The city recently enlarged culverts along its highways so storm runoff would be less likely to wash out roads.
该市近来扩大了公路两侧的涵洞，以防止洪水冲击公路。
More than 5.8 million customers lost electricity, thousands of flights were cancelled, flooding washed out roads and destroyed homes, and evacuation orders were issued for hundreds of thousands.
超过58万的用户失去了供电，数千架航班被取消，洪水冲毁了道路和住宅，数十万人被迫撤离。飓风过后，留给人们到底是什么呢？
Officials estimate there are at least 400,000 homeless in Aceh, and most are living in makeshift refugee camps along the washed out roads, in the forests, or anywhere they can find a spot of land.
官员们估计，印尼亚齐地区有至少40万人无家可归，其中大多数人居住在临时搭起的难民营里，栖身在被海水冲蚀的道路边和森林里、或者可以居住的任何一片陆地上。
Following a telephone call to the police from an anonymous caller, hundreds of shoppers were shepherded out of the store while roads in the area were sealed off.
在接到匿名电话报警后，数百名购物者被带出商店，该地区的道路也被封锁。
The level of emissions they cause will depend on how the electricity to run them is generated, while brakes, tyres and roads all create tiny airborne particles as they wear out.
它们产生的排放量将取决于驱动它们的电力是如何产生的，而刹车、轮胎和道路在磨损时都会产生微小的空气颗粒。
We have wider roads in our village, so we can go out more easily now.
我们村里的路更宽了，所以我们现在出门更容易了。
Roads punched out of the wilderness by massive bulldozers.
巨大的推土机迅猛地从荒野中推出路来。
The route atlas, published in 1675, includes 100 double pages of black and white maps laid out in continuous strips depicting the major roads and crossroads across England and Wales.
这份绘有100多张正反两页黑白地图的公路图出版于1675年，地图通过连续的线条描绘了英格兰与威尔士的主要公路及岔道。
They are, however, terrified of aircraft circling overhead against which they have little chance, particularly out on the open desert roads.
然而，他们忧虑的是盘旋在头顶的战机会令其毫无胜算，特别是在郊外开阔的沙漠公路地带。
I called out the National Guard to get generators to people without electricity, clear rural roads, and pull vehicles out of ditches.
我调动了国民警卫队，为断电的居民送去发电机，清理乡村公路，从水沟里捞出陷入的车辆。
And trucks ply Shahe roads loaded with bags of synthetic soda ash, the product of a chemical process environmentalists forced out of the U.S. in 1985.
卡车带着一包包人造的纯碱在沙河的路上来来回回，而这种化学产品正是1985年被美国的环保主义者所驱赶出去的。
While it's a common sight to see them on the rooftops of homes and buildings, some engineers are experimenting with putting solar panels on roads — or rather, making roads out of solar panels.
现在在一些建筑的房顶看到太阳能板已经是常事，然而有些工程师正在实验将太阳能板安装在公路上——或者直接用太阳能板铺路。
From there they can disperse along a fluid network of roads, trains, subways, canals and parks whose tentacles extend out through the region.
从这他们由发达的道路网奔向四面八方，火车，地铁，道路，停车场，道路网的触角遍及这个地区。
Houses blazed as they were carried along by waves, and vehicles smashed into walls and roads, only to be dragged back out to sea as the water reversed its course.
地址所过之处，房屋燃起熊熊大火。道路上到处都是损毁的车辆，只待海啸退去以后被拖拽回大海。
Many rail firms enjoy a virtually captive market: trains are very good at moving commuters into and out of large cities; congestion on the roads means that many people have no real alternative.
很多铁路企业占据着垄断市场：乘火车进出一些大的城市方便快捷；而且公路上的拥堵也让人别无选择。
Relief efforts have already been hampered by flooded roads and washed out Bridges, as well as damaged utilities.
由于道路被淹，桥梁被冲垮，公共设施被破坏，救援工作受阻。
A little more than one month later, a devastating typhoon hitthe area, wiping out what few roads and bridges were still in operationand killing more than 3, 000 people.
一个多月以后，一场毁灭性台风袭击了这个地区，彻底摧毁了还在运营的道路和桥梁，杀死三千多人。
The U. s. 's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration paved the way for the flying car to be rolled out after recently announcing exemptions to allow it on American roads.
美国国家公路交通安全管理局(NHTSA)最近宣布，给与这种飞行汽车在美国公路行驶的权力，此举为飞行汽车的实际应用铺平了道路。
The neighborhood’s main attraction, however, is Glen Canyon Park, a 70-acre swath of city-owned wilderness nestled in a sweeping ravine and just out of sight of several major roads.
邻近的主要引人之处要算Glen Canyon Park（格兰峡谷公园）。 这片面积70英亩的狭长市属旷野依偎在连绵的峡谷中，恰好位于几条主干路的视野之外。
Large swells began rolling into populated areas soon afterward, sweeping some people and cars out to sea, demolishing buildings and covering roads in debris, mud and large fish.
巨浪很快开始涌向人口密集的地区，把一些人和汽车卷入了海里，房屋遭到破坏，道路上遍布碎石瓦砾、泥浆和大鱼。
There is no clear route out of the current situation except over additional very bumpy roads.
除了崎岖的道路，现在并无法看到清晰地道路可以走出目前的困境。
Mr Matta also points out that even a little forestry would mean building roads that will present additional threats to the area.
马塔先生同样也指出，即便是小规模的伐木也将意味着要修建道路，这会对提该地区产生额外的威胁。
One tool, map Maker, has proved a particular hit with web users, allowing residents in the Indian city of Chennai to fill out a blank map of the area with key roads, streets and points of interest.
一个地图制作工具，已证明对网络用户的影响比较大，它允许在印度钦奈市的居民在空白的地图上填写那个地区的主要道路、街道和有趣的地方。
But flooding was reported in all five boroughs, with the suburbs hardest hit and roads washed out in the Hudson river valley.
但据报道在洪水五个自治区，并城邑的郊野，可以受到最严重的打击和道路冲毁在哈德逊河流域。
On distribution roads, where side impacts are likely - when a car might ram into the side of another that is pulling out of a side road, for instance - the limit should be 30mph (50kph).
在容易发生侧面碰撞的快捷干道上，汽车很容易冲撞到正从岔路口进入的车辆，在这样的路上时速应低于30英里(50千米)。
Recently, my husband Gene and I traveled throughout Europe. We rented a car as we always do and drove along the back roads, staying in quaint, out-of-the-way inns.
最近，我和丈夫吉恩去欧洲各地旅行了一番，同往常一样我们租了一辆轿车，返回的路上我们住在一个别致偏远的小客栈里。
Recently, my husband Gene and I traveled throughout Europe. We rented a car as we always do and drove along the back roads, staying in quaint, out-of-the-way inns.
最近，我和丈夫吉恩去欧洲各地旅行了一番，同往常一样我们租了一辆轿车，返回的路上我们住在一个别致偏远的小客栈里。
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