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But, this year, the townspeople's luck is in.
但今年 鎮民們很幸運
The town has escaped flooding.
小鎮逃過一劫
Crucially, the ice blocks did not dam the river,
關鍵在于 冰塊沒有阻塞河水
it's running free.
而使其順利流過
And the date of the break-up, the 6th May.
而解凍之日 為5月6日
Red's got it right again.
正如雷德所言
I don't use any of these here
我從不使用
gauges and mechanical assistance,
測量儀器和其他機械
I just go by what I see on the river as I walk it down.
只通過漫步河畔途中所見來判斷
And I say I walk it down,
實際上
I back and forth every day on the river
我每天都在河畔來回漫步
to see what's happening,
以觀察它的動向
and from that, I gauge when it's going to hit here
由此我能推斷出解凍的時間
and what the situation is going to be like
以及解凍后
when it does get here.
河水的情形
You know, when it went this morning,
今早河水解凍時
I said to my students, "Guess what the date is?"
我對學生說 猜猜幾號會解凍
Red told us it was the 6th May and we were,
雷德告訴我們會是5月6日
you know, I'm not surprised,
事實如此 我一點不驚訝
because we've been here a couple of times
因為我們來過多次
and that's happened.
而他的推測屢試不爽
Ten days, two weeks ago and he just looks around
10天或2周前 他只四周看看
and goes "6th May."
就說出了"5月6日"
How does he know that?
人們都好奇 他怎么知道的
It's incredible.
太神了
It's because he just has lived on this river
那是因為他住在河邊
and lived this break-up for 50 years.
見證了50年來冰河的變換
Ice scientists are improving
冰層科學家一直試圖
the accuracy of their predictions all the time,
提高預測的準確性
but in the meantime,
但同時
the people of Hay River
草河的居民
have a remarkable guardian.
擁有優秀的守護者
