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英语选修六64页第二题

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英语选修六64页第二题
(put up with,average,casual,advocate,steady,mild,circumstance,electrical,flood,motor,widespread,catastrophe,keep on)
It started as a mild winter that year.Nobody realized how serious teh circumstance would be or the flood it would cause.Only Norman and his family had predicted the possible dangerouscatastrophe and built a houseboat in spite of the opposition of his neighbors.At first the rain fell gently but steadily.A casual inspection would have shown that more than half the averagerainfall for that time of year had fallen in one day!That evening water broke down flood defencesand there was widespread flooding.The electrical supply was cut off and no escape was possible as all motor cars were under water.As the water level continued to rise,the head of the villageadvocated asking Norman to help.By then Norman who had once put up with so much criticism had already sailed off to a safer place with his family in his boat.However,as soon as he got the message,he returned to rescue the people with his boat.He kept on working till all the villagers were saved.