VOA慢速英语:Power Still Out For Many in New York City

短语讲解：

1. Officials are blaming Sandy for more than one hundred deaths and more than fifty billion dollars in property damage

more than 多于
例句：Hibernation is more than common sleep.
冬眠不止是一般睡眠。

2. The storm has led to calls for power companies to bury more electrical lines underground.

lead to 导致
例句：This may even lead to death.
这甚至可能导致死亡。

3. But, at least one expert says similar efforts did not help New York. Otto Lynch is vice president of Power Line Systems in Wisconsin.

at least 至少
例句：At least two yeas of experience.
至少有两年的经验。

4. “The structures aren’t designed for the ninety-mile per hour winds that occurred and there were a lot of distribution failures.”

a lot of 许许多多
例句：The garden has a lot of plants.
花园里有许许多多的植物。