Face to Face with Hurricane Camille课文翻译
Face to Face with Hurricane Camille中英对照翻译
Face to Face with Hurricane Camille 迎战卡米尔号飓风Joseph P. Blank1 John Koshak, Jr., knew that Hurricane Camille would be bad. Radio and television warnings had sounded throughout that Sunday, last August 17, as Camille lashed northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico. It was certain to pummel Gulfport, Miss., where the Koshers lived. Along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, nearly 150,000 people fled inland to safer ground. But, like thousands of others in the coastal communities, john was reluctant to abandon his home unless the family -- his wife, Janis, and their seven children, abed 3 to 11 -- was clearly endangered.小约翰·柯夏克(John Koshak, Jr.)知道飓风卡米尔(Camille)会很厉害。
去年8月17日那个星期天，当卡米尔号穿过墨西哥湾向西北冲去时，广播和电视上的警报一直在响个不停。
它肯定会袭击科舍家住的格尔夫波特小姐。
在路易斯安那州、密西西比州和阿拉巴马州海岸，近15万人逃往内陆安全地带。
但是，像沿海社区成千上万的其他人一样，约翰不愿意离开他的家，除非他的家人——他的妻子詹妮丝和他们的7个3岁到11岁的孩子——明显处于危险之中。
高级英语第一,二课的课后翻译
UNIT ONE: Face to face with the Hurricane Camille Translation1) Every plane must be checked out strictly before taking off.2) The residents are strongly against constructing a waste incineration plant nearby (in their neighborhood 表示‘在附近’更地道),because they are concerned about the air pollution caused by emissions(排放物).3) Investment in ecological projects must up to billions of yuan in this area.4) The dried-up river is strewn with stones of all sizes.5) Although the huge losses the war had brought to the country, the local cultural tradition did not perish.6) In order to construct modern high buildings, many ancient with ethnic cultural features had to be demolished.7) The main structure of most poor-quality houses went disintegrated in the earthquake.8) His beautiful dreams vanished into the air at last; despite he made great efforts to achieve the goal.UNIT TWO: Hiroshima -----the “liveliest” city in JapanTranslation1) There is no one in the hall．The meeting must have been put off．2) The modern construction looks very much like UFO.3) As for the northerners, Sichuan dialect sounds much the same as Hubei dialect. It is sometimes difficult to tell one from the other.4) The very sight of the monument reminds me of my good friend who was killed in the battle.5) He was so deep in thought that he was oblivious of what his friends were talking about.6) What he did had nothing to do with her.7) She couldn't fall asleep as her daughter's illness was very much on her mind.8) I have had the matter on my mind for a long time.9) He loves such gatherings at which he rubs shoulders with young people and exchange opinions with them on various subjects.10) It was only after a few minutes that his words sank in.11) The soil smells of fresh grass.12) Could you spare me a few minutes?13) Could you spare me a ticket?14) That elderly grey-haired man is a coppersmith by trade.。
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直面飓风卡米尔FacetoFacewithHurricaneCamille直面飓风卡米尔Face to Face with Hurricane Camille约瑟夫P 布兰克约翰他是知道飓风卡米尔很难应付的。
星期天，也就是八月十七号，收音机和电视机一整天都在警告市民正穿过墨西哥湾向西北方向袭来，密西西比州的格尔夫波特，也就是约翰一家居住的地方，必将遭受袭击。
