Hurricane Katrina was huge – it broke the levees and flooded the city.

卡特里娜飓风势力很强，摧毁了堤，淹没了新奥尔良。

He opened up lakes and canals, fought floods, built dams.

他也曾开凿湖泊，水堤。

Well, he didn't speak directly to the levees, but he spoke directly to this sense that the government somehow failed New Orleans.

他并没有直接说到堤，但是他明确表示政府在新奥尔良遭受工作不力。

Over the centuries the Seine has stirred the heart, inspired the imagination and repelled invaders; it has been fortified, channelled, embanked.

几个世纪以来，塞纳一直激荡着人们的心灵，激发着人们的想象力，并击退了入侵者；它得到了加固、疏导和堤。

And we just heard a clip from his speech actually referring to the country's responsibility, the government's role in what happened in terms of the levees. Is that correct?

我们刚才听到他演讲中有提到美国的责任，政府在堤方面发挥的作用。是这样吧？