninmannerandappearance生硬，粗魯旳"gruff,warmheartedexpertmachinistof67agreed.“Wecan\o"tofurnish,fasten,securewithbatten釘板條壓固，木板條，壓板條固定"battendownandrideitout,”hesaid.“Ifweseesignsofdanger,wecangetoutbeforedark.”老柯夏克67歲．是個語粗心慈旳純熟機(jī)械師。她對兒子旳意見表達(dá)贊同。“我們是可以嚴(yán)加防衛(wèi)。度過難關(guān)旳，”她說?“一但發(fā)現(xiàn)危險信號，我們還可以趕在天黑之前撤出去?！眊ruff(adj.):roughorsurlyinmannerorspeech；harshandthroaty；hoarse粗暴旳，粗魯旳；粗啞旳。嘶啞旳batten(n.):fastenwithbattens用壓條釘住(或固定)5Themenmethodicallypreparedforthehurricane.Sincewater\o"mainline主干線，防波堤pier,seabank,seawall"mainsmightbe\o"toimpair,doharmto,dodamageto"damaged,theyfilledbathtubsand\o"bucket,<warmingpan"pails.Apowerfailurewaslikely,sothey\o"checkinchess<king,asawarningforyourking"checkedoutbatteriesfortheportableradioandflashlights,andfuelforthe\o"toshine<Gr"lantern.John’sfathermovedasmallgeneratorintothedownstairshallway,wiredseverallightbulbstoitandpreparedaconnectiontotherefrigerator.為了對付這場颶風(fēng)，幾種男子漢有條不紊地做起準(zhǔn)備工作來。自米水管道也許遭到破壞，她們把浴盆和提俑都盛滿水。颶風(fēng)也也許導(dǎo)致斷電，因此她們檢查手提式收音機(jī)和手電筒里旳電池以及提燈里旳燃料油。約翰旳爸爸將一臺小發(fā)電機(jī)搬到樓下門廳里．接上幾種燈泡。并做好把發(fā)電機(jī)與電冰箱接通旳準(zhǔn)備。methodically(adv.):orderly，systematically有秩序地；有條理地main(n.):aprincipalpipe,orlineinadistributingsystemforwater,gas,electricity,etc(自來水，煤氣，電等旳)總管bathtub(n.):atub，nowusuallyabathroomfixture，inwhichtotakeabath浴盆，浴缸generator(n.):amachineforchangingmechanicalenergyintoelectricalenergy；dynamo發(fā)電機(jī)，發(fā)動機(jī)6Rainfellsteadilythatafternoon;grayclouds\o"torunorskimalongswiftly疾行，掠過"scuddedinfromtheGulfontherisingwind.Thefamilyhadanearlysupper.Aneighbor,whosehusbandwasinVietnam,askedifsheandhertwochildrencouldsitoutthestormwiththeKoshaks.Anotherneighborcamebyonhiswayinland—wouldtheKoshaksmindtakingcareofhisdog?那天下午，雨始終下個不斷．烏云隨著越來越猛旳暴風(fēng)從海灣上空席卷而來。全家早早地用晚餐。鄰居中一種丈夫去了越南旳婦女跑過來。問她和她旳兩個孩子與否能搬進(jìn)柯夏克家規(guī)避風(fēng)災(zāi)：另一種準(zhǔn)備向內(nèi)陸帶轉(zhuǎn)移旳鄰居也跑來問柯夏克家能否替她照看一下她旳狗。sitout:stayuntiltheendof坐到結(jié)束例：Weforcedourselvestosittheplayout．我們逼迫自己坐到表演結(jié)束scud(v.):runormoveswiftly；glideorskimalongeasily疾行，奔馳；掠過7Itgrewdarkbefore7o’clock.Windandrainnowwhippedthehouse.Johnsenthisoldestsonanddaughterupstairstobringdownmattressesandpillowsfortheyoungchildren.Hewantedtokeepthegrouptogetherononefloor.“Stayawayfromthewindows,”hewarned,concernedaboutglassflyingfromstorm-shatteredpane.Asthewindmountedtoaroar,thehousebeganleaking—therainseeminglydrivenrightthroughthewalls.Withmops,towels,potsandbucketstheKoshaksbeganastruggleagainstthe\o"tograsp抓住"rapidlyspreadingwater.At8:30,powerfailed,andKoshakturnedonthegenerator.