1·Building over the lagoon meant that flood water, whether rushing in from the sea or down from the land, could pass underneath the house, minimising damage.
而在环湖礁上的房子，不管洪水是从陆地上冲下来的还是从海里打过来的，都会从房子脚下安全通过，房子反而可以安然无恙。
2·Fields, roads, and buildings have all been submerged by sediment-clogged flood water.
田地，公路和建筑都淹没在被沉积物阻塞的洪水里。
3·The politics begins with the Menindee Lakes, to which much of the flood water is flowing.
政见不一始于美宁第湖，因为大部分洪水都流到了那里。
4·Destroyed farmland is the most distressing loss for farmers. The flood water covered over 10 hectares of early rice. 60-year old Ren Jinxiang is among the anxious farmers.
农田被毁坏是农民遭受的最痛苦的损失。洪水覆盖了超过10公顷早稻。60岁的任金祥老人是担忧的农民之一。
5·Dikes confined the flood water.
堤防挡住了洪水。