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就在几年前,胡德里弗——这个拥有4,600个居民的、陈旧落后的小城镇尚不需要什么通心粉和苣?菜色垃.在过去七年里,当地的罐头食品厂破产倒闭了,詹特森缝纫厂解雇了二百名工人,甚至J·彭尼百货商店也举店迁出,远走高飞了.该城的失业率高居全国第二位,但是对此谁也没有感到惊诧莫名.突然有一天,几位陌生人驱车来到胡德里弗,为的是驾驶风帆体验哥伦比亚河峡谷巨风的滋味.这些人有足够的理由认为这个峡谷——两边的悬崖高达二千英尺,持续不断的峡风的时速高达
Just a few years ago, Hood River, a poorly populated small town with 4,600 inhabitants, lacked macaroni and lettuce, and for the past seven years the local cannery went bankrupt, Two hundred workers were fired at Tesson Sewing Factory, and even J Penney department store was moved out of the store and flew away. The city’s jobless rate ranks second in the country, but no one was astonished. One day, a few strangers drove to Hood River to experience the gale of the Columbia River Gorge while sailing, and there was good reason to assume that this gorge, with its cliffs up to 2,000 feet on both sides, Wind speed up