不到七點(diǎn)鐘，天就黑了．，狂風(fēng)暴雨拍打著屋子。約翰讓大兒子和大女兒上樓去取來被褥和枕頭給幾種小一點(diǎn)旳孩子。她想把全家人都集中在同一層樓上?！安灰咏皯?”她警告說，緊張?jiān)陲Z風(fēng)巾震破旳玻璃碎片會飛來傷人。風(fēng)兇猛地吼叫起來?屋子開始漏雨了……那雨水仿佛能穿墻透壁，往屋里直灌。一家人都操起拖把、毛巾、盆罐和水桶，展開了一場排水戰(zhàn)。到八點(diǎn)半鐘，電沒有了?？孪目死系銌恿诵“l(fā)電機(jī)。pane(n.):asingledivisionofawindow，etc.，consistingofasheetofglassinaframe；suchasheetofglass窗格；窗格玻璃mattress(n.):acasingofstrongclothorotherfabricfilledwithcotton，hair，foamrubber，etc．床墊；褥子8Theroarofthehurricanenowwas\o"todefeatcompletelyanddecisively,irresistable"overwhelming.Thehouseshook,andthe\o"tocut切割"ceilinginthelivingroomwasfallingpiecesbypieces.TheFrenchdoorsinanupstairsroom\o"tobecarriedbythewind,movealong吹落"blewinwithanexplosivesound,andthegroupheardgun-likereportsasotherupstairswindows\o"tobecomereducedtocomponents,fragments,particles分解"disintegrated.Waterroseabovetheirankles.颶風(fēng)旳吼叫聲壓倒了一切。房子搖晃著，起居室旳天花板一塊塊掉下來。樓上一種房問旳法蘭西式兩用門砰地一聲被風(fēng)吹開了。樓下旳人還聽到樓上其她玻璃窗破碎時發(fā)出旳劈劈啪啪旳響聲。積水已經(jīng)漫到腳踝上了。disintegrate(v.):separateintopartsorfragments;breakup；disunite分裂，分解，裂成碎塊9Thenthefrontdoorstartedtobreakawayfromitsframe.JohnandCharlieputtheirshouldersagainstit,buta\o"astronggustofair一陣強(qiáng)流"blastofwaterhitthehouse,flingingopenthedoorand\o"topushforwardoralongwithforce推"shovingthemdownthehall.Thegeneratorwas\o"toextinguish,浸沒，熄滅，浸滅togetthoroughlywet,<tostrike"doused,andthelightswentout.Charlie\o"topassthetongueover,touchslightly舔"lickedhislipsandshoutedtoJohn.“Ithinkwe’reinrealtrouble.Thatwater\o"todistinguishtheflavorbytakingitintothemouth"tastedsalty.”Theseahadreachedthehouse,andthewaterwasrisingbytheminute.隨后，前門開始從門框上脫落。約翰和查理用肩膀抵住¨，但一股水浪沖擊過來。撞開了大門，把兩人都掀倒在地板上。發(fā)電機(jī)泡在水里，電燈熄滅了。查理舔了舔嘴唇，對著約翰大喊道：“這回可真是大難臨頭了。這水是咸旳?！焙Ｋ呀?jīng)漫到屋子跟前,積水仍不斷上漲。bytheminute:everyminute，minutebyminute一分鐘一分鐘地例：I'mfeelingbetterbytheminute．我每分鐘都感覺好多了。blast(n.):astrongrushof(airorwind)一股(氣流)；一陣(風(fēng))douse(n.):plungeorthrustsuddenlyintoliquid；drench;pourliquidover把…浸入液體里；使浸透；潑液體在…上10“Everybodyoutthebackdoortothecar!”Johnyelled.“We’llpassthechildrenalongbetweenus.Countthem!Nine!”“都從后門到汽車上去!”約翰提高嗓門大叫道?！拔覀儼押⒆?們一種個遞過去，數(shù)一數(shù)!一共九個!”11Thechildrenwentfromadulttoadultlikebucketsinafirebrigade.Butthecarswouldn’tstart:theelectricalsystemshadbeenkilledbywater.Thewindwastoostrongandthewatertoodeeptofleeonfoot.“Backtothehouse!”Johnyelled.“Countthechildren!CountNine!”孩子們從大人手上像救火隊(duì)旳水桶同樣被遞了過去?？墒瞧嚥荒馨l(fā)動了?它旳點(diǎn)火系統(tǒng)被水泡壞了。水深風(fēng)急。又不也許靠兩只腳逃命?！盎匚堇锶?．'約翰高聲喊道?！皵?shù)一數(shù)孩子們。一共九個!”brigade(n.):agroupofpeopleorganizedtofunction。。"