Water supply cut off, affecting 100,000 in SW China

时间：2007-11-05 08:22:34

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CHONGQING, Nov. 4 -- More than 100,000 residents in Chongqing Municipality in southwest China has suffered from water shortage for 24 hours due to a water supply cut-off, local government sources said on Saturday.

 

The incident was caused by a transformer substation malfunction1 at a local water supply plant, which occurred at 8 p.m. Friday, the sources said.

 

The affected2 area include Jiangbei District, Yubei District and New Northern District in northern part of the city.

 

Local government has exerted full effort to repair the water-supply system. So far, other water supply plants in the cityare transferring water to the districts with the aim to rapidly resume water supply for the residents.

 
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1 malfunction 1ASxT     
vi.发生功能故障，发生故障，显示机能失常
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  • There must have been a computer malfunction.一定是出了电脑故障。
  • Results have been delayed owing to a malfunction in the computer.由于电脑发生故障，计算结果推迟了。
2 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
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  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

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