高級英語-face-to-face-with-hurricane-camille中英筆記

1、1FaceToFaceWithHurricaneCamille迎戰(zhàn)卡米爾號颶風迎戰(zhàn)卡米爾號颶風約瑟夫約瑟夫.布蘭克布蘭克1JohnKoshakJr.knewHurricaneCamillewouldbebad.RadiotelevisionwarningshadsoundedthroughoutthatSunday.LastAugust17asCamillelashednthwestwardacrosstheGulfofMexico.I

2、twascertaintopummelGulfptMiss.wheretheKoshakslived.AlongthecoastsofLouisianaMississippiAlabamanearly150000peoplefledinltosaferground.ButlikethoussofothersinthecoastalcommunitiesJohnwasreluctanttoabonhishomeunlessthefamil

3、y—hiswifeJanistheirsevenchildrenaged3to11—wasclearlyendangered.小約翰。柯夏克已料到，卡米爾號颶風來勢定然兇猛。就在去年8月17日那個星期天，當卡米爾號颶風越過墨西哥灣向西北進襲之時，收音機和電視里整天不斷地播放著颶風警報?？孪目艘患揖幼〉牡胤揭弧芪魑鞅戎莸母郀柗蚋邸隙〞獾竭@場颶風的猛烈襲擊。路易斯安那、密西西比和亞拉巴馬三州沿海一帶的居民已有將近15萬人逃往內陸安全

4、地帶。但約翰就像沿海村落中其他成千上萬的人一樣，不愿舍棄家園，要他下決心棄家外逃，除非等到他的一家人一—妻子詹妮絲以及他們那七個年齡從三歲到十一歲的孩子一一眼看著就要災禍臨頭。lash(v.):movequicklyviolently猛烈沖擊；拍打pummel(n.):beathitwithrepeatedblows，espwiththefist(尤指用拳頭)連續(xù)地打2Tryingtoreasonoutthebestcourseofac

5、tionhetalkedwithhisfathermotherwhohadmovedintothetenroomhousewiththeKoshaksamonthearlierfromCalifnia.HealsoconsultedlesHillalongtimefriendwhohaddrivenfromLasVegasfavisit.為了找出應付這場風災的最佳對策，他與父母商量過。兩位老人是早在一個月前就從加利福尼亞遷到這里來，住進

6、柯夏克一家所住的那幢十個房間的屋子里。他還就此征求過從拉斯韋加斯開車來訪的老朋友查理希爾的意見。course(n.):awayofbehaving；mode0fconduct行為；品行；做法reasonout:tofindoutanexplanationsolutiontoaproblem，bythinkingofallthepossibilities尋找解決途徑例：Letsreasonthisoutinsteadofquarrelli

7、ng讓我們不要爭吵，商量出事情的解決方案3John37—whosebusinesswasrightthereinhishome(hedesigneddevelopededucationaltoyssuppliesallofMagnaProducts’crespondenceengineeringdrawingsartwkwerethereonthefirstflo)—wasfamiliarwiththepowerofahurricane

8、.FouryearsearlierHurricaneBetsyhaddemolishedhisfmerhomeafewmileswestofGulfpt(Koshakhadmovedhisfamilytoamotelfthenight).Butthathousehadstoodonlyafewfeetabovesealevel.“We’reelevated23feet”hetoldhisfather“we’reagood250yards

9、fromthesea.Theplacehasbeenheresince1915nohurricanehaseverbotheredit.We’llprobablybeassafehereasanyplaceelse.”3dog那天下午，雨一直下個不停烏云隨著越來越猛的暴風從海灣上空席卷而來。全家早早地用晚餐。鄰居中一個丈夫去了越南的婦女跑過來。問她和她的兩個孩子是否能搬進柯夏克家躲避風災：另一個準備向內陸帶轉移的鄰居也跑來問柯夏克家能否

10、替他照看一下他的狗。sitout:stayuntiltheendof坐到結束例：Wefcedourselvestosittheplayout我們強迫自己坐到演出結束scud(v.):runmoveswiftly；glideskimalongeasily疾行，飛馳；掠過7Itgrewdarkbefe7o’clock.Windrainnowwhippedthehouse.Johnsenthisoldestsondaughterupstair

11、stobringdownmattressespillowsftheyoungchildren.Hewantedtokeepthegrouptogetherononeflo.“Stayawayfromthewindows”hewarnedconcernedaboutglassflyingfromstmshatteredpane.Asthewindmountedtoaroarthehousebeganleaking—therainseemi

12、nglydrivenrightthroughthewalls.WithmopstowelspotsbucketstheKoshaksbeganastruggleagainsttherapidlyspreadingwater.At8:30powerfailedKoshakturnedonthegenerat.不到七點鐘，天就黑了，狂風暴雨拍打著屋子。約翰讓大兒子和大女兒上樓去取來被褥和枕頭給幾個小一點的孩子。他想把全家人都集中在同一層樓上

13、。“不要靠近窗戶!”他警告說，擔心在颶風巾震破的玻璃碎片會飛來傷人。風兇猛地咆哮起來屋子開始漏雨了……那雨水好像能穿墻透壁，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)。到八點半鐘，電沒有了。柯夏克老爹便啟動了小發(fā)電機。pane(n.):asingledivisionofawindow，etc.，consistingofasheetofglassinaframe；suchasheetofglass窗格；窗格玻璃mat

14、tress(n.):acasingofstrongclothotherfabricfilledwithcotton，hair，foamrubber，etc床墊；褥子8Theroarofthehurricanenowwasoverwhelming.Thehouseshooktheceilinginthelivingroomwasfallingpiecesbypieces.TheFrenchdosinanupstairsroomblewin

15、withanexplosivesoundthegroupheardgunlikereptsasotherupstairswindowsdisintegrated.Waterroseabovetheirankles.颶風的咆哮聲壓倒了一切。房子搖晃著，起居室的天花板一塊塊掉下來。樓上一個房問的法蘭西式兩用門砰地一聲被風吹開了。樓下的人還聽到樓上其他玻璃窗破碎時發(fā)出的劈劈啪啪的響聲。積水已經漫到腳踝上了。disintegrate(v.):s

16、eparateintopartsfragmentsbreakup；disunite分裂，分解，裂成碎塊9Thenthefrontdostartedtobreakawayfromitsframe.Johnlieputtheirshouldersagainstitbutablastofwaterhitthehouseflingingopenthedoshovingthemdownthehall.Thegeneratwasdousedthel