英闻天下——110 116 Dead, 235 Injured As Blast Hit Pakistan

 　　Four separate explosions have left over 100 people dead in Pakistan.

 

　　Three of the blasts were centered in the city of Quetta.

 

　　"I heard the sound of a big explosion behind me, fell off my motorcycle and got an injury to my leg. When I stood up I saw smoke everywhere. It looked like a black cloud in the air."

 

　　The other ripped through a preaching center in the northwest district of Swat.

 

　　The death toll¹ stands at 116.

 

　　235 others have been hurt in the blasts.

 

　　An extremist Sunni Muslim group is taking credit for at least two of the explosions.

 

　　Police say the target of the two blasts were Shiite Muslims.

 

　　Both Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf have strongly condemned² the attacks.

 

　　Friday's attacks follow a car bombing on Thursday which hit a paramilitary check post in northwest Pakistan, leaving 11 people dead and 50 others wounded.

1 toll   

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。

2 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。