Yesterday was such a beautiful day we decided to go for a drive. We prepared a picnic lunch and drove down by the river.
昨天天气太好了，所以我们决定驾车出游。我们准备了一顿野餐并乘车沿河而下。Vehicles crowd the main street near the town square along the river where people have gathered and temporary structures have been erected.
车辆和灾民聚集在沿河边、市镇广场和主要街道临时搭建的避难所附近。一些桥梁看起来完好，但可能已经被损坏。then they would paddle down the river to a Hudson Bay Company post, where there would be warm shelter and plenty of food.
他想，他们可以沿河道划船，到达那个温暖而又有足够食物的寓所——哈得孙海湾公司的一个驻扎点。Like most villages along the river, it is self-sufficient, with its own blacksmith, carpenter, and wheelwright.
和沿河的大多数村庄一样，这里自给自足，有自己的铁匠、木匠和修造车辆的人。Soon after, it was announced there would be a new scenic park built along the river to beautify the city.
不久后，政府宣布将要建一个新的沿河公园景区来美化城市。South Quarter. . . one of the City's most crowded residential districts, in the center of town, near the river.
南区……城市最拥挤的居住区之一，在城镇中心，沿河坐落。' He continues: 'Turning southward, they paddled down the stream, through a solitude unrelieved by the faintest trace of man.
他继续说：“向南一拐，他们沿河划桨，穿过一片没有一点人迹的、冷僻、单调的野地。”As the city grew, housing developments sprawled out for miles either side of the river.
随着该城市的发展，新建的住宅区沿河两岸延伸了数英里。Walk along the river, up by the roots tree down, large stones were rushed to the villagers houses a few meters away.
沿河道往上走，多棵大树被连根冲倒，大片巨大的石头被冲至村民房屋几米远的地方。