美国有线新闻 CNN 尼日利亚发生洪灾 致100余人死亡
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2018年9月
Nigeria has both the largest population and largest economy of any African nation.
There are two major rivers in Nigeria, the Benue and Niger Rivers and both of them have flooded. The country is in it's rainy season. Flooding is common at that time. It's made worse by poorly planned communities and bad drainage 1 systems but it's not usually this bad. More than 100 people have been killed in the rising waters. Thousands have had to leave their homes and farmland has been destroyed along with unharvested crops. Heavy rain has hit some of Nigeria's rural 2 areas the worst. The government is telling people who live near the rivers to get to safer places while it prepares relief and security 3 to help victims recover.
Nigeria also saw flooding like this in 2012. The government said that disaster killed more than 400 people and forced more than 1 million to leave their homes. Today's 10 Second Trivia mentioned that Nigeria has Africa's largest economy but most of it's 190 million people still live in poverty. In fact, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency 4 says that more than 62 percent of Nigerians live in extreme poverty.
- This is a drainage area.这里是排水区。
- Bad drainage caused the land to be flooded.排水不利容易使土地淹水。
- He lived a rural life.他过着田园生活。
- We left the city for a rural home.我们离开城市，去农村安家。