China bracing up for fight against possible floods

时间：2007-05-26 05:46:48

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Chinanews, Wuhan, May 25 – As the chance for Yangtze River to experience big floods keeps rising, people residing in various provinces and municipalities along the Yangtze River have begun to take substantial measures to prepare against the possible floods, the Yangtze River Flood Control Committee said on Friday.

 

The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) predicted earlier that the Yangtze River might encounter big floods this year. In light of this information, flood prevention work has been kicked off along the Yangtze River recently. Member of the Yangtze River Flood Control Committee recently went to inspect the flood prevention work in Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shanghai. Officials from these places have started to implement1 a job responsibility system and work out flood prevention schemes. In addition, more flood prevention materials have been put in place. Anti-flood teams have also been formed ready for their task. Improperly2 placed devices and equipment have been removed to clear the river channel.

 

Meanwhile, damaged dykes4, reservoirs and other water conservancy projects have been repaired or reinforced. The Yangtze River Flood Control Committee estimates that the people in the aforementioned areas have repaired about 307,000 damaged water conservancy projects, reinforced dykes amounting to 2,200 kilometers in length, dredged river channels measuring 5,000 kilometers long, and solidified5 2,800 reserviors.

 

It is reported that the Three Gorges6 Dam will make room to store some 6 billion cubic meters of flood waters. As a result of this change, the flood prevention capacity of the Yangtze River Jingjiang Section is substantially raised. Officials from Hubei Province have begun to do some renovation7 work in over 40 reservoirs that should no longer be used. They have also allocated8 30 million yuan to reinforce some fragile parts of the river dyke3. It can be said that the flood emergency prevention work has been completed in the Jingjiang section. In Yueyang, Hunan Province, many major dykes along the Yangtze River trunk line have been reinforced, and the dangerous parts of some 160 projects repaired. In Shanghai, the seawalls and dykes have been extended. Flood prevention work duty has been assigned to authorities at district and township levels. With these efforts, Shanghai people are fully9 prepared meet the challenges of floods and typhoons in their city.

 
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1 implement WcdzG     
n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行
参考例句：
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
2 improperly 1e83f257ea7e5892de2e5f2de8b00e7b     
不正确地，不适当地
参考例句：
  • Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛！
  • He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。
3 dyke 1krzI     
n.堤，水坝，排水沟
参考例句：
  • If one sheep leap over the dyke,all the rest will follow.一只羊跳过沟，其余的羊也跟着跳。
  • One ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke.千里长堤，溃于蚁穴。
4 dykes 47cc5ebe9e62cd1c065e797efec57dde     
abbr.diagonal wire cutters 斜线切割机n.堤( dyke的名词复数 )；坝；堰；沟
参考例句：
  • They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters. 他们修筑了堤坝来阻挡上涨的洪水。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The dykes were built as a protection against the sea. 建筑堤坝是为了防止海水泛滥。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 solidified ec92c58adafe8f3291136b615a7bae5b     
（使）成为固体，（使）变硬，（使）变得坚固( solidify的过去式和过去分词 )； 使团结一致； 充实，巩固； 具体化
参考例句：
  • Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit. 由于特权和习惯使然，她的看法变得越来越难以改变。
  • When threatened, he fires spheres of solidified air from his launcher! 当危险来临，他就会发射它的弹药！
6 gorges 5cde0ae7c1a8aab9d4231408f62e6d4d     
n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕
参考例句：
  • The explorers were confronted with gorges(that were)almost impassable and rivers(that were)often unfordable. 探险人员面临着几乎是无路可通的峡谷和常常是无法渡过的河流。 来自辞典例句
  • We visited the Yangtse Gorges last summer. 去年夏天我们游历了长江三峡。 来自辞典例句
7 renovation xVAxF     
n.革新，整修
参考例句：
  • The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
  • The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。
8 allocated 01868918c8cec5bc8773e98ae11a0f54     
adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
  • More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。
9 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

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