台风侵袭中国（在线收听）

The most powerful typhoon to hit China in five decades has smashed into the country's southeastern coast, destroying homes and capsizing boats along the way. Dozens of deaths are reported and it's feared that number will grow. The typhoon is packing winds of up to 135 miles per hour and is bringing heavy rains that are making umbrellas all but useless. Before making landfall Thursday, the storm churned waves that capsized two ships. Chinese officials evacuated some 1.5 million people beforehand and built up earthen barricades along some cities. While the wind is doing massive damage,there are fears that the storm will produce torrential rains over the next few days that could trigger deadly landslides. This is the 8th major storm to hit China this year. Forecasters there are blaming warmer-than-normal Pacific Ocean currents that they say are fueling the typhoons and drawing them farther inland. Even as the storm pummels the country, forecasters are already keeping a watch on another potentially deadly typhoon,that is now swirling about 110 miles off the country's coastline.

Ross Simpson, the Associated Press

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smash into:to hit something very hard while moving fast, causing injury or damage 沿途毁坏
churn:to move something such as a liquid around violently, or to move in this way 剧烈搅动
torrential:奔流的
pummel:to cause a lot of damage to a place 造成破坏
swirl :to move quickly in circles, or make something move in this way 旋涡状前行