[参考译文]半夜时分,下起了瓢泼大雨。俄亥俄州杰克逊的人们被雨声惊醒,但很快地又进入了梦乡。第二天,雨未停,水开始上涨了。据统计,杰克逊每100年发一次水灾,但谁也没有想到这次大雨导致了这场世纪之灾。人们顾不上携带财物,匆匆从家里撤离,逃向高地。洼地里的建筑浸泡在水中。人们眼睁睁地看着狗、猫、牛和其他动物被大水冲走,连汽车和卡车也被冲到离家几英里外的地方。看着老天爷发威,人们束手无策。我的同屋苏珊那个周末正在她杰克逊的家中,那天是1997年3月3日。当她回到我们在代顿大学的“贫民窟”时,她给我们讲了关于洪水的事,以及她在洪水中毁坏的粉蓝色贝里塔车。她祖母获救的时 In the middle of the night, heavy rain fell. People in Jackson, Ohio, were awakened by the rain, but soon they went to sleep again. The next day, the rain did not stop and the water began to rise. According to statistics, Jackson made a flood every 100 years, but no one thought that this heavy rain caused the disaster of this century. People did not care to carry their belongings, hurriedly evacuated from their homes and fled to the highlands. The buildings in the depression are soaked in water. People watch as dogs, cats, cows and other animals are washed away. Even cars and trucks are rushed away from home a few miles away. Watching God prestige, people do nothing. My roommate Susan was at her home in Jackson that weekend, March 3, 1997. When she returned to our “slums” at Dayton University, she told us about the flood and the pink-blue Beretta that she destroyed in the flood. When her grandmother was rescued