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A storm hit our town on a cold March night.一场风暴在一个寒冷的三月夜里袭击了我们小镇。 The bridge broke, and a worker fell into the river.桥断了，一名工人掉进了河里。 His left arm broke, and he waited two hours.他的左臂断了，他等了两个小时。

The town office asked me to assess the damage.镇政府让我去「评估」损失。 I wrote a short annual assessment and gave it to the mayor.我写了一份简短的「年度」「评估」报告，交给了镇长。 I called my mother to assure her nobody had died.我给母亲打电话，「保证」没有人死亡。 She asked whether the bridge could be saved, and I said yes.她问那座桥还能不能保住，我说能。 But I could barely believe my own answer.但我「几乎」无法相信自己的回答。

I saw how much a town can love its past, and how quickly it calls for an arrest.我看到一座小镇能多么爱自己的过去，又多么快地要求「逮捕」一个人。 The flood was an attack, and the repair became a battle.这场洪水是一次「袭击」，而修复变成了一场「战斗」。 I have a strong attachment to that old bridge.我对那座老桥有着很深的「依恋」。 The photo shows my grandmother looking at the river.照片里，我的祖母正望着那条河。

She said a bridge is not a weight but a hand.她说桥不是「负担」，而是一只手。 Afterward I decided to attach that photo to my report.后来我决定把那张照片「附」在我的报告上。 A bridge is only a bridge until people give it meaning.桥只是一座桥，直到人们赋予它意义。