On May third, the Cumberland River measured almost sixteen meters, more than three and a half meters above flood stage.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

His invasions at one time are turned back when they literally open the dykes and flood the French armies back.

他的入侵曾一度被击退,因为荷兰人,真的"开闸泄洪",大水把法军淹得够呛

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And this new pharaoh will enslave the Israelites, and so embitter their lives, that their cry will rise up to heaven the same cry from the generation of the flood, the same cry from Sodom and Gomorrah.

这个新法老将会迫使以色列人为奴，他如此激怒他们，他们的哭号传至天堂,就像大洪水时期一样的哭号，像来自罪恶之城俄摩拉城一样的哭号。

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But then, as industry in those countries grew larger,and more jobs opened, the flood of immigration began to slow.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

In Genesis 6 through 9 we seem to have two flood stories with distinctive styles, and themes, and vocabularies, and substantive details, but they're interwoven instead of being placed side by side.

创世纪》6到9章中，似乎又有各个版本的洪水故事,风格，主题，语言，重要的细节都不同,但他们联系紧密，而不能相互取代。

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And some people question whether it is wise to rebuild in an area that could easily flood again.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

And sometimes it occurs in one passage, as in the flood story here, and sometimes it occurs in stories or passages that are separate from one another, for example, the two creation stories.

有时，会出现在一段文章中，就像大洪水的故事，有时，会出现在完全不相关的两个故事或者文章中,比如说，两个创世纪的故事。

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Many walls broke, allowing billions of liters of water from the Gulf of Mexico and two nearby lakes to flood the city.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

The Noah story, the flood story, ends with the ushering in of a new era, and it is in many ways a second creation that mirrors the first creation in some important ways.

诺亚方舟，洪水的故事，都预示着一个新纪元的到来，在很多方面，都像是第二次创世纪,同时，又有许多第一次创世纪的影子。

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If this wind holds and the boat doesnt flood, we cant do much else, said the captain.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

It's the story of Ziusudra, and it's very similar to the Genesis flood story of Noah.

这讲的是朱苏德拉在洪水来临时自救的故事,与《创世纪》中诺亚方舟的故事很像。

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They were covered with snow. In their branches were pieces of dry grass and wood left by flood waters earlier in the year.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

And later on when God gets mad Right, and it's all going to flood.

接着上帝发怒了,好，它们就变成了洪水。

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The aim of the project was to provide water and flood protection for developed areas and agriculture.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

And moreover during the period of the flood they don't have food,they don't have sustenance.

而且，在洪水中，他们找不到食物,没有供给。

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After eighteen eighty, the flood of immigration from northern and central Europe began to fall.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

It turns out that Utnapishtim can't help him, and we'll come back to Utnapishtim later in the flood story, and Gilgamesh is devastated.

结果他并不能帮助吉尔伽美什，等一会，我们在洪水的,故事中，还会提到Utnapishtim，吉尔伽美什几乎绝望了。

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Wavoka warned that new soil ould rise up and cover the world like a flood.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me" .

越陷越深，水淹没了我“

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They battle and survive a Mississippi flood for the reward of returning to state prison as the tall man did in the story "Old Man."

VOA: special.2010.01.10

They also had a creation story. They had a flood story. They did animal sacrifices. They observed purity taboos. Israelite religion was another Ancient Near Eastern religion and they differed from their neighbors only over the number of gods they worshiped: one or many.

他们都有原创的神话，他们都有一个关于洪水的神话,都有动物牺牲，他们都尊崇高洁的竹子,以色列宗教是另一种古近东宗教，它们和别的宗教,唯一不同之处就在于崇拜的神的数量：一个还是多个。

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Singer and songwriter Kesha announced a flood benefit concert to take place June sixteenth.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Remember Egypt had control of this area but their grasp was weakening with the flood of people coming in from the sea and other migrations Their hold was weakening and the Hebrews would have been able to take advantage of that and enter in and occupy areas in the central highlands.

记住埃及曾控制这一地区但是它的控制逐渐削弱,由于人们从海上涌入及来其他地方的移民,他们的控制逐渐削弱,希伯来人将会利用这一点,他们进入并且占领了中央的高地。

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The flood damaged the building and destroyed instruments,costumes, sheet music and audio tapes.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

In both you have the flood coming about as the deliberate result of a divine decision; you have one individual who's chosen to be saved from the flood; that individual is given specific instructions on building an ark, and is given specific instructions on who to bring on-board the ark.

在两个故事中，洪水爆发都是神的旨意,也只有被选中的人，才能幸免于难,上帝告诉这个人，怎么造方舟,并详细规定了,可以带上方舟的物种。

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The problem was that after successfully floating over one wave you find that there is another one behind it just as strong and ready to flood your boat.

VOA: special.2011.04.09

As you know, some of the camps are in the low lying areas and the most flood-prone districts are Swabi, Mardan,Nowshera and Peshawar.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

Although death and destruction flood the foreground, the Comfort can be seen approaching on the horizon.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

The World Food Program is distributing food to flood-affected victims in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The flood waters, carrying mud and debris, coursed down the mountain slopes of Ladakh, causing widespread damage in the region's main city,Leh, and surrounding villages.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06