Her other books include the Robber Bride, the Handmaid's Tale and most recently the Year of the Flood.

其他作品包括《橡皮新娘》、《侍女的故事》和最新的《洪涝之年》。

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A long time ago, back in June of 2009, we were planning the launch of my novel the Year of the Flood and I was building a website for it.

很久以前，那是2009年的6月份，我们正在计划发布我的新小说the Year of the Flood，而我也正准备为此创建一个网站。

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Calm and peaceful for most of the year, the Nile used to flood annually, thereby creating, irrigating and carrying new topsoil to the nearby farmland on which ancient Egypt depended for livelihood.

尼罗河虽然在一年的大部分时间里平静而祥和，但是过去每年都会泛滥，从而生成、灌溉并把新的表层土搬运到附近的古埃及人赖以为生的农田。

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They were covered with snow. In their branches were pieces of dry grass and wood left by flood waters earlier in the year.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

But this year the Roman Catholic Church is facing a growing crisis amid a flood of accusations of sexual abuse of children by priests over the decades and allegations of a cover up by senior clergy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

In fact, the single biggest fiscal story of the year concerns the flood of tax revenues pouring into Washington--the result, mainly, of smart, hardworking Americans making more money.

FORBES: Swallowing the budget line whole

Sheikh Hasina won praise for her handling of the emergency, but there are fears that even a small flood this year could create havoc because much of the damage to flood defences from last year has yet to be repaired.

ECONOMIST: Bangladesh

Mr. Guttman on Thursday began pitching his new space which is being built more than 16 feet above sea level, well above the projected level of a 100-year flood, the company said to art collectors gathered at the VIP preview of the Frieze New York art fair on Randall's Island.

WSJ: Bullish on New York City's Fine-Art Storage Market