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A teenager's audio account of surviving a flash flood in Waverly, Tenn.

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In 2021, Zoe Turner survived a flood in which 20 of her neighbors died. With the help of Damon Mitchell, she recorded a diary about the flooding which happened during her senior year of high school.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

Last summer, 17-year-old Zoe Turner rushed to the top floor of her home to survive a catastrophic flash flood in Waverly, Tenn. Twenty of her neighbors died, and more than 700 homes nearby were damaged. Damon Mitchell with member station WPLN helped Turner record an audio diary for this postcard from a flood survivor's last year in high school.

ZOE TURNER: I've never experienced such, like, terrible feelings or, like, just feeling so raw. And I feel like I've overcome that through, you know, coming back physically² and emotionally, just building back up from that.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

TURNER: Surprisingly, the mood after Thanksgiving break at school has been pretty normal. We are cramming³ in most of my classes because we missed the three weeks after the flood. So that put us back quite a bit, and everyone had to take a while to get back in the swing of that.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

TURNER: A pretty strong storm is coming through right now. I do get nervous if we've had a lot of rain and then the water starts to come up. I know that what happened is completely out of the usual. But it still makes me nervous. A lot of people do have trauma⁴ from the flood.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

TURNER: I feel that the flood - like, I get a lot of memories of it. Every single day, I'm reminded of it. So in that aspect, it feels more real. The reality set in eventually.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

TURNER: I'm about to head into high school for my last full day. I will be taking two finals. All of my friends and everyone, we keep reminding each other, like, oh, this is our last day. Like, last night, it was like, this is the last time we could ask our parents to sleep over and they say no because it's a school night and we have school the next morning. I'm kind of a little bit sad to say goodbye to this part of my life.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

TURNER: Think about the present moment we are living right now. What we've been waiting for is finally here. Thank you again to all the teachers, family and friends that have encouraged and prepared us for this moment.

(APPLAUSE)

TURNER: I've grown up here my whole life. So many people know me from when I was, like, you know, a baby till now. And I guess I'm kind of excited to have interactions with people where they don't already have an idea, like know me or know what I've done, just kind of going in with, like, a blank slate⁵, I guess.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

TURNER: Now I feel a lot stronger because of what I and the rest of the community went through. I feel very resilient. I'm looking forward to what Waverly will become in the future and how it'll grow.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

MARTINEZ: Zoe Turner graduated last month and will be a student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville this fall. She made recordings⁶ as part of member station WPLN's continuing coverage⁷ of the deadly flood in Waverly, Tenn.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

3 cramming   

n.塞满，填鸭式的用功v.塞入( cram的现在分词 )；填塞；塞满；（为考试而）死记硬背功课

参考例句：

• Being hungry for the whole morning, I couldn't help cramming myself. 我饿了一上午，禁不住狼吞虎咽了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She's cramming for her history exam. 她考历史之前临时抱佛脚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

5 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？

6 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

7 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。