路易斯安那州，密西西比州以及阿拉巴马州沿海一带，将近十五万居民逃往内陆的安全地带。
然而，和许多沿海地区的人们一样，除非家人们——妻子和七个三到十一岁的孩子都陷入了极度危险的状况，约翰是断不肯弃房而逃的。
为了制定出最好的应对计划，他与父亲母亲商量了一番，他们是一个月前刚从加利福尼亚州搬到这所十室的大房子的。
同时，他又去咨询了从拉斯维加斯开车过来看望他的老朋友查尔斯希尔。
约翰今年三十七岁了，从事益智玩具与用品的设计与研发工作，工作地点就在自己家，麦格纳公司的通信，工程，设计和艺术工作部都在一楼。
他对飓风的威力早有了解，四年前，他以前住在格尔夫波特以西几英里的地方，当时就是被飓风贝特西摧毁了，一家人只好到旅馆去过夜。
不过那也只能怪那房子比海岸线只高了几英尺，“我们的房子闲杂往上抬高了二十三英尺”，他对父亲说：“而且我们现在离海边有足足二百五十码这么远，自一九一五年以来，飓风就没有光顾过这里，所以呆在这儿和别的地方都一样安全。
”他的父亲柯沙克今年六十七岁，性情粗犷，是个热心肠的机械师，“只要我们应对措施做得好，安全度过这场浩劫是不成问题的”，他说：“要是情况真的危急，我们就赶在黄昏前撤退到安全的地方去。
”一家人有条不紊地做着迎接飓风的准备，他们先把浴缸和桶都装满水，以防总水管破裂，想到哟可能断电，又给便携收音机和手电筒充满了电，油灯也加满了油。
柯沙克搬了个小型发电机到楼梯拐角处，连上几个灯泡，还专门为电冰箱留了个接口。
那天下午，雨下个不停，云层黑压压的一片从海湾方向飘来，一家人早早了吃过晚饭。
最新高级英语Lesson-1-(Book-2)Face-to-Face-with-Hurricane-Camille-课文内容
Face to Face with Hurricane CamilleJoseph P. Blank1 JohnKoshak, Jr.,knew that HurricaneCamille would bebad. Radio andtelevision warningshad soundedthroughout thatSunday, last August17, as Camillelashednorthwestwardacross the Gulf ofMexico. It wascertain to pummelGulfport, Miss.,where the Kosherslived. Along thecoasts of Louisiana,Mississippi andAlabama, nearly150,000 people fledinland to safer8round. But, likethousands of othersin the coastalcommunities, johnwas reluctant toabandon his homeunless the family --his wife, Janis, andtheir seven children,abed 3 to 11 -- wasclearly endangered.2 Trying toreason out the bestcourse of action, he talked with his father and mother, who had moved into the ten-room house with the Koshaks a month earlier from California. He also consulted Charles Hill, a long time friend, who had driven from Las Vegas for a visit.3 John, 37 -- whose business was right there in his home ( he designed and developed educational toys and supplies, and all of Magna Products' correspondence, engineering drawings and art work were there on the first floor) -- was familiar with the power of a hurricane. Four years earlier, Hurricane Betsy had demolished undefined his former home a few miles west of Gulfport (Koshak had moved his family to a motel for the night). But that house had stood only a few feet above sea level. "We' re elevated 2a feet," he told hisfather, "and we' re a good 250 yards from the sea. The place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it. We' II probably be as safe here as anyplace else."4 The elder Koshak, a gruff, warmhearted expert machinist of 67, agreed. "We can batten down and ride it out," he said. "If we see signs of danger, we can get out before dark."5 The men methodically prepared for the hurricane. Since water mains might be damaged, they filled bathtubs and pails. A power failure was likely, so they checked out batteries for the portable radio and flashlights, and fuel for the lantern. John's father moved a small generator into the downstairs hallway, wired several light bulbs to it and prepared a connection to the refrigerator.6 Rain fell steadily thatafternoon; gray clouds scudded in from the Gulf on the rising wind. The family had an early supper. A neighbor, whose husband was in Vietnam, asked if she and her two children could sit out the storm with the Koshaks. Another neighbor came by on his way