The storm brought people closer together.風(fēng)暴把人們更拉近在了一起.
Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama.在阿拉巴馬,本可以聽見屋外的強(qiáng)風(fēng).
Black clouds were making the sky very dark.烏云使得天空變得很黑.
With no light outside,it felt like midnight.在外面沒有亮光,感覺就像午夜般.
The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.電視報道上的新聞?wù)f在這個區(qū)域中有場暴風(fēng)雨.
Everyone in the neighborhood was busy.社區(qū)里的每個人都很忙.
Ben’s dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working.本的爸爸正在窗外放著一片片木頭,他的媽媽也正在確認(rèn)閃光燈和收音機(jī)正在工作運行.
She also put some candles and matches in the table.她也放了些蠟燭和火柴在桌子上.
Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows.當(dāng)雨水開始猛烈地敲打窗戶的時候,本正在幫助他的媽媽做飯.
After dinner,they tries to play a card game,but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.在晚飯后,他們盡力在玩牌,但是外面有暴風(fēng)雨,很難去玩的很開心.
Ben could not sleep at first.第一次,本不能睡著.
He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m.當(dāng)凌晨3點左右的時候,風(fēng)開始小下去,他最后睡著了.
When he woke up,the sun was rising.當(dāng)他醒來時,太陽正在升起.
He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess.他和家人走了出去,發(fā)現(xiàn)社區(qū)周遭都處于雜亂之中.
Fallen trees,broken windows and rubbish were everywhere.到處都有倒掉的樹木,壞了的窗戶和垃圾.
They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together.他們加入鄰居們?nèi)兔Υ驋呱鐓^(qū).
Although the storm broke many things apart,it brought families and neighbors closer together.盡管暴風(fēng)雨破壞了很多東西,但是它使家人和鄰居們更相近了.
Do you remember what you were doing?你還記得你當(dāng)時在干什么呢?
People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history.人們經(jīng)常記得當(dāng)他們聽到歷史上重大事件時,他們正在干些什么.
In America,for example,many people remember what they were doing on April 4,1968.在美國,例如,很多人能夠回想起他們在1968年4月4日正在做什么.
This was an important events in American history.在美國現(xiàn)代歷史上,這是一個重要的日子.
On this day,Dr Martin Luther Martin King was killed.在那天,馬丁·路德·金博士被殺了.
Although some people may not remember who killed him,they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.盡管有些人們會不記得誰殺了他,但是他們記得他們當(dāng)他們聽到這個消息時,當(dāng)時正在干什么.
Robert Allen is now over 50,but he was a school pupil at that time.羅伯特艾倫已過50歲了,但是他那時候還是個小學(xué)生.
" I was at home with my parents,"Robert remembers.我和我的父母在家里.羅伯特回憶道.
We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio.我們正在廚房里吃飯當(dāng)我們在收音機(jī)上聽到這個消息.
The news reporter said,"Dr.King died just 10 minutes ago!"新聞報道員說“馬丁死于10分鐘之前”.
My parents were completely shocked!我的父母完全地震驚了.
My parents did not talk after that,and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence.我的父母在那之后沒有講話,我們在沉寂中吃完了我們剩余的飯.
More recently,most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists.再近一些,大部分美國人記得他們當(dāng)時正在干什么當(dāng)紐約的世界貿(mào)易中心被恐怖分子摧毀的時候.
Even the date--September 11,2001--has meaning to most Americans.甚至這個日期--2001.9.11在絕大多數(shù)的美國人心中也有著意義.
This was a day Kate Smith will never forget.這是凱特斯密斯將永遠(yuǎn)無法忘記的一天.
She remembers working in her office near the two towers.她記得她正在2幢塔附近的辦公室里工作.
“My friend shouted that a plane just hit the World Trade Center!我的朋友喊道有架飛機(jī)撞裝上世貿(mào)中心.
I didn’t believe him at first,but then I looked out the window and realized that it was true.我起先不相信他,但之后我看窗外外,意識到這是真的.
I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.”我是如此害怕以至于我?guī)缀踉谀侵蠖疾荒芮宄厝ニ伎?