高級(jí)英語-face-to-face-with-hurricane-camille中英筆記

1、1FaceToFaceWithHurricaneCamille迎戰(zhàn)卡米爾號(hào)颶風(fēng)迎戰(zhàn)卡米爾號(hào)颶風(fēng)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(hào)颶風(fēng)來勢(shì)定然兇猛。就在去年8月17日那個(gè)星期天，當(dāng)卡米爾號(hào)颶風(fēng)越過墨西哥灣向西北進(jìn)襲之時(shí)，收音機(jī)和電視里整天不斷地播放著颶風(fēng)警報(bào)。柯夏克一家居住的地方一—密西西比州的高爾夫港——肯定會(huì)遭到這場颶風(fēng)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(nèi)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(gè)年齡從三歲到十一歲的孩子一一眼看著就要災(zāi)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(yīng)付這場風(fēng)災(zāi)的最佳對(duì)策，他與父母商量過。兩位老人是早在一個(gè)月前就從加利福尼亞遷到這里來，住進(jìn)

6、柯夏克一家所住的那幢十個(gè)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(gè)不停烏云隨著越來越猛的暴風(fēng)從海灣上空席卷而來。全家早早地用晚餐。鄰居中一個(gè)丈夫去了越南的婦女跑過來。問她和她的兩個(gè)孩子是否能搬進(jìn)柯夏克家躲避風(fēng)災(zāi)：另一個(gè)準(zhǔn)備向內(nèi)陸帶轉(zhuǎn)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(jié)束例：Wefcedourselvestosittheplayout我們強(qiáng)迫自己坐到演出結(jié)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(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個(gè)小一點(diǎn)的孩子。他想把全家人都集中在同一層樓上

13、?！安灰拷皯?”他警告說，擔(dān)心在颶風(fēng)巾震破的玻璃碎片會(huì)飛來傷人。風(fēng)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(diǎn)半鐘，電沒有了。柯夏克老爹便啟動(dòng)了小發(fā)電機(jī)。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(fēng)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(gè)房問的法蘭西式兩用門砰地一聲被風(fēng)吹開了。樓下的人還聽到樓上其他玻璃窗破碎時(shí)發(fā)出的劈劈啪啪的響聲。積水已經(jīng)漫到腳踝上了。disintegrate(v.):s

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