中英文本

In February 2018 part of the embankment that holds back the Chunar River west of East Dhangmari, Bangladesh, collapsed for the third time in a year. Sixteen houses were swept away in what for locals had become an almost routine tragedy. But as the catalog of misfortunes mounted over the following months, even the oldest, most judicious residents knew these were no ordinary crises. Rice yields during the 2018 dry-season harvest were way down -- often well under a ton an acre, which pushed up food prices. In many fields, vegetables simply wouldn't grow in the salty soils.
2018年2月，孟加拉国东当马里西部丘纳尔河的部分大堤垮塌，这已经是当年的第三次了。16所房子被冲走，这种悲剧对当地人来说几乎已经习以为常。但随着接下来几个月中灾难的不断发生，即使是最年长最理性的居民也知道，这些事情的发生绝非偶然。2018年旱季的水稻产量大幅下跌--通常是一公顷略低于一吨，抬高了食品价格。在部分地区盐化的土壤上根本不生长蔬菜。

"Because of the water damage, it sometimes seems like only the carpenters have work," said farmer Bimol Sardar.
一位叫做比莫·沙达的农民说道：“由于水患灾害的影响，有时只有木匠有事可干。”
In the spring of 2018, a disease that has proliferated across some of southern Bangladesh struck this quiet corner of the country. Cholera, thriving in the hotter temperatures and increasingly brackish waters of the Sundarbans, has come roaring back in the swamps in which it was supposedly born. When I visited, the local doctor was overwhelmed.
2018年春，一场席卷南孟加拉国的疾病打破了这个角落的寂静。霍乱，这种诞生于孙德本尔斯的高温和咸水中的疾病，又咆哮着回到了它的出生地。当我去当地参观的时候，那里的医生已经不堪重负。

重点讲解

1.hold back 阻止；遏制
Nothing can hold back the wheel of history.
没有什么能够阻止历史的车轮。

2.be swept away 被冲走
Never drive through fast moving water or you could be swept away.
不要在湍急的水流中行驶，否则你会被冲走。

3.way down 下降
But bubbles inevitably produce insanity, both on the way up and the way down.
但是泡沫必然会造就疯狂之举，不管是在上升期，还是在下降期。