Sand and Money | This Old House

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   The Jersey Shore is a long barrier island with the bay on this side and the ocean on this side.

   泽西海岸是一个狭长的屏障岛，这一侧是海湾，另一侧是大洋。

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   And when the storm came, the ocean came with a vengeance from this direction and broke through in two places, right here and just up the road in Mantoloking.

   当风暴来袭时，大洋从这个方向猛烈地冲了过来，在两个地方冲开了缺口，就在这里和曼托洛金（Mantoloking）那边的路上。

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   And when it did, it brought all the sand from the ocean side through the breach and dumped it here.

   当它冲开缺口时，它把大洋一侧所有的沙子都带过了缺口，并倾倒在这里。

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   But, young, you're part of the team that's in charge of trying to clean up the bay.

   年轻人，你是负责清理海湾的团队成员之一。

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   Yeah, we were contracted to clean up the debris out of the bay from the storm about three months ago.

   是的，我们大约三个月前签约清理风暴留在海湾里的碎片。

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