The storm brought people closer together.风暴把人们更拉近在了一起.

Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama.在阿拉巴马,本可以听见屋外的强风.

Black clouds were making the sky very dark.乌云使得天空变得很黑.

With no light outside, it felt like midnight.在外面没有亮光,感觉就像午夜般.

The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.电视报道上的新闻说在这个区域中有场暴风雨.

Everyone in the neighborhood was busy.社区里的每个人都很忙.

Ben’s

dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was

making sure the flashlights and radio were

working.本的爸爸正在窗外放着一片片木头,他的妈妈也正在确认闪光灯和收音机正在工作运行.

She also put some candles and matches in the table.她也放了些蜡烛和火柴在桌子上.

Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows.当雨水开始猛烈地敲打窗户的时候,本正在帮助他的妈妈做饭.

After

dinner, they tries to play a card game, but it was hard to have fun

with a serious storm happening outside.在晚饭后,他们尽力在玩牌,但是外面有暴风雨,很难去玩的很开心.

Ben could not sleep at first.第一次,本不能睡着.

He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m.当凌晨3点左右的时候,风开始小下去,他最后睡着了.

When he woke up, the sun was rising.当他醒来时,太阳正在升起.

He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess.他和家人走了出去,发现社区周遭都处于杂乱之中.

Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere.到处都有倒掉的树木,坏了的窗户和垃圾.

They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together.他们加入邻居们去帮忙打扫社区.

Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.尽管暴风雨破坏了很多东西,但是它使家人和邻居们更相近了.