Weeks of heavy rains and a cyclonelast week caused the flooding and landslides. The western part of the country has been hit the hardest.

数周的暴雨和上周的一场旋风导致了洪水和山体滑坡。该国西部已经成为重灾区。

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Rainstorms sweeping across parts of China have affected millions, and Sichuan province has been hit the hardest by severe floods and landslides.

席卷中国部分地区的暴雨导致数百万人受灾，灾情最重的四川省发生了严重的洪水和山体滑坡。

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Perhaps the hardest hit of the professional services has been human-resources consulting, where revenues fell by 20% in Britain last year.

也许被打击得最惨的还要属人力资源咨询公司。 去年英国此类公司营业收入减少20%。

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But local oyster and shrimp production has been hit hardest by fishing closures due to the spill.

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UN Humanitarian spokeswoman Elizabeth Byrs says Burkina Faso has been the hardest hit.

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But one of the reasons Viacom has prospered is that it has little exposure to areas where advertising has been hit the hardest--print publications and on the Web.

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Of all the industries hammered by the economic downturn, construction has been among the hardest hit.

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What group of workers has been hit hardest since the recession started in late 2007?

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