2011年12月四级阅读：暴雨袭击中国西南部

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A savage rainstorm has swept southwestern China's Chongqing Municipality, forcing local factories to shut down and disrupting traffic.
% {8 u/ j: X+ t9 [现在我们看看国家继续遭受的恶劣天气。凶猛的暴风雨横扫了中国西南部的重庆自治市，迫使当地工厂关闭和交通中断。

Raging water roars down to Wanzhou city, creating wild waterfalls along the slope. Some communities have built sand-bag walls to protect their homes.
凶猛的暴雨顺着万州市呼啸而过，沿着山坡形成狂暴的瀑布。一些社区建立起沙袋墙保护他们的家园。

! K/ P) r0 ^& Y: k* @) \But other areas have not been spared, as water seeped into the first floor.
但是其他地区未能幸免，因为水已经流入了一楼。

The rain arrived suddenly. And it carried a lot of mud from the mountains nearby. I didn't have much warning. Cars could not pass either.
- u- o% \% y/ B9 Z$ z8 ?& K暴雨突然来临。而且带来附近山上的许多泥土。我没有任何警觉。汽车也不能通过。
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The downpour transformed a local machinery factory into a huge pond. Plumes of smoke are the only evidence of the production that once was.
倾盆大雨将当地一个机械厂变成一个巨大的鱼塘。浓烟是工厂曾经存在的唯一证据。
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Everything's gone. It will take us at least a month to resume production.
6 H# A. h. C, Z' p一切都不见了。重新生产至少要花费我们一个月的时间。
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But some workers say they're lucky enough to still be alive.
不过一些工人说很庆幸他们还活着。
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In the afternoon the running water was making huge noises like thunder. And the moment we stepped out to safety, the factory was submerged under water.
' z  j3 \; |( p& p! {" |9 T, h下午，流水发出如雷般巨大的响声。当我们逃出到安全地方那一刻，整个工厂就淹没在水中了。

2 ?& l, U5 `/ g5 L9 b# D/ ~Thousands of passengers have been stranded at the Wanzhou railway station. After urgent repairs, two railways have resumed operation.
成千上万名旅客被困在万州火车站。紧急抢修后，两条铁路已重新恢复运行。

/ Y4 z8 x+ k( j) h. h: G! C8 gRoad travel is also still dangerous as water continues to flow down from mountains, while minor landslides occur from time to time.
道路行驶也依然很危险，因为水继续从山上向下流，有时还发生小型的山体滑坡。