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印度媒體29日報道，在過去的幾個月中，腦炎在印度北方邦肆虐，導致250多人死亡。請看報道：
The death toll from an encephalitis outbreak
in northern India passed 250 over the weekend, and the mosquito-borne
disease showed little sign of abating, a government official said Monday.
Officials reported 41 new deaths, raising the three-week death toll to
253.
The majority of the dead are children. Some 300 people have been
hospitalized, many of them in serious condition, D. P. Mishra, joint
director of Uttar Pradesh state health services, told The Associated
Press.
文中的"death toll"意思是"死亡人數"，"toll" refers to suffering, deaths or
damage，例如：Independent sources say that the civilian death roll runs into
thousands.（獨立消息人士說平民死亡人數達數千。）
If something takes a toll/exacts a toll, it causes suffering,
death or damage.（造成損失），如：The deepening recession has also taken
its toll in the south of the country, where unemployment is
rife.（經濟不景氣的狀況越演越烈同樣也給國家南部造成了損害，在那里失業盛行。）
（中國日報網站編） | 
