2014届高考英语考前突破阅读理解能力：《暴风雪导致北美50多万家庭仍然没有通电》.docVIP

暴风雪导致北美50多万家庭仍然没有通电 More than 500,000 households in the north-eastern US and the south-eastern Canada are still without electricity after last weekends severe ice storm. 美国东北部地区以及加拿大东南部地区有50多万家庭受上周末严重的冰暴影响仍旧没有通电。? Utility crews are working round-the-clock, but warn that some homes could be without power at least until Saturday. ? In Toronto, 72,000 people were without electricity on Christmas Day, officials in Canadas Ontario province said. ? At least 27 deaths in the region have been linked to the storm.? ? Most of those were caused by apparent carbon monoxide poisoning as people used gas generators, charcoal stoves（炭炉） and other appliances to heat their homes in freezing temperatures. ? I understand they want to keep warm, but you cannot do this. This is deadly, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford warned earlier this week. ? Other fatalities were caused by traffic accidents. ? Elsewhere in Canada, tens of thousands of people are still without power in New Brunswick and Quebec, and hundreds in Nova Scotia.? ? In the US, states from Maine to Michigan have been affected by the adverse weather. ?Travel between between Toronto and Montreal, Ottawa and New York had been disrupted. ? Environment Canada meteorologist David Phillips warned earlier this week that the ice would remain as temperatures stayed below freezing. ? Theres no natural melting going on, he said.? ? Its going to be human effort and endeavour that will get rid of the sheath of ice thats covering eastern Canada.