in-land — would the Koshaks mind taking care of his dog?7 It grew dark before seven o' clock. Wind and rain now whipped the house. John sent his oldest son and daughter upstairs to bring down mattresses and pillows for the younger children. He wanted to keep the group together on one floor. "Stay away from the windows," he warned, concerned about glass flying fromstorm-shattered panes. As the wind mounted to a roar, the house began leaking- the rain seemingly driven right through thewalls. With mops, towels, pots and buckets the Koshaks began a struggle against the rapidly spreading water. At 8:30, power failed, and Pop Koshak turned on the generator.8 The roar of the hurricane now was overwhelming. The house shook, and the ceiling in the living room was falling piece by piece. The French doors in an upstairs room blew in with an explosive sound, and the group heard gun- like reports as other upstairs windows disintegrated. Water rose above their ankles.9 Then the front door started to break away from its frame. John and Charlie put their shoulders against it, but a blast of water hit the house, flinging open the door and shoving them down the hall. The generator was doused, and the lights went out. Charlie licked his lips and shouted toJohn. "I think we' re in real trouble. That water tasted salty." The sea had reached the house, and the water was rising by the minute!10 "Everybody out the back door to the oars!" John yelled. "We' II pass the children along between us. Count them! Nine!"11 The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade. But the cars wouldn't start; the electrical systems had been killed by water. The wind was too Strong and the water too deep to flee on foot. "Back to the house!" john yelled. "Count the children! Count nine!"12 As they scrambled back, john ordered, "Every-body on the stairs!" Frightened, breathless and wet, the group settled on the stairs, which were protected by two interior walls. The children put the oat, Spooky, and a box with her four kittens on the landing. She peerednervously at her litter. The neighbor's dog curled up and went to sleep.13 The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away. The house shuddered and shifted on its foundations. Water inched its way up the steps as first- floor outside walls collapsed. No one spoke. Everyone knew there was no escape; they would live or die in the house.14 Charlie Hill had more or less taken responsibility for the neighbor and her two children. The mother was on the verge of panic. She clutched his arm and kept repeating, "I can't swim, I can't swim."15 "You won't have to," he told her, with outward calm. "It's bound to end soon."16 Grandmother Koshak reached an arm around her husband's shoulder and put her mouth close to his ear."Pop," she said, "I love you." He turned his head and answered, "I love you" -- and his voice lacked its usual gruffness.17 John watched the water lap at the steps, and felt a crushing guilt. He had underestimated the ferocity of Camille. He had assumed that what had never happened could not happen. He held his head between his