China builds houses for Muslims in earth-hit regions

时间：2007-10-09 08:35:20

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Chinanews, Urumqi, Oct 9 – In Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous1 Region, there is a Muslim residential2 area called Tuopa. Tuopa is located in Kuluti Village, Wuqia County, and is considered as being in the west end of China. Right now, Xier'ali, a Kirgiz ethnic3 minority in Tuopa, was having breakfast with his family members in an earthquake-resistant yurt house.

 

In Xinjiang, many Muslim people, including the Uygur, the Kazakh and the Kirgiz minorities, all live in areas prone4 to earthquakes.

 

On February 24, 2003, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale racked Bachu and Jiashi counties where lots of Uygur people lived. During the earthquake, more than 30,000 local resident houses collapsed5 and 268 people were killed. The earthquake had caused 1.37 billion yuan of economic loss.

 

A year after the earthquake, the central government and the regional government of Xinjiang began launch an "earthquake-resistant housing program", whereby in five years, most of the houses built in earthquake-prone areas will be rebuilt or renovated6. Over the past three years, 1.06 million earthquake-resistant houses had been built and 5 million people of various ethnic groups had moved in. In future, one million more houses will be built for local people.

 

Xinjiang is an area often hit by earthquakes. Since the beginning of the 20th century, about 105 severe earquakes of magnitude 6 on the Richter scale or above had occurred in Xinjiang, with about one such severe earthquake occurring every year on average. By 2004, there were still 2.01 million rural households in Xinjiang living in houses susceptible7 to earthquakes, with a population accounting8 for 80% of the total rural population in Xinjiang.

 
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1 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
2 residential kkrzY3     
adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的
参考例句：
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
3 ethnic jiAz3     
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
4 prone 50bzu     
adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的
参考例句：
  • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
  • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
5 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
6 renovated 0623303c5ec2d1938425e76e30682277     
翻新，修复，整修( renovate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He renovated his house. 他翻修了房子。
  • The house has been renovated three years earlier. 这所房子三年前就已翻新。
7 susceptible 4rrw7     
adj.过敏的，敏感的；易动感情的，易受感动的
参考例句：
  • Children are more susceptible than adults.孩子比成人易受感动。
  • We are all susceptible to advertising.我们都易受广告的影响。
8 accounting nzSzsY     
n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表
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  • A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
  • There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

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