VOA标准英语2009年-Typhoon Kills 300 Across Southeast Asia
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十月)
By Daniel Schearf
Bangkok
30 September 2009
Vietnamese police officers provide goods, foods to flooded area in Quang Tri Province, 30 Sep 2009
The death toll 1 from Typhoon Ketsana has passed 300 as the storm swept across Southeast Asia, destroying thousands of homes. The typhoon killed at least 11 people overnight in Cambodia and 30 in Vietnam.
The typhoon's powerful winds and rain battered 2 and flooded hundreds of thousands of homes across Southeast Asia Tuesday.
The typhoon knocked over and buried homes in landslides 3, killing 4 entire families in Vietnam and Cambodia. In Vietnam, floods submerged many old buildings in Hoi An, a United Nations World Heritage site.
Uy Samnath is the director of disaster management for the Cambodian Red Cross. He says about 100 families were affected 5 by the typhoon but the agency is still assessing the damage.
"The infrastructure 6 is mostly lost ... For Cambodia it is big. But, if you compare to other countries, it is not big," he said.
Cambodian authorities and aid groups are providing the needy 7 with food, water, and temporary shelters.
The typhoon first hit the Philippines Saturday and Sunday, causing the worst flooding in 40 years and swamping parts of the capital.
At least 246 people were killed in the Philippines.
The storm then battered central Vietnam, sending tens of thousands looking for shelter.
After crossing into Cambodia, Ketsana was downgraded to a tropical depression before heading to Laos, where officials warned residents to be prepared for heavy rain.
In the Philippines, the government is warning citizens to prepare for more rain as another tropical storm approached the northern part of the country.
- 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。
- He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
- The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
- Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
- The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。