hands, and silently prayed: "Get us through this mess, will You?"18 A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air. The bottom steps of the staircase broke apart. One wall began crumbling on the marooned group.19 Dr. RobertH. Simpson, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., graded Hurricane Camille as "the greatest recorded storm everto hit a populated area in the Western Hemisphere." in its concentrated breadth of some 70 miles it shot out winds of nearly 200 m.p.h. and raised tides as high as 30 feet. Along the Gulf Coast it devastated everything in its swath: 19,467 homes and 709 small businesses were demolished or severely damaged. it seized a 600,000-gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3 ~ miles away. It tore three large cargo ships from their moorings and beached them. Telephone poles and 20-inch-thick pines cracked like guns as the winds snapped them.20 To the west of Gulfport, the town of Pass Christian was virtually wiped out. Several vacationers at the luxurious Richelieu Apartments there held a hurricane party to watch the storm from their spectacular vantage point. RichelieuApartments were smashed apart as if by a gigantic fist, and 26 people perished.21 Seconds after the roof blew off the Koshak house, john yelled, "Up the stairs -- into our bedroom! Count the kids." The children huddled in the slashing rain within the circle of adults. Grandmother Koshak implored, "Children, let's sing!" The children were too frightened to respond. She carried on alone for a few bars; then her voice trailed away.22 Debris flew as the living-room fireplace and its chimney collapsed. With two walls in their bedroom sanctuary beginning to disintegrate, John ordered, "Into the television room!" This was the room farthest from the direction of the storm.23 For an instant, John put his arm around his wife. Janis understood. Shivering from the wind and rain andfear, clutching two children to her, she thought, Dear Lord, give me the strength to endure what I have to. She felt anger against the hurricane. We won't let it win.24 Pop Koshak raged silently, frustrated at not being able to do anything to fight Camille. Without reason, he dragged a cedar chest and a double mattress from a bed-room into the TV room. At that moment, the wind tore out one wall and extinguished the lantern. A second wall moved, wavered, Charlie Hill tried to support it, but it toppled on him, injuring his back. The house, shuddering and rocking, had moved 25 feet from its foundations. The world seemed to be breaking apart.25 "Let's get that mattress up!" John shouted to his father. "Make it a lean-to against the wind. Get the kids under it. We canprop it up with our heads and shoulders!"26 The larger childrensprawled on the floor, with the smaller ones in a layer on top of them, and the adults bent over all nine. The floor tilted. The box containing the litter of kittens slid off a shelf and vanished in the wind. Spooky flew off the top of a sliding bookcase and also disappeared. The dog cowered with eyes closed. A third wall gave way. Water lapped across