China should improve the safety of metro system, scholar

时间：2007-12-14 08:17:28

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Chinanews, Shanghai, Dec. 14 – China should improve safety measures to prevent its metro1 systems against possible terrorist attacks, said Sun Jun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Zhu Peigen, a professor at the PLA University of Science and Technology.

 

They made the proposal when attending the Safe Use and Management of Underground Space Forum2 held in Shanghai on Thursday.

 

There are lots of factors that will affect the safe use of metro system. These factors include accidents, fires, system problems, explosions, including explosions caused by terrorist attacks, and other accidental incidents and contingencies3. All these factors are unpredictable and they will pose a potential danger to the safe operation of the subway. There is a need for us to take effective measures to prevent these potential dangers, Sun said.

 

In addition to establishing an emergency rescue system in the subway, we should also take other things into consideration, including the line's arrangement above ground, the engineering geological features, the hydrographical geological features and meteorological conditions in areas near the subway, Sun said.

 

In the designing stage, Chinese engineers had already applied4 various safety measures in subway construction However, the tactics employed by terrorists are usually well-concealed and difficult to predict, said Zhu. He suggested that China should set up a mode to simulate and analyze5 different cases, which might help engineers to better assess the safety of the metro systems and make correct decisions to handle the problem.

 
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1 metro XogzNA     
n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)
参考例句：
  • Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
  • The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。
2 forum cilx0     
n.论坛，讨论会
参考例句：
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
3 contingencies ae3107a781f5a432c8e43398516126af     
n.偶然发生的事故，意外事故( contingency的名词复数 )；以备万一
参考例句：
  • We must consider all possible contingencies. 我们必须考虑一切可能发生的事。
  • We must be prepared for all contingencies. 我们要作好各种准备，以防意外。 来自辞典例句
4 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的；v.应用，适用
参考例句：
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
5 analyze RwUzm     
vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)
参考例句：
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

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