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At least 7 killed in Mexico landslide

时间：2010-09-29 09:28:50

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    MEXICO CITY, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed and 100 others went missing on Tuesday in Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec, a small town in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, due to landslide1（塌方,山崩）, local authorities said.
    According to Luis Marin, the head of the state's civil protection department, there were also more than 300 houses buried in the landslide. He said that the actual death toll2 from the disaster could be much higher, as rescue efforts were still going on.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
 


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1 landslide XxyyG     
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
参考例句：
  • Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
  • An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
2 toll LJpzo     
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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