the slanting floor. John grabbed a door which was still hinged to one closet wall. "If the floor goes," he yelled at his father, "let's get the kids on this."27 In that moment, the wind slightly diminished, and the water stopped rising. Then the water began receding. The main thrust of Camille had passed. The Koshaks and their friends hadsurvived.28 With the dawn, Gulfport people started coming back to their homes. They saw human bodies -- more than 130 men, women and children died along the Mississippi coast- and parts of the beach and highway were strewnwith dead dogs, cats, cattle. Strips of clothingfestooned the standing trees, and blown down power lines coiled like black spaghetti over the roads.29 None of the returnees moved quickly or spoke loudly; they stood shocked, trying to absorb the shattering scenes before their eyes. "What do we dot" they asked. "Where do we go?"30 By this time, organizations within the area and, in effect, the entire population of the United States had come to the aid of the devastated coast. Before dawn, the MississippiNational Guard and civil-defense units were moving in to handle traffic, guard property, set up communications centers, help clear the debris and take the homeless by truck and bus to refugee centers. By 10 a.m., the Salvation Army's canteen trucks and Red Cross volunteers and staffers were going wherever possible to distribute hot drinks, food, clothing and bedding.31 From hundreds of towns and cities across the country came several million dollars in donations; household and medical supplies streamed in by plane, train, truck and car. The federal government shipped 4,400,000 pounds of food, moved in mobile homes, set up portable classrooms, opened offices to provide low-interest,long-term business loans.32 Camille,meanwhile, had raked its way northward across Mississippi, dropping more than 28 inches of rain into West Virginia and southern Virginia, causing rampaging floods, huge mountain slides and 111 additional deaths before breaking up over the Atlantic Ocean.33 Like many other Gulfport families, the Koshaks quickly began reorganizing their lives, John divided his family in the homes of two friends. The neighbor with her two children went to a refugee center. Charlie Hill found a room for rent. By Tuesday, Charlie's back had improved, and he pitched in with Seabees in the worst volunteer work ofall--searching for bodies. Three days after the storm, he decided not to return to Las Vegas, but to "remain in Gulfport and help rebuild the community."34 Near the end of the first week, a friend offered the Koshaks his apartment, and the family was reunited. The children appeared to suffer no psychological damage from their experience; they were still awed by the incomprehensible power of the hurricane, but enjoyed describing what they had seen and heard on that frightful night, Janis had just one delayed reaction. A few nights after the hurricane, she awoke suddenly at 2 a.m. She quietly got up and went outside. Looking up at the sky and, without knowing she was going to do it, she began to cry softly.35 Meanwhile, John, Pop