台风来的那晚短文★★★★★
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The radio said the typhoon would reach us Friday night, and the schools let us go early.
广播说台风周五晚上就到我们这儿，学校一早就放了人。
My father put tape on the windows in a cross shape, the way his father taught him.
我爸拿胶带在窗户上贴成十字，是他爸教他的贴法。
We bought water and candles, and my mother filled the bath in case.
我们买了水和蜡烛，我妈还放了一浴缸水备用。
The wind started after ten. It was not the noise I feared. It was the quiet between two long pushes of wind.
十点过以后风起来了。我害怕的不是那个声音，是两阵风中间那一下安静。
Then something hit the window hard: a branch, or part of someone's roof.
接着有个东西狠狠撞在窗上——一根树枝，或者谁家屋顶的一块。
All night we heard people outside, and a dog that would not stop barking.
一整夜我们都听见外面有人，还有一条狗一直叫。
In the morning the street was full of leaves and broken boxes, and the sun was out as if nothing had happened.
早上街上全是叶子和破纸箱，太阳出来了，像什么都没发生。
We were lucky: two windows broke and nobody was hurt. The man next door lost his garden.
我们算运气好：只破了两扇窗，没人受伤。隔壁那位先生的小菜园没了。
I have heard the word typhoon all my life, but that night I learned what it costs a town.
台风这个词我从小听到大，可那晚我才知道它真要一个镇付出什么。