When the River Rose
河水暴漲的時候
— English reading, B2
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Last September, after three days of heavy rain, the river in our small town rose by four meters in a single night. Hundreds of homes were flooded.
去年九月，連下了三天大雨之後，我們小鎮的河水一夜之間上漲了四公尺。好幾百戶人家淹水了。
Fortunately, nobody was killed. Thanks to a new warning system, residents received text messages hours before the water arrived. Many managed to move their cars and valuables to higher ground.
幸好沒有人喪命。多虧了新的警報系統，居民在大水來臨前好幾個小時就收到了簡訊。很多人來得及把車子和貴重物品移到地勢較高的地方。
Scientists say floods like this are becoming more frequent as the climate gets warmer. Concrete riverbanks, built decades ago, also make the water flow faster.
科學家說，隨著氣候變暖，這樣的洪水會越來越頻繁。幾十年前蓋的水泥河岸，也讓河水流得更快。
The town now plans to turn farmland along the river into wetlands, which can absorb large amounts of water.
鎮上現在計畫把河邊的農地改成濕地，因為濕地能吸收大量的水。
生詞
flood 淹水；洪水
fortunately 幸好
warning 警告
valuables 貴重物品
frequent 頻繁的
concrete 水泥
decade 十年
absorb 吸收