and Charlie were picking through the wreckage of the home. It could have been depressing, but it wasn't: each salvaged item represented a little victory over thewrath of the storm. The dog and cat suddenly appeared at the scene, alive and hungry.36 But the blues did occasionally afflict all the adults. Once, in a low mood, John said to his parents, "I wanted you here so that we would all be together, so you could enjoy the children, and look what happened."37 His father, who had made up his mind to start a welding shop when living was normal again, said, "Let's not cry about what's gone. We' II just start all over."38 "You're great," John said. "And this town has a lot of great people in it. It' s going to be better here than it ever was before."39 Later, Grandmother Koshak reflected : "We lost practically all our possessions, but the family came through it. When I think of that, I realize we lost nothing important."(f rom Rhetoric and Literature by P. Joseph Canavan)NOTES1. Joseph p. Blank: The writer published "Face to Face with Hurricane Camille" in the Reader's Digest, March 1970.2. Hurricane Camille: In the United States hurricanes are named alphabetically and given the names of people like Hurricane Camille, Hurricane Betsy, and so on; whereas in China Typhoons are given serial numbers like Typhoon No. 1, Typhoon No. 2 and so on.3. The Salvation Army: A Protestant religious body devoted to the conversion of, andsocial work amongthe poor, andcharacterized byuse of military titles,uniforms, etc. It wasfounded in 1878 by"General" Booth inLondon; nowworldwide inoperation.4. Red Cross: aninternationalorganization ( in fullInternational RedCross), founded in1864 withheadquarters andbranches in allcountries signatoryto the GenevaConvention, for therelief of suffering intime of war ordisaster小约翰。
高级英语Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
conflict/struggle:
•
people --- people
people --- nature
people --- society
people --- themselves
protagonist (hero) --- antagonist (enemy)
John Koshak, Jr.--- the hurricane
• apartment building in Mississippi before and after Camille
What’s the type of the text?
• narration (the telling of a story)
• characters (people): --Pop Koshak --Grandma Koshak --John Koshak --Janis Koshak --Seven children --Charles, a friend --neighbors --pets
What is the story about?
• It describes the heroic struggle of the Koshaks and their friends against the forces of a devastating hurricane Camille.
• What does the writer focus chiefly on---developing character, action (plot), or idea (theme)?
• To learn how the writer gives a vivid description of actions in terms of lexical, sentential and textual level;
高级英语1-第三版课后答案-句子理解和翻译-paraphrase-translation
第一课Face to face with Hurricane Camille1.We ’re elevated 23 feet. We’re 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 ba en down and ride it out. We can make the necessary prepara ons 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 ba ery 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 f 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 reac on. Janis displayed the fear caused by the hurricane rather late. 1.Each and every plane must be checked out thoroughly before taking off. 每架飞机起飞之前必须经过严格的检查。
