A dam broke on Friday causing mud and mining debris to flood into the city and in other parts of the region.

上周五，一座大决堤，导致泥浆和矿渣涌入城市和该地区的其他地方。

I had no idea Tulare Lake was once the biggest freshwater body west of the Mississippi, but it was dammed and dived and drained to build a $2 billion agriculture industry.

我之前并不知道图拉雷湖曾经密西西比河以西最大的淡湖，后来为了建立一个价值20亿美元的农业产业，人们在这个湖泊筑、下潜和排。

The drops came as major dam building projects were carried out along the Yangtze.

这一下降由于长江沿岸的大型建设工程导致的。

Strong waves have damaged a dam in Guangdong province.

广东省一处强风暴损坏。

Build a dam, block the stream, work the furnaces night and day.

造筑，阻挡河流，修建熔炉。

And now, fear of unknown things seized her, leaped swiftly out of the darkness at her and she could only stand and stare at him, all the flood of questioning dammed up at her lips.

如今，一种茫无根据的恐惧抓住了她，佛从黑暗中猝不及防地向她猛扑过来，她只得站在那里，瞪着眼睛朝他看着。所有的疑问像潮般涌来，在她嘴边被堵住了。

Several major rivers were expected to crest overnight and early this morning, and officials are monitoring several dams that might overflow, including one near Vermont's capital, Montpelier.

几条主河流预计将在今天凌晨和夜间达到洪峰，官员们正在监测几座能外溢河的，其中包括佛蒙特州首府蒙彼利埃附近的一座。

Government officials say they are trying to ease the energy shortages and are considering gas imports from neighboring Iran and more hydropower dams for electricity.

政府官员称正试图缓解能源短缺问题而且正在考虑从邻国伊朗进口天然气及更多的大蓄发电。

The dam's director told the AP that the dam was built in 1961.

大负责人告诉美联社，这座大建于1961年。

18. W: Do you understand why the local people are opposed to the new dam up the river?

问题18. W: 你知道为什么当地人反对在河的上游建新的大吗？

The damage to the dam wall was noticed in the late afternoon on Friday, when workers found a section of the northern dam wall had collapsed into the southern dam.

壁的损坏在周五下午晚些时候被注意到的，当时工人们发现北面壁的一个部分已经坍塌到南面的大中。

At that stage, it's built into the dam that it needed to open up to let out some of that water to maintain the integrity of the dam.

在那个阶段，它建在大里，需要开放一些来维持大的完整性。

The reservoir of the city's largest dam is almost completely dried up.

该市最大的大所围的库已经接近完全干枯。

Beavers build dams and canals for their own protection.

海狸建造“”和河道为了保护自己。

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which operates and maintains about 700 dams in America recently issued a new warning about the Mojave River Dam.

在美国，运营和维护着约700座的美国陆军工程兵团最近发出了一项关于莫哈韦河大的最新警告。

Gold mining, dam projects on pristine rivers and other growing conflicts.

如开采金矿、古老河流上的工程以及其它肆意发酵的矛盾。

Officials believe that recent severe storms in the area caused the boat to break loose and drift to the edge of a dam.

有关官员认为，最近该地区发生的严重暴风雨导致这艘船松动，漂到了大边缘。

Casualties of a dam and reservoir finished a decade ago.

十年前，这里发生了一起由大和库造成的伤亡事件。

A dam built around the river Amstel to protect it from an inland sea.

这座用来防止内海倒灌，建造在阿姆斯特河上。

That's why no one thinks" dam" is a dirty word.

这就为什么没有人觉得 “dam” 一个肮脏的词。