CCTV9英语新闻：Power supply cut in 10 towns, townships in Yunnan quake-hit area
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：CCTV9英语新闻2014年08月
We begin with an update of the death toll 1 of a strong earthquake that’s rocked Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. So far 381 people have been confirmed dead. The quake struck Zhaotong city at 4:30 pm Sunday, Beijing Time.
The epicenter is in Longtoushan Township, 23 kilometers southwest of the county seat of Ludian. The hypocenter was at a depth of 12 kilometers. It’s the strongest quake to hit Yunnan in 14 years. Tremors 2 were felt 300 kilometers away in the provincial 3 capital Kunming.
Many buildings were damaged, and power lines and communications knocked out. People rushed out of their homes for safety. The power supply in up to 10 towns and townships was cut, affecting 38-thousand households. Power was restored to some 19-thousand this morning.
Nearly 30 thousand people have been evacuated 4 and relocated to safer places. Six Kunming-bound trains held back in neighboring Sichuan province, have all resumed operation. The city of Zhaotong says it is in desperate need of blood, and is calling on the public to help.
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toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
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tremors
震颤( tremor的名词复数 )； 战栗； 震颤声； 大地的轻微震动
参考例句：
The story was so terrible that It'sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。
The story was so terrible that it sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。
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provincial
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
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evacuated
撤退者的
参考例句：
Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- The story was so terrible that It'sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。
- The story was so terrible that it sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。