万花筒 Kaleidoscope2007-07-30&07-31, 洪水重回德克萨斯

In Texas, the trouble is widespread flooding, south central Texas was hard to sit following days of torrential rains. There could, though, be a break today. CBS news correspondent Hari Sreenivasan is in D’Hanis, Texas with more. Good morning! Hari.

Good morning! Jeff, it is a lot better and a lot drier now. But during the flash flood where I'm standing¹ I would be up to my knees in water. This little town and this little restaurant was completely inundated² after 12 to 17 inches of rain fell.

Can you just tell me the replacement³ cost?
Um.

This isn't the restaurant that Bill Keich would have you visit.

It's hard to look out when you walk in that kitchen, you know, where I cooked, and you see, everything upside down and all at mud.

He walked me across a hardwood floor turned soft by 4 feet of water during the flash flood. And through a kitchen, that will have to be thoroughly⁴ disinfected. In just 12 hours, 17 inches of rain flooded this tiny town and surrounding areas of south central Texas. The clean-up will take much longer.

This is a slow process. You get some of it done, and you see, you trap it all back.

Dozens of people had to be rescued, some by helicopter.

I just quickly got the kids in and put them up on top of the house coz I wasn't gonna risk it.

176 passengers had to be offloaded from an Amtrak train when high waters closed more than 35 miles of track. In Kendall County, Texas, boy scouts⁵ had to find a new route out after their campgrounds were taken over by a rising river.

We came back down later, and tried to, you know, see whatever gear we could retrieve⁶ and we retrieved⁷ it, but, lost five vehicles and trip trailer.

And Bill Keich says both the live music and the famous chicken fried steak will come back.

I'm here to do whatever it takes. And I will pray the bank and the insurance company and everything, it'll, It will all come back in place...

And it will be a long and slow process to try and make sure that this restaurant and all the other small businesses in this town come back. Because it will take some time of course for the insurance to just truth to get everything going and of course, forecasters are saying that they are expecting a break in the weather today and tomorrow, some drier weather, so hopefully these folks will get up and running soon, Jeff.

CBS's Hari Sreenivasan in D'Hanis, Texas. Hari, thank you.
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Amtrak is the brand name of the United State’s intercity passenger train system created on May1st 1971. Officially known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, the name “Amtrak”is a portmanteau of the words “American” and “track”.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 inundated   

v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 )；（洪水般地）涌来；充满；给予或交予（太多事物）使难以应付

参考例句：

• We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
• We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

4 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

5 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

6 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

7 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句