As big financial centres, the two city-states have been battered by the global storm.
作为大金融中心，这两个地区总是遭到全球金融风暴的袭击。
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Only when the storm had passed, the wind had stilled, and the drenched earth was again warmed by the sun, did the Mother Birch's battered trunk finally give way.
只有当暴风雨过去了，风停止了，潮湿的土地重新沐浴到了温暖的阳光，白桦妈妈受伤的树干才终于倒塌。
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But his boat was battered by a storm and he drifted 2,800 miles down the coast of Mexico to Costa rica-where he was picked up by a US Navy frigate 14 weeks later.