This keeps rain and waves out of the ship.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Now this is a rain gauge, and it's sitting on a roof of a building, and when the water falls into this gauge, it sends a signal to the logic unit of the computer, which immediately notifies the memory bank of the computer to seek out its instructions for a rainy day.

这是一个雨量测量器，安装在一个楼房的,屋顶上，当水流入到这个测量器，它就给计算机的逻辑部件发送一个信号，计算机立即通知内存条,为下雨天找出相应的指令。

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this time, because of the rain and the traffic, you're going to not be able to be on time to see your brother.

但这次你有一种感觉，因为雨天湿滑与堵车严重，你没法准时去见你的兄弟了。

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Byrs says this is extremely worrying as more rain and more flooding is sure to occur.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

When Typhoon Ketsana hit Manila this year, the crowded city's planners were stunned at the amount of rain that poured down in a short time.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21