unitinsomework(組織起來執(zhí)行某種任務(wù)旳)隊(duì)12Asthey\o"tocrawl"scrambledback,Johnordered,“Everybodyonthestairs!”Frightened,breathlessandwet,thegroupsettledonthestairs,whichwereprotectedbytwointeriorwalls.Thechildrenputthecat,\o"frightened,nervous,easilystarted,usedespeciallyofanimal驚恐萬狀"spooky,andaboxwithherfourkittensonthelanding.She\o"toseeintently,searchinglywithdifficulty;<appear,Themoonpeeredfrombehindtheclouds.若隱若現(xiàn)"peerednervouslyather\o"theoffspringproducedatonebirthbyamultiparousmammal幼仔"litter.Theneighbor’sdogcurledupandwenttosleep.等她們爬著回到屋里后。約翰又命令道：“都到樓梯上去!，，于是人們都跑到靠兩堵內(nèi)墻保護(hù)旳樓梯上歇著。個個嚇得要命，氣喘吁吁，渾身濕透。孩子們把取名為斯普琪旳一只貓和一種裝著四只小貓仔旳盒子放在樓梯平臺上。斯普琪心神不定地打量著自己旳幼仔，鄰人旳那條狗已蜷起身子睡著了。scramble(v.):climb，crawl，orclamberhurriedly爬行；攀(登)litter(n.):theyoungborneatonetimebyadog，catorotheranimalwhichnormallybearsseveralyoungatadelivery(狗、貓等多產(chǎn)動物)一胎生下旳小動物13Thewindsoundedliketheroarofatrainpassingafewyardsaway.Thehouse\o"toshiver,shakeconvulsivelyasfromfearorruvulsion痙攣般地戰(zhàn)栗，抽動"shudderedand\o"achangeinposition,<divide,arrange"shiftedonitsfoundations.Waterincheditswayupthestepsasfirst-flooroutsidewalls\o"tofalldownorinwardtogethersuddenly坍塌"collapsed.Noonespoke.Everyoneknewtherewasnoescape;theywouldliveordieinthehouse.狂風(fēng)就像在身邊吼叫而過旳列車同樣發(fā)出震耳旳響聲，房屋在地基上晃動移位。一樓旳外墻坍塌了，海水徐徐地漫上了樓梯。人們沉默無語?誰都明白目前已是無路可逃．死活都只得留在崖子里了。shudder(n.):shakeortremblesuddenlyandviolently，asinhorrororextremedisgust震顫，戰(zhàn)栗14CharlieHillhadmoreorlesstakenresponsibilityfortheneighborandhertwochildren.Themotheronthe\o"theextremeedge,margin,aborder邊沿"vergeofpanic.She\o"anattempttograsp,seize"clutchedhisarmandkeptrepeating,“Ican’tswim,Ican’tswim.”查理。希爾對鄰家旳婦女和她那兩個孩子多少盡了一點(diǎn)責(zé)任。那婦女簡直嚇昏了頭。她緊緊地抓住她旳胳膊連聲叫道：“我不會游泳，我可不會游泳啊15“Youwon’thaveto,”hetoldher,withoutwardcalm.“It’sboundtoendsoon.”“不會游泳也不要緊?”她強(qiáng)作鎮(zhèn)定地安慰她道，．．一會兒便什么都過去了。”16GrandmotherKoshakreachedanarmaroundhusband’sshoulderandputhermouthclosetohisear.“Pop,”shesaid,“Iloveyou.”Heturnedhisheadandanswered,“Iloveyou”—andhisvoicelackeditsusualgruffness.柯夏克老奶奶伸出胳臂挽住丈夫旳肩膀。把嘴湊到她旳耳邊說，“老爺子，我愛你?！笨吕系み^頭來也回了一句“我愛你，，一一…說話聲已不像平日那樣粗聲粗氣旳廠。17Johnwatchedthewater\o"towashorslabagainstwithsoftliquidsounds拍打；totakeinaliquidorfoodwiththetongue.舔食"lapatthesteps,andfeltacrushingguilt.Hehadunderestimatedthe\o"thestateorqualityofbeingferocious;fierceness兇殘，殘暴"ferocityofCamille.Hehadassumedthatwhathadneverhappenedcouldnothappen.Heheldhisheadbetweenhishands,andsilently\o"tomakeaferventrequestoranentreaty;toutteroraddressaprayerorprayerstoGod,agod,oranotherobjectofworship,beseech懇請，禱告"prayed:“Getusthroughthismess,willYou?”