Bangkok is used to(习惯于) absorbing the sudden afternoon downpours that inundate(淹没，泛滥) the city during the rainy season. Even streets in many central high-rise districts can briefly turn into rivers, with rats and cockroaches racing out of sewers and taking temporary refuge(暂时躲避) on trees and buildings as the subterranean(地下的) world is flushed out.
曼谷早已习惯在雨季承受突如其来的午后暴雨。就连许多市中心高楼区的街道也会短暂变成河流，下水道被冲开时，老鼠和蟑螂从里面窜出，暂时躲到树上和建筑物上。
But every city has a breaking point, and this year rain fell so fast and so hard that whole neighbourhoods of the Thai capital have been transformed, not into rivers, but stagnant lakes.(但每座城市都有崩溃的临界点。今年雨下得又急又猛，泰国首都的整个街区不是变成了河流，而是变成了死水湖。) In parts of the city, roughly 300mm of rain – the equivalent of(相当于) half a year of average rainfall in London – fell in about two days.
但每座城市都有崩溃的临界点。今年雨下得又急又猛，泰国首都的整个街区不是变成了河流，而是变成了死水湖。在曼谷部分地区，大约两天内降下了约300毫米的雨量——相当于伦敦半年的平均降雨量。
About 40 people died in flood-related incidents, according to(据……所说) the government. A number of the deaths were from drowning and several from accidental electrocution(触电致死). Thousands of people stayed in more than 230 shelters across the city, authorities said.
据政府称，约40人在与洪水相关的事件中死亡。其中一些人是溺水身亡，还有几人是意外触电致死。当局表示，数千人住进了全市230多个避难所。