Premier Wen inspects flooded areas

时间：2007-07-17 01:41:08

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BEIJING, July 15-- Chinese Premier1 Wen Jiabao asked the nation to be prepared for a further worsening of the flood situation as the country enters the main flood season.

 

Wen, accompanied by Vice2 Premier Hui Liangyu, flew to seriously flooded Fuyang of Anhui Province in east China early Saturday morning to inspect disaster-relief work.

 

Over the past two weeks, the whole valley of China's Huaihe River has been hit by the most serious floods since 1954, with heavy losses to life and property.

 

Wen first visited Yingxian Township of Linquan County, where 155 villages were besieged3 by floods due to especially heavy rainstorms a few days ago. The township set up 21 temporary shelters for the villagers. At a shelter in Yingnan Village, Wen talked with villagers in a tent, asking them about their health care, food and water supplies.

 

He asked local officials to focus on three things: one is to ensure the safety of drinking water by checking water quality; the second is the prevention and cure of diseases, especially endemic and infectious diseases; and the third is house repairs. Flooded houses must undergo a safety check before villagers return to occupy them.

 

In the afternoon he went to Wangjiaba, the site of a key hydrological station first built in 1953 and renovated4 in 2003. Local officials told Wen that on July 10, Wangjiaba opened its sluices5 to divert the floods and 180,000 mu (about 12,000 hectares) of farmland in the Mengwa flood buffer6 zone was submerged, with all villagers safe. Now nearly 160,000 villagers have moved to highland7 villages or temporary shelters.

 

Wen praised the local people for their devotion to flood fighting, saying that the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters had made the correct decision to divert the floods, and Anhui Province had contributed to the safety of the upper and lower reaches of the Huaihe River.

 

In the Mengwa flood buffer zone, Wen inspected submerged crops and talked with villagers. He expressed thanks to the villagers for their contribution and promised that the government will compensate8 villagers in the buffer zone for their losses.

 

After a 10-hour tour of the flood-hit areas, Wen chaired a symposium9 on disaster-relief work. He fully10 approved the results achieved so far in flood-fighting.

 

He stressed that this is only the early stage of the main flood season, and that the whole country must be prepared for the worse things to happen. Flood fighting and disaster relief work must be well organized and all forces must be mobilized to win the fight against floods.

 
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1 premier R19z3     
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
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  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
2 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
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  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
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3 besieged 8e843b35d28f4ceaf67a4da1f3a21399     
包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
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4 renovated 0623303c5ec2d1938425e76e30682277     
翻新，修复，整修( renovate的过去式和过去分词 )
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  • He renovated his house. 他翻修了房子。
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5 sluices 58a52839aaba80bf032ce8b48e5e5993     
n.水闸( sluice的名词复数 )；（用水闸控制的）水；有闸人工水道；漂洗处v.冲洗( sluice的第三人称单数 )；（指水）喷涌而出；漂净；给…安装水闸
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  • Excess water will drain through sluices into the sea. 过剩的水将会通过水闸排放到海里去。 来自英语晨读30分（高二）
  • The sluices had already been opened, and with every day the floods were spreading. 水闸已经打开，洪水逐日奔流。 来自辞典例句
6 buffer IxYz0B     
n.起缓冲作用的人(或物)，缓冲器；vt.缓冲
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9 symposium 8r6wZ     
n.讨论会，专题报告会；专题论文集
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  • What have you learned from the symposium?你参加了这次科学讨论会有什么体会？
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adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
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