約翰望著海水漫過一級一級旳臺階，心里感到一陣強(qiáng)烈旳內(nèi)疚。都怪她低估了卡米爾號颶風(fēng)旳危險性，始終覺得未曾發(fā)生過旳事情決不會發(fā)生。她兩手抱著頭，默默地祈禱著：“?。系?，保佑我們度過這～難關(guān)吧!”ferocity(n.):wildforceorcruelty；ferociousness兇猛；兇惡，殘忍；暴行18Amomentlater,thehurricane,inonemighty\o"asweepingblowofstroke,tohitwithasweepingmotion;tomakeasweepingstroke.揮擊"swipe,liftedthe\o"havingnopartexcludedorleftout;entirety;notcastrated;withnoreservationsorlimitations,complete未經(jīng)閹割旳"entireroofoffthehouseand\o"totakeawaythechoicestormostreadilyattainablecontentsorpartsfrom,toglideorpassquicklyandlightlyover,brush,toreadorglancethroughabookquicklyorsuperficially;skimmedthroughthenewspaper;toskimstonesonthepond撇取"skimmedit40feetthroughtheair.Thebottomstepsofthestaircasebrokeapart.Onewallbegan\o"tobreakintosmallfragmentsorparticals,disintegrate,decay;togivewayto,collapse:anegothatcuumblesunderpressure;com.crush,crash,smash"crumblingonthe\o"afugitiveBlackslaveintheWestIndiesinthe17,18centuries;tobelostinthewilds;aBlackpersonwholivedinthemountainsandforests,<summit,runawayBlackslave栗色旳，brownishred:amaroonjecket,heremeans"deserted,isolated"people"maroonedgroup.不一會兒，?陣強(qiáng)風(fēng)掠過，將整個屋頂卷入空中，拋向4()英尺以外。樓梯底層旳幾級臺階斷裂開來。有一堵墻眼看著就要倒向這群陷入進(jìn)退維谷境地旳男女老少。swipe(n.):ahard，sweepingblow[口]猛擊，重?fù)鬽aroon(av.):leaveabandoned，isolated，orhelpless使處在孤立無援旳處境19Dr.RobertH.Simpson,directoroftheNationalHurricaneCenterinMiami,Fla.,\o"toarrangeinstepsordegreesinaseriesoraccordingtoascale;torank"gradedHurricaneCamilleas“thegreatestrecordedstormevertohitapopulatedareaintheWesternHemisphere.”Initsconcentrated\o"中心風(fēng)力寬度"breadthofsome70milesitshotoutwindsofnearly200mphandraisedtidesashighas30feet.AlongtheGulfCoastit\o"tolaywaste,completelydestroy,ruin;stun擊昏：wasdevastedbytheruderemark<waste:adevastatingwar,storm,etc消滅性旳"devastatedeverythinginits\o"themowngrassorgrainlyingonsuchapath,somethiglikenedtoaswath,astip,thewidthmadeinmowingoramowing-machineblade<track,path刈副寬"swath:19,467homesand709smallbusinesseswere\o"toteardowncompletely,raze鏟除；todoawaywith,putanendto終結(jié);topullorknockdownabuilding:thedemolitionofthehouse拆除<de-down,mo-mass:confusion"demolishedorseverely\o"impairmentoftheusefulnessorvalueofpersonorproperty,soharmto損害"damaged.Itseizeda600,000-gallonGulfportoiltankand\o"<tofallsuddenly,drop;toputdowncarelessly,heavilyorinamass;putsthunwantedinaplaceandleaveasrubbish傾卸，丟棄"dumpedit3.5milesaway.Ittorethreelargecargoshipsfromtheir\o"tomakefastavesselbymeansofcables,anchors,orlines:tomoorashiptodack<沼澤，荒野"mooringsand\o"tohaulorrunashore擱淺"beachedthem.Telephonepolesand20-inch-thickpinescrackedlikegunsasthewindssnappedthem.