颶風艾琳登陸 紐約喧囂不再

By late Saturday, New York just wasn't itself anymore.

週六下午之後，紐約這個不眠的喧鬧都市，已經變得不像它自己了。

All 25,000 garbage cans were turned upside and shoved against buildings. The subways and buses were idle. Theaters, parks and airport-departure gates were closed. Even a Starbucks on Madison Avenue didn't open. And if you had a D battery, you could name your price.

兩萬五千個廢棄易拉罐被狂風吹得在街頭飛舞，撞擊高樓大廈。地鐵和公交都已經停運。劇場、公園、機場，全都大門緊閉。麥迪遜大道上標誌性的星巴克都罕有地打烊歇業。你要是手頭有D號電池，隨便報個價都有人買。

As Hurricane Irene barreled toward New York it was as quiet as a Christmas morning — only scarier.

颶風艾琳給紐約帶來的感覺恰似聖誕節清冷的早晨——只是要比聖誕節可怕得多。

The city worked to complete its evacuation of about 370,000 residents in low-lying areas where officials expected flooding to follow the storm.

大約37萬地處低勢的居民被緊急疏散，以防暴風帶來的洪水造成人員死傷。

Officials warned that a big problem could be flooding at high tide, about 8 a.m. Sunday, before the storm has moved on and the wind has subsided in and around the city, assuming the storm more or less follows the path forecasters expect.

官方預警表示洪水災害大約在週日早晨8時達到峯值，之後風暴將會繼續穿越環繞城市而過，與氣象局之前的預報不謀而合。