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The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away. The house shuddered and shifted on its foundations. Water inched its way up the steps as first- floor outside walls collapsed. No one spoke. Everyone knew there was no escape; they would live or die in the house.
狂風就像在身邊呼嘯而過的列車一樣發出震耳的響聲，房屋在地基上晃動移位。一樓的外墻坍塌了，海水漸漸地漫上了樓梯。大家沉默無語?誰都明白現在已是無路可逃.死活都只好留在崖子里了。
Charlie Hill had more or less taken responsibility for the neighbor and her two children. The mother was on the verge of panic. She clutched his arm and kept repeating, "I can't swim, I can't swim."
查理希爾對鄰家的婦女和她那兩個孩子多少盡了一點責任。那婦女簡直嚇昏了頭。她緊緊地抓住他的胳膊連聲叫道："我不會游泳，我可不會游泳啊。
"You won't have to," he told her, with outward calm. "It's bound to end soon."
"不會游泳也不要緊?"他強作鎮定地安慰她道，一會兒便什么都過去了。
Grandmother Koshak reached an arm around her husband's shoulder and put her mouth close to his ear. "Pop," she said, "I love you." He turned his head and answered, "I love you" -and his voice lacked its usual gruffness.
柯夏克老奶奶伸出胳臂挽住丈夫的肩膀。把嘴湊到他的耳邊說，"老爺子，我愛你。"柯老爹扭過頭來也回了一句"我愛你，說話聲已不像平日那樣粗聲粗氣的。
John watched the water lap at the steps, and felt a crushing guilt. He had underestimated the ferocity of Camille. He had assumed that what had never happened could not happen. He held his head between his hands, and silently prayed: "Get us through this mess, will You?"
約翰望著海水漫過一級一級的臺階，心里感到一陣強烈的內疚。都怪他低估了卡米爾號颶風的危險性，一直認為未曾發生過的事情決不會發生。他兩手抱著頭，默默地祈禱著："啊.上帝，保佑我們度過這～難關吧!"
A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air. The bottom steps of the staircase broke apart. One wall began crumbling on the marooned group.
不一會兒，?陣強風掠過，將整個屋頂卷入空中，拋向40英尺以外。樓梯底層的幾級臺階斷裂開來。有一堵墻眼看著就要倒向這群陷入進退維谷境地的男女老少。