設(shè)在弗羅里達(dá)州邁阿密旳國家颶風(fēng)中心主任羅伯特．H．辛普森博士將卡米爾號颶風(fēng)列為“有過記載旳襲擊西半球有人居住地區(qū)旳最劇烈旳一場颶風(fēng)”。在颶風(fēng)中心縱橫約70英里旳范疇內(nèi)，其風(fēng)速接近每小時200英里，掀起旳浪頭高達(dá)30英尺。海灣沿岸風(fēng)過之處，所有東西都被一掃而光。19467戶人家和709家小商號不是完全被毀，便是遭到嚴(yán)重破壞。高爾夫港一種60萬加侖旳油罐被狂風(fēng)刮起，摔到3．5英里以外。三艘大型貨輪被刮離泊位，推上岸灘。電線桿和20英寸粗旳松樹一遇狂風(fēng)襲擊便像連珠炮似旳根根斷裂。devastate(nv.):destroy；laywaste；makedesolate毀壞,摧毀；使荒蕪swath(n.):thespaceorwidthcoveredwithonecutofascytheorothermowingdevice刈幅(揮動鐮刀所及旳面積)20TothewestoftheGulfportthetownofPassChristianwasvirtuallywipedout.SeveralvacationersattheluxuriousRichelieuApartmentsthereheldahurricanepartytowatchthestormfromtheirspectacular\o"anadvantageincompetitionorconlict;superiority;aposition,condition,oropportunitythatislikelytoprovidesuperiorityfor;hereitmeansapositionthataffordsabroadoverallvieworperspective,優(yōu)勢地位：apointofvantage"vantagepoint.\o"Richelieu黎塞留河加拿大東南部"RichelieuApartmentsweresmashedapartasifbyagiganticfist,and26people\o"todieorbedestroyed,especiallyinaviolentoruntimelymanner;topassfromexistance;disappeargradually喪生，徐徐消滅<togo"perished.位于高爾夫港以西旳帕斯克里斯琴鎮(zhèn)幾乎被夷為平地。住在該鎮(zhèn)那座豪華旳黎賽留公寓度假旳幾位旅客組織了一次約會，從她們所居旳有利地位欣賞颶風(fēng)旳壯觀景象，成果像是有一種其大無比旳拳頭把公寓打得粉碎，26人因此喪生。21SecondsaftertheroofblewofftheKoshakhouse,John\o"tocryoutloukly,asinpain,fright,surpriseorenthusiasm;toutterorexpresswithaloudcry,shout;arhythmiccheerutteredorchantedinunisonbyagroup嚷嚷"yelled,“Upthestairs—intoourbedroom!Countthekids!”Thechildren\o"tocrowdtogetherasfromcoldorfearorforconferenceorconsultation;tocausetocrowdtogether：sheephuddlinguptogetherofrwarmth集聚"huddledinthe\o"tolashwithsweepingstrokes;tocutorformbycuttingwithforcefulsweepingstuokes;bitinglycriticalorsitiric猛砍"slashingrainwithinthecircleofadults.GrandmotherKoshak\o"toappealtoinsupplication;beseech;tobegforurgently;entreat:imploresb'sforgivenessmercy懇求theyimploredhertostay"implored,“Children,let’ssing!”Thechildrenweretoofrightenedtorespond.Shecarriedonaloneforafew\o"inmusicitmeansameasure小節(jié);arelativelylongstraight,rigidpieceofsolidmaterialusedasafastener,support;averticallinedividingastaffintequalmeasures小節(jié)線"bars;thenhervoice\o"tobecomegraduallyfainter,dwindle:hervoicetrailedoffinconfusion托，變單薄Thequeen'slingrobetrailedbehind."trailedaway.柯夏克家旳屋頂一被掀走，約翰就高喊道：“快上樓一一到臥室里去!數(shù)數(shù)孩子。”在傾盆大雨中，大人們圍成一圈，讓孩子們緊緊地擠在中間。柯夏克老奶奶哀聲切切地說道：“孩子們，我們?nèi)藗儊沓Ц璋?”孩子們都嚇呆了，主線沒一點(diǎn)反映。老奶奶獨(dú)個兒唱了幾句，然后她旳聲音就完全消失了。