高级英语1 第三版课后答案 句子理解和翻译 paraphrase translation
第一课Face to face with Hurricane Camille1.We’re elevated 23 feet.We’re 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 safely9.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.每架飞机起飞之前必须经过严格的检查。
高级英语 Face to face with Hurricane Camille中英笔记
Face To Face With Hurricane Camille迎战卡米尔号飓风约瑟夫、布兰克1John Koshak, Jr、, knew Hurricane Camille would be bad、Radio and television warnings had sounded throughout that Sunday、Last August 17, as Camille lashed northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico、It was certain to pummel Gulfport, Miss、, where the Koshaks lived、Along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, nearly 150,000 people fled inland to safer ground、But like thousands of others in the coastal munities, John was reluctant to abandon his home unless the family—his wife, Janis and their seven children, aged 3 to 11—was clearly endangered、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,收音机与电视里整天不断地播放着飓风警报。
柯夏克一家居住得地方一—密西西比州得高尔夫港——肯定会遭到这场飓风得猛烈袭击。
路易斯安那、密西西比与亚拉巴马三州沿海一带得居民已有将近15万人逃往内陆安全地带。
但约翰就像沿海村落中其她成千上万得人一样,不愿舍弃家园,要她下决心弃家外逃,除非等到她得一家人一—妻子詹妮丝以及她们那七个年龄从三岁到十一岁得孩子一一眼瞧着就要灾祸临头。
高级英语1第三版课后答案解析句子理解及翻译paraphrasetranslation
第一课Face to face with Hurricane Camille1.We’re elevated 23 feet.We’re 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 safely9.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.每架飞机起飞之前必须经过严格的检查。
张汉熙《高级英语(1)》(第3版重排版)学习指南【词汇短语+课文精解+全文翻译+练习答案】(1-5章
Lesson1Face to Face with Hurricane Camille一、词汇短语1.hurricane[]n.a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rainsand winds moving a73-136knots飓风sh[]vt.strike against with force or violence猛烈打击：The sleet is lashingthe roof.雨夹雪击打着屋顶。
3.pummel[]v.（用拳头连续）击打：The child pummeled his motherangrily as she carried him home.那孩子因其母带他回家而生气地捶打着母亲。
4.reluctant[]adj.unwilling;disinclined不愿意的，勉强的：Hewas very reluctant to go away.他很不愿意离去。
其名词形式为reluctance。
5.abandon[]vt.a).leave someone who needs or counts on you;leave in the lurch放弃，抛弃：abandon a friend in trouble抛弃处于危难中的朋友；b).to give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit,especially as a result of danger or other impending threat离弃，丢弃：abandon the ship弃船6.course[]n.a mode of action or behavior品行，行为7.demolish[]vt.to do away with completely;put an end to毁坏，破坏：The fire demolished the town.大火烧毁了这座城镇。
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迎战卡米尔号飓风约瑟夫.布兰克小约翰。
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的孩子一一眼看着就要灾祸临头。
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。
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育用品的。
公司的一切往来函件、设计图纸和工艺模具全都放在一楼)。
37岁的他对飓风的威力是深有体会的。
四年前，他原先拥有的位于高尔夫港以西几英里外的那个家就曾毁于贝翠号飓风(那场风灾前夕柯夏克已将全家搬到一家汽车旅馆过夜)。
不过，当时那幢房子所处的地势偏低，高出海平面仅几英尺。
“我们现在住的这幢房子高了23英尺，，’他对父亲说，“而且距离海边足有250码远。
这幢房子是1915年建造的。
至今还从未受到过飓风的袭击。
我们呆在这儿恐怕是再安全不过了。
”老柯夏克67岁．是个语粗心慈的熟练机械师。
他对儿子的意见表示赞同。
“我们是可以严加防卫。
度过难关的，”他说?“一但发现危险信号，我们还可以赶在天黑之前撤出去。
”为了对付这场飓风，几个男子汉有条不紊地做起准备工作来。
自米水管道可能遭到破坏，他们把浴盆和提俑都盛满水。
飓风也可能造成断电，所以他们检查r手提式收音机和手电筒里的电池以及提灯里的燃料油。
