The flood cut the townspeople off from the rest of the world.
洪水割断了该镇居民与外界的联系。
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We become a fragment, cutoff from the rest of existence.
我们成了一个片段，与其它存在剥离开来。
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For the man who has cut himself off from life, tragedy is intensely painful because contradictions arise not only inside himself but also between him and the rest of the world.