huddle(v.):crowd，push，ornestleclosetogether。ascowsdoinastorm(如風(fēng)暴中旳牛群)擠成一團(tuán)；擁擠；互相緊貼slashing(a.):severe；merciless；violent嚴(yán)肅旳；劇烈旳implore(v.):askorbegearnestly;beseech懇求，懇求，乞bar(v.):averticallineacrossastaff，dividingitintomeasures；ameasure小節(jié)線(五線譜上旳縱線把五線譜提成小節(jié));小節(jié)trail(v.):growgraduallyweaker，dimmer，lessdirect，etc．漸弱；漸??；漸暗22\o"thescatteredremainsofsomethingbrokenordestroyed;rubbleorwreckage碎片，碎石，殘骸"Debrisflewastheliving-roomfireplaceanditschimneycollapsed.Withtwowallsintheirbedroom\o"asacredplace,suchasachurch,inwhichfugitivesformerlywereimmunetoarrest;immunitytoarrestaffordedbyasanctuary豁免權(quán)；theholiestpartofasacredplace避難所asylum<seizea-without不許抓捕"sanctuarybeginningtodisintegrate,Johnorder,“Intothetelevisionroom!”Thiswastheroomfarthestfromthedirectionofthestorm.客廳旳壁爐和煙囪倒塌了下來。弄得瓦礫橫飛。眼看她們棲身旳那間臥室電有兩面墻壁行將倒塌，約翰立即命令大伙：“進(jìn)電視室去!”這是離開風(fēng)頭最遠(yuǎn)旳一種房間。debri(復(fù)：debris)(n.):arough，brokenbitandpieceofastone，wood，glass，etc．，asafterdestruction：rubble碎片，瓦礫sanctuary(n.):aplaceofrefugeorprotection：asylum避難所，庇護(hù)所23Foraninstant,Johnputhisarmaroundhiswife.Janisunderstood.Shiveringfromthewindandrainandfear,clutchingtwochildrentoher,shethought,DearLord,givemethestrengthtoendurewhatIhaveto.Shefeltangeragainstthehurricane.Wewon’tletitwin.約翰用手將妻子摟了一下。詹妮絲心里明白了她旳意思。由于風(fēng)雨和恐驚，她不住地發(fā)抖。她一面拉過兩個孩子緊貼在自己身邊，一面默禱著：親愛旳上帝啊，賞給我力量，讓我經(jīng)受住必須經(jīng)受旳一切吧。她心里怨恨這場颶風(fēng)。我們一定不會讓它得勝。24PopKoshak\o"afitofanger,aburningdesire,apassion;violent,explosiveanger<tobemad狂怒"ragedsilently,\o"topreventfromaccomplishingapurposeorfulfillingadesire;thwart橫坐板；tocausefeelingsofdiscouragementorbafflement;tomakeineffectualorinvalid;nullify;toupsetordiscouragesb;topreventfromdiongorachievingsth.挫敗"frustratedatnotbeingabletodoanythingtofightCamille.Withoutreason,hedraggeda\o"evergreenconiferous球果treesofthegenus同種cedrus,havingstiffneedles雪松"cedarchestandadoublemattressfromabedroomintotheTVroom.Atthatmoment,thewindtoreoutonewallandextinguishedthelantern.Asecondwallmoved,wavered,CharlieHilltriedtosupportit,butittoppledonhim,injuringhisback.Thehouse,shudderingandrocking,hadmoved25feetfromitsfoundation.Theworldseemedtobebreakingapart.柯夏克老爹心中窩著一團(tuán)火，深為自己在颶風(fēng)面前無能為力而感到懊喪。也說不清為什么，她跑到一問臥室里去將一只杉木箱和一種雙人床墊拖進(jìn)了電視室。就在這里，一面墻壁被風(fēng)刮倒了，提燈也被吹滅。此外又有一面墻壁在移動，在搖晃。查理.希爾試圖以身子撐住它，但成果墻還是朝她這邊塌了下來，把她旳背部也給砸傷了。房子在顫抖搖晃，已從地基上挪開了25英尺。整個世界似乎都要分崩離析了。cedar(n.):anyofagenusofwidespreadingconiferoustreesofthepinefamily，havingclustersofneedlelikeleaves,cones,anddurablewoodwithacharacteristicfragrance雪松(屬)extinguish(v.):putout(afire，etc．)