约翰的父亲将一台小发电机搬到楼下门厅里．接上几个灯泡。
并做好把发电机与电冰箱接通的准备。
那天下午，雨一直下个不停．乌云随着越来越猛的暴风从海湾上空席卷而来。
全家早早地用r晚餐。
邻居中一个丈夫去了越南的妇女跑过来。
问她和她的两个孩子是否能搬进柯夏克家躲避风灾：另一个准备向内陆带转移的邻居也跑来问柯夏克家能否替他照看一下他的狗。
不到七点钟，天就黑了．，狂风暴雨拍打着屋子。
约翰让大儿子和大女儿上楼去取来被褥和枕头给几个小一点的孩子。
他想把全家人都集中在同一层楼上。
“不要靠近窗户!”他警告说，担心在飓风巾震破的玻璃碎片会飞来伤人。
风凶猛地咆哮起来?屋子开始漏雨了……那雨水好像能穿墙透壁，往屋里直灌。
一家人都操起拖把、毛巾、盆罐和水桶，展l开了一场排水战。
到八点半钟，电没有了。
柯夏克老爹便启动了小发电机。
飓风的咆哮声压倒了一切。
房子摇晃着，起居室的天花板一块块掉下来。
楼上一个房问的法兰西式两用门砰地一声被风吹开了。
楼下的人还听到楼上其他玻璃窗破碎时发出的劈劈啪啪的响声。
积水已经漫到脚踝上了。
随后，前门开始从门框上脱落。
约翰和查理用肩膀抵住¨，但一股水浪冲击过来。
撞开了大门，把两人都掀倒在地板上。
发电机泡在水里，电灯熄灭了。
查理舔了舔嘴唇，对着约翰大喊道：“这回可真是大难临头了。
这水是成的。
”海水已经漫到屋子跟前?积水仍不断上涨。
“都从后门到汽车上去!”约翰提高嗓门大叫道。
“我们把孩子2们一个个递过去，数一数!一共九个!”孩子们从大人手上像救火队的水桶一样被递了过去。
可是汽车不能发动了?它的点火系统被水泡坏了。
水深风急。
又不可能靠两只脚逃命。
“回屋里去!．'约翰高声喊道。
“数一数孩子们。
一共九个!”等他们爬着回到屋里后。
约翰又命令道：“都到楼梯上去!，，于是大家都跑到靠两堵内墙保护的楼梯上歇着。
个个吓得要命，气喘吁吁，浑身湿透。
孩子们把取名为斯普琪的一只猫和一个装着四只小猫仔的盒子放在楼梯平台上。
斯普琪心神不定地打量着自己的幼仔，邻人的那条狗已蜷起身子睡着了。
狂风就像在身边呼啸而过的列车一样发出震耳的响声，房屋在地基上晃动移位。
一楼的外墙坍塌了，海水渐渐地漫上了楼梯。
大家沉默无语?谁都明白现在已是无路可逃．死活都只好留在崖子里了。
查理。
希尔对邻家的妇女和她那两个孩子多少尽了一点责任。
那妇女简直吓昏了头。
她紧紧地抓住他的胳膊连声叫道：“我不会游泳，我可不会游泳啊r“不会游泳也不要紧?”他强作镇定地安慰她道，．．一会儿便什么都过去了。
”柯夏克老奶奶伸出胳臂挽住丈夫的肩膀。
把嘴凑到他的耳边说，“老爷子，我爱你。
”柯老爹扭过头来也回了一句“我爱你，，一一…说话声已不像平日那样粗声粗气的厂。
约翰望着海水漫过一级一级的台阶，心里感到一阵强烈的内疚。
都怪他低估了卡米尔号飓风的危险性，一直认为未曾发生过的事情决不会发生。
他两手抱着头，默默地祈祷着：“啊．上帝，保佑我们度过这～难关吧!”不一会儿，?阵强风掠过，将整个屋顶卷入空中，抛向4()英尺以外。
楼梯底层的几级台阶断裂开来。
有一堵墙眼看着就要倒向这群陷入进退维谷境地的男女老少。
设在弗罗里达州迈阿密的国家飓风中心主任罗伯特．H．辛普森博士将卡米尔号飓风列为“有过记载的袭击西半球有人居住地区的最猛烈的一场飓风”。
在飓风中心纵横约70英里的范围内，其风速接近每小时200英里，掀起的浪头高达30英尺。
海湾沿岸风过之处，所有东西都被一扫而光。
19 467户人家和709家小商号不是完全被毁，便是遭到严重破坏。
高尔夫港一个60万加仑的油罐被狂风刮起，摔到3．5英里以外。
三艘大型货轮被刮离泊位，推上岸滩。
电线杆和20英寸粗的松树一遇狂风袭击便像连珠炮似的根根断裂。
位于高尔夫港以西的帕斯克里斯琴镇几乎被夷为平地。
住在该镇那座豪华的黎赛留公寓度假的几位旅客组织了一次聚会，从他们所居的有利地位观赏飓风的壮观景象，结果像是有一个其大无比的拳头把公寓打得粉碎，26人因此丧生。
柯夏克家的屋顶一被掀走，约翰就高喊道：“快上楼一一到卧室里去!数数孩子。
”在倾盆大雨中，大人们围成一圈，让孩子们紧紧地挤在中间。
柯夏克老奶奶哀声切切地说道：“孩子们，咱们大家来唱支歌吧!”孩子们都吓呆了，根本没一点反应。
老奶奶独个儿唱了几句，然后她的声音就完全消失了。
客厅的壁炉和烟囱崩塌了下来。
弄得瓦砾横飞。
眼看他们栖身的那间卧室电有两面墙壁行将崩塌，约翰立即命令大伙：“进电视室去!”这是离开风头最远的一个房间。
约翰用手将妻子搂了一下。
詹妮丝心里明白了他的意思。
由于风雨和恐惧，她不住地发抖。
她一面拉过两个孩子紧贴在自己身边，一面默祷着：亲爱的上帝啊，赐给我力量，让我经受住必须经受的一切吧。
她心里怨恨这场飓风。
我们一定不会让它得胜。
柯夏克老爹心中窝着一团火，深为自己在飓风面前无能为力而感到懊丧。
也说不清为什么，他跑到一问卧室里去将一只杉木箱和一个双人床垫拖进了电视室。
就在这里，一面墙壁被风刮倒了，提灯也被吹灭。
另外又有一面墙壁在移动，在摇晃。
查理.希尔试图以身子撑住它，但结果墙还是朝他这边塌了下来，把他的背部也给砸伤了。
房子在颤动摇晃，已从地基上挪开了25英尺。
整个世界似乎都要分崩离析了。
“我们来把床垫竖起来!”约翰对父亲大声叫道。
“把它斜靠着挡挡风。
让孩子们躲到垫子下面去，我们可以用头和肩膀把垫子大一点的孩子趴在地板上，小一点的一层层地压在大的身上，大人们都弯下身子罩住他们。
地板倾斜了。
装着那一窝四只小猫的盒子从架上滑下来，一下子就在风中消失了。
斯普琪被从一个嵌板书柜顶上刮走而不见踪影了。
那只狗紧闭着双眼，缩成一团。
又一面墙壁倒塌了。
水拍打着倾斜的地板。
约翰抓住一扇还连在壁柜墙上的门，对他父亲大声叫道：“假若地板塌了，咱们就把孩子放到这块门板上面。
”就在这一刹那间，风势稍缓了一些，水也不再上涨了。
随后水开始退落。
卡米尔号飓风的中心过去了。
柯夏克一家和他们的朋友都幸存下来了。
天刚破晓，高尔夫港的居民便开始陆续返回家园。
他们看到了遇难者的尸体一一密西西比沿海一带就有130多名男女和儿童丧生一海滩和公路上有些地方布满了死狗死猫和死牲畜。
尚未被风刮倒的树上结彩似地挂满被撕成布条的衣服，吹断的电线像黑色的实心面一样盘成一圈一圈地散在路面上。
那些从外面返回家乡的人们个个都是慢慢地走动着，也没有谁高声大叫。
他们怔住了，呆立当地，不知该怎么才能接受眼前这幅使人惊骇的惨景。
他们问道：“我们该怎么办?…‘我们该上哪儿去呢?”这时，该地区的一些团体，实际上还有全美国的人民，都向沿海受灾地区伸出了援助之手。
天还没亮，密西西比州国民警卫队和一些民防队便开进灾区，管理交通，保护财物，建立通讯联络中心，帮助清理废墟并将无家可归的人送往难民收容中心。
上午十时许，救世军的流动快餐车和红十字会志愿队及工作人员已开往所有能够到达的地方去分发热饮料、食品、衣服和卧具了。
全国各地的数百个城镇募集了数百万美元的捐款送往灾区。
各种家用和医疗用品通过飞机、火车、卡车和轿车源源不断地运进灾区。
联邦政府运来了440万磅食品，还运来了活动房屋，造起了活动教室，并开设了发放低息长期商业贷款的办事机构。
在此期间，卡米尔号飓风横扫密西西比州后继续北进，给弗吉尼亚州西部和南部带来了28英寸以上的暴雨，致使洪水泛滥，地塌山崩，又造成111人丧生，最后才在大西洋上空慢慢消散。