1·In addition to their battering of human habitats-cities and residential neighborhoods-hurricanes cut a destructive swath through migratory bird habitat.
飓风除了重创包括城市和住宅区的人类居住地外,还横扫候鸟栖息地,并在沿途造成破坏。
2·Stockmarkets took a further battering in the first half of the week. Some indices fell to their lowest levels for many years.
本周上半程,股市再受重创,多项指数都创下多年历史新低。