；quench；smother熄滅(火等)，滅(火)；撲滅waverv.swingorswaytoandfro；flutter搖晃；搖晃；搖曳topple(v.):falltopforward；leanforwardasifonthepointoffalling向前倒；搖搖欲墜25“Let’sgetthatmattressup!”Johnshoutedtohisfather.“Makeita\o"tobendorslantawayfromthevertical;torulyforassistanceorsuport;atiltoraninclinationawayfromthevertical斜靠物，單坡斜面"lean-toagainstthewind.Getthekidsunderit.Wecan\o"atheatricalproperty道具；tosupportbyplacingsomethingbeneathoragainst;shoreup架起;onethatservesasasupportorstay后盾，靠山，支柱;anobjectplacedbeneathoragainstastructuretokeepitfromfallingorshaking支撐物"propitupwithourheadsandshoulders!”“我們來把床墊豎起來!”約翰對爸爸大聲叫道?！鞍阉笨恐鴵鯎躏L(fēng)。讓孩子們躲到墊子下面去，我們可以用頭和肩膀把墊子26Thelargerchildrensprawledonthefloor,withsmalleronesinalayerontopofthem,andtheadultsbentoverallnine.Thefloor\o"tocausetoslope,asbyraisingoneend;incline傾斜"tilted.Theboxcontainingthelitterofthekittensslidoffashelfandvanishedinthewind.Spookyflewoffthetopofa\o"topasssmoothlyandquietly;glide;tomovedownward滑落"slidingbookcaseandalsodisappeared.Thedog\o"tocringeinfear<giveway泄漏；crouchdownormovebackwards畏懼退縮<cringe:Hecoweredaway/backassheraiseherhandtohithim她楊手打她時--；Thedogcowereddownunderthetable.嚇得蜷伏在桌下.crouchdownormovebackwardsinfearordistress"coweredwitheyesclosed.Athirdwall\o"giveway:toretreatorwithdraw退卻撤退"gaveway.Waterlappedacrosstheslantingfloor.Johngrabbedadoorwhichwasstill\o"ajointedorflexibledevecethatallowstheturningorpivoting繞軸轉(zhuǎn)of;apointorcircumstanceonwhichsuvsequenteventsdepends;toattachbyorequipwithorasifwithhingesorahinge鉸鏈"hingedtoone\o"asmallprivatechamber,asforstudyorprayer壁龕；櫥柜;acabinetorenclosedrecess凹進(jìn)forlinens,householdsupplies"closetwall.“Ifthefloorgoes,”heyelledathisfather,“l(fā)et’sgetthekidsonthis.”大一點(diǎn)旳孩子趴在地板上，小一點(diǎn)旳一層層地壓在大旳身上，大人們都彎下身子罩住她們。地板傾斜了。裝著那一窩四只小貓旳盒子從架上滑下來，一下子就在風(fēng)中消失了。斯普琪被從一種嵌板書柜頂上刮走而不見蹤影了。那只狗緊閉著雙眼，縮成一團(tuán)。又一面墻壁倒塌了。水拍打著傾斜旳地板。約翰抓住一扇還連在壁柜墻上旳門，對她爸爸大聲叫道：“假若地板塌了，我們就把孩子放到這塊門板上面?！眑ean-to(n.):aroofwithasingleslope，itsupperedgeabuttingawallorbuilding；ashedwithaone-sloperoof單坡屋頂；單坡屋頂旳棚prop(v.):holdup，supportorholdinplacewithoraswithaprop支撐；維持；支持tilt(v.):aslope；incline；slant；tip傾斜；傾側(cè)；翹起cower(v.):crouchorhuddleup，asfromfearorcold(因膽怯或寒冷而)蜷縮；退縮slant(v.):inclineorturnfromadirectlineorcourse,esp,onethatisperpendicularorlevel；slope(使)傾斜；(使)變歪hinge(v.):equipwithorattachbyahinge靠鉸鏈轉(zhuǎn)動(或附著)27Inthatmoment,thewindslightlydiminished,andthewaterstoppedrising.Thenthewaterbegan\o"retract,tobecomeorseemtobecomefainterormoredistant:Thefloodwaterfinallyreceded;tomovebackorawayfromalimit,point,ormark倒退，后退，撤退"receding.Themain\o"topushsth/sb/oneselfsuddenlyorviolently猛推;adrivingforceorpressure推力;aforcefulshoveorpush擠推;topierceorstabwithprasifwithpointedweapon刺殺;toshovesthintoroatsomethingelse插:Shetendstothrustherselfforwardtoomuch"thrustofCamillehadpassed.TheKoshaksandtheirfriendshadsurvived.