VOA常速英语:With Biggest Blazes Behind Them, California Firefighters Pause Take Stock

Here at the staging area for the fires in Northern California, fire fighters are waiting to hear the game plan for the day.The fight against the California fires has involved more than ten thousand firefighters along with helicopters, planes, bulldozers.
这里是加利福尼亚北部火灾的中转区。消防队员正等着听当天的行动计划。与加利福尼亚大火战斗的共有一万多名消防员，还有直升机、飞机和推土机。

We have fire crews from all over the United States, mainly in the western part, some from the East Coast.We even have firefighters from other countries such as Australia.
我们有来自美国各地的消防队员，主要在西部，一些来自东海岸。我们甚至有来自澳大利亚等国家的消防队员。

Firefighters here say this is what they call a career fire, something they have trained for all of their lives.It is all too much at times. They need down time and a place to refuel.
这里的消防队员说，这就是他们所谓的“职业火灾”，他们一生都为此在训练。有时次数太多了，他们也需要时间和一个加油的地方。

You know, it can be a rollercoaster, obviously, but as most firefighters you just have that can-do attitude.You just want to go in, very task-oriented, get it done, let’s do our job so we can get people back into their homes.
你知道，有时候就像做过山车一样，真的是。但是就像大多数消防员一样，你能做到这一点，你就是想冲进去，任务非常明确，完成它，做好我们的工作，这样才能让居民们回到他们自己家里。

Throughout California, there is an outpouring of appreciation for the firefighters’ hard work but the emotional toll is just beginning to sink in.
在整个加利福尼亚，人们对消防队员的辛勤工作流露出感激之情，但情感上的负担才刚开始逐渐消失。

Everyone’s gone, the dust is kind of settled, I think that’s when you’ll get the more deeper emotions coming out.Right now it’s just a somber, you know, kind of feeling.
每个人都走了，尘埃落定，我觉得一种更加深沉的情绪正袭上人们的心头。现在，事后的那种忧郁，你懂得，那种“是时候清醒了”的感觉。

With the crisis mostly behind them, for the firefighters and the community. Now is the time to take stock of what has been saved and what has been lost.
危机已经成为了历史，对消防队员和社区来说。现在是时候对所存的和已经失去的东西进行清点了。

Michelle Quin, VOA News, Santa Rosa, California.
美国之音新闻， Michelle Quin在加利福尼亚的圣罗莎报道。