The alarming news came after the epidemic's toll in Mexico appeared to have been leveling off.

令人震惊的消息传来后，流行病的人数在墨西哥似乎已趋于平稳。

After laboring there for several years, Henson heard alarming news: the new master was planning to sell him for plantation work far away in the Deep South.

在那儿干了几年苦工之后，亨森听说了一个可怕的消息：新主人准备把他卖到遥远的南方腹地去农庄干活。