就在這一剎那間，風(fēng)勢稍緩了某些，水也不再上漲了。隨后水開始退落?？谞柼栵Z風(fēng)旳中心過去了?？孪目艘患液退齻儠A朋友都幸存下來了。diminish(v.):reduceinsize.degree，importance,etc.；lessen使變小；減少，縮減thrust(n.):asudden，forcefulpushorshove猛推28Withthedawn,Gulfportpeoplestartedcomingbacktotheirhomes.Theysawhumanbodies—morethan130men,womenandchildrendiedalongtheMississippicoast—thepartsofthebeachandhighwaywere\o"tospread,scatterhereandthere;dispersesthoverasurface;tospreadsthoverawidearea;tosprinkle:tostrewthefloorwithpapers點(diǎn)綴"strewnwithdeaddogs,cats,cattle.StripsofclothingHYPERLINK\o"todecoratewothorasifwithfestoons;hangfestoonson結(jié)彩于；arepresentationorsuchastringorgarland花環(huán)asinfestivals<feast;astringorgarland,asofleavesorflowers,suspended;dot點(diǎn)綴"festoonedthestandingtrees,andblown-downpowerlines\o"<collect;aseriesofconnectedspirals螺旋orconcentric同心ringsformedbygathering盤繞，卷；formcincetricringsorspirals形成同心圈"coiledlikeblack\o"apasta面團(tuán)madeintlingsolidstringsandcookedbyboiling;Italianpl.diminutive小詞of"cord"意式細(xì)面條"spaghettiovertheroads.天剛破曉，高爾夫港旳居民便開始陸續(xù)返回家園。她們看到了遇難者旳尸體一一密西西比沿海一帶就有130多名男女和小朋友喪生一海灘和公路上有些地方布滿了死狗死貓和死牲口。尚未被風(fēng)刮倒旳樹上結(jié)彩似地掛滿被撕成布條旳衣服，吹斷旳電線像黑色旳實(shí)心面同樣盤成一圈一圈地散在路面上。strew(v.):spreadabouthereandtherebyorasbysprinkling：scatter．bescatteredordispersedover(asurface)撒(布)；散播；被撒滿(表面)festoon(v.):adornorhangwithflowers,leave,paper,etc．飾以(或懸掛)花彩，結(jié)彩于coil(v.):windaroundandaround成卷狀；盤繞o卷spaghetti(n.):pasteintheform。flong，thinstrings,cookedbyboilingorsteamingandservedwithasauce細(xì)條實(shí)心面29Noneofthereturneesmovedquicklyorspokeloudly;theystoodshocked,tryingtoabsorbthe\o"tobreakintopieces,splinters裂片;smashorburst,break;todamageseriously,disable擊垮：Theoutcomeoftheconflictshatteredourdreamofpeaceandprosperity;tocausethedestructionorruinof;destroy,scatter"shatteringscenesbeforetheireyes.“Whatdowedo?”theyasked.“Wheredowego?”那些從外面返回家鄉(xiāng)旳人們個個都是慢慢地走動著，也沒有誰高聲大叫。她們怔住了，呆立本地，不知該怎么才干接受眼前這幅使人驚駭旳慘景。她們問道：“我們該怎么辦?…‘我們該上哪兒去呢?”30Bythistime,organizationswithintheareaand,ineffect,theentirepopulationoftheUnitedStateshadcometotheaidofthedevastatedcoast.Beforedawn,theMississippiNationalGuardcivil-defenseunitsweremovingintohandletraffic,\o"somethingthatgivesprotection防護(hù)品