AP 2010-03-06
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)
[1] Chile's president says the death toll 1 from Saturday's 8.8-magnitude quake has topped 700. Deaths are expected to be highest in Concepcion, a city of more than 200,000 near the epicenter.
[2] President Barack Obama's doctor says the commander-in-chief's first medical checkup since he took office finds the 48-year-old is in excellent health. He also recommends that Obama continue smoking cessation efforts.
[3] Western Europe has been battered 2 by a violent storm that has killed more than 50 people. The majority died by drowning in France. Others were hit by parts of buildings or trees and branches that were ripped 3 off by high wind.
[4] A hungry wild panda broke into a home in China's Sichuan province. The bear was found sitting in the house, eating pig bones rather than their usual diet of bamboo.
- 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。