飓风艾琳登陆 纽约喧嚣不再
<p><span word="By">By</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>, <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="wasn">wasn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="anymore">anymore</span>.</p><p>周六下午之后，纽约这个不眠的喧闹都市，已经变得不像它自己了。</p><p><span word="All">All</span> 25,000 <span word="garbage">garbage</span> <span word="cans">cans</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="upside">upside</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shoved">shoved</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="subways">subways</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="buses">buses</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="idle">idle</span>. <span word="Theaters">Theaters</span>, <span word="parks">parks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="airport">airport</span>-<span word="departure">departure</span> <span word="gates">gates</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="closed">closed</span>. <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Starbucks">Starbucks</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Madison">Madison</span> <span word="Avenue">Avenue</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="open">open</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="D">D</span> <span word="battery">battery</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="price">price</span>.</p><p>两万五千个废弃易拉罐被狂风吹得在街头飞舞，撞击高楼大厦。地铁和公交都已经停运。剧场、公园、机场，全都大门紧闭。麦迪逊大道上标志性的星巴克都罕有地打烊歇业。你要是手头有<span word="D">D</span>号电池，随便报个价都有人买。</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="Hurricane">Hurricane</span> <span word="Irene">Irene</span> <span word="barreled">barreled</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Christmas">Christmas</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> — <span word="only">only</span> <span word="scarier">scarier</span>.</p><p>飓风艾琳给纽约带来的感觉恰似圣诞节清冷的早晨——只是要比圣诞节可怕得多。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="evacuation">evacuation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="about">about</span> 370,000 <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="low">low</span>-<span word="lying">lying</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="follow">follow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="storm">storm</span>.</p><p>大约37万地处低势的居民被紧急疏散，以防暴风带来的洪水造成人员死伤。</p><p><span word="Officials">Officials</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="tide">tide</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 8 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wind">wind</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="subsided">subsided</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>, <span word="assuming">assuming</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="follows">follows</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="path">path</span> <span word="forecasters">forecasters</span> <span word="expect">expect</span>.</p>
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