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1、..FaceToFaceWithHurricaneCamille迎战卡米尔号飓风约瑟夫.布兰克1JohnKoshak,Jr.,knewHurricaneCamillewouldbebad.RadioandtelevisionwarningshadsoundedthroughoutthatSunday.LastAugust17,asCamillelashednorthwestwardacrosstheGulfofMexico.ItwascertaintopummelGulfport,Miss.,wh
2、eretheKoshakslived.AlongthecoastsofLouisiana,MississippiandAlabama,nearly150,000peoplefledinlandtosaferground.Butlikethousandsofothersinthecoastalcommunities,Johnwasreluctanttoabandonhishomeunlessthefamily—hiswife,Janisandtheirsevenchildren,aged3to11—
3、wasclearlyendangered.小约翰。柯夏克已料到,卡米尔号飓风来势定然凶猛。就在去年8月17日那个星期天,当卡米尔号飓风越过墨西哥湾向西北进袭之时,收音机和电视里整天不断地播放着飓风警报。柯夏克一家居住的地方一—密西西比州的高尔夫港——肯定会遭到这场飓风的猛烈袭击。路易斯安那、密西西比和亚拉巴马三州沿海一带的居民已有将近15万人逃往内陆安全地带。但约翰就像沿海村落中其他成千上万的人一样,不愿舍弃家园,要他下决心弃家外逃,除非等到他的一家人一—妻子詹妮丝以及他们那七个年龄从三岁到十一岁
4、的孩子一一眼看着就要灾祸临头。lash(v.):movequicklyorviolently猛烈冲击;拍打pummel(n.):beatorhitwithrepeatedblows,esp.withthefist(尤指用拳头)连续地打2Tryingtoreasonoutthebestcourseofaction,hetalkedwithhisfatherandmother,whohadmovedintotheten-roomhousewiththeKoshaksamonthearlierfromC
5、alifornia.HealsoconsultedCharlesHill,alongtimefriend,whohaddrivenfromLasVegasforavisit.为了找出应付这场风灾的最佳对策,他与父母商量过。两位老人是早在一个月前就从加利福尼亚迁到这里来,住进柯夏克一家所住的那幢十个房间的屋子里。他还就此征求过从拉斯韦加斯开车来访的老朋友查理希尔的意见。course(n.):awayofbehaving;mode0fconduct行为;品行;做法reasonout:tofindout
6、anexplanationorsolutiontoaproblem,bythinkingofallthepossibilities寻找解决途径例:Let'sreasonthisoutinsteadofquarrelling.让我们不要争吵,商量出事情的解决方案3John,37—whosebusinesswasrightthereinhishome(hedesignedanddevelopededucationaltoysandsupplies,andallofMagnaProducts’corre
7、spondence,engineeringdrawingsandartworkwerethereonthefirstfloor)—wasfamiliarwiththepowerofahurricane.FouryearsearlierHurricaneBetsyhaddemolishedhisformerhomeafewmileswestofGulfport(Koshakhadmovedhisfamilytoamotelforthenight).Butthathousehadstoodonlyaf
8、ewfeetabovesealevel.“We’reelevated23feet,”hetoldhisfather,“andwe’re..下载可编辑....agood250yardsfromthesea.Theplacehasbeenheresince1915,andnohurricanehaseverbotheredit.We’llprobablybeassafehereasanyplaceelse.”约翰的全部产业就在自己家里(他开办的玛格纳制造公司是设计、研制各种教育玩具和教