1-lagoon 泻湖，环礁湖

The lagoon city of Venice suffered heavy damage in November.

2-take stock of （对某事物）评估（判断，估量）

Venetians are taking stock of damage caused by a wave of exceptionally high tides.

3-forlornly 孤苦无依地，孤独凄凉地

4-shed 棚屋，小屋

5-piling 打桩

Fishman Dino Visnello stares forlornly toward the lagoon, at what was once his shed on wooden pilings.

6-in harmony with 和某事物一致，和某事物相协调

The ancient Venetians who built the Republic Venice worked in harmony with nature, not against it.

7-skepticism 质疑

8-hold back 阻拦

9-plague 困扰

There is also a widespread skepticism about a long-term project to build large, movable floodgates to hold back the rising sea levels, which has been plagued by corruption.

10-equilibrium 平衡

11-component 成分，要素

Venice a city that for over a thousand years has built a wonderful equilibrium between human component, ecological component, art and nature.

12-in/on the front line 处在一线，最前找

In the battle against rising sea levels, Venice is on the front line.