英闻天下——609 Relief Efforts Continue after "Critical 72 Hours"

 　　The shift is on in Sichuan from rescue to recovery, now that the critical 72-hour window has closed following Saturday's earthquake.

 

　　CRI's Li Jing has more.

 

　　Authorities say they managed to rescue around 150 people through the critical 72-hour window following the quake.

 

　　Even though the so-called "golden time" for saving lives has come to pass, officer Chen Yongjun says soldiers are still looking for victims while working to relocate people.

 

　　"Our team has been dispatched to five towns, we reach every family to search for survivors¹, set up tents as well as provide assistance to the injured."

 

　　Tents, cotton blankets, clothing, food and drinking water are being moved to affected² areas, but resources are still in short for many.

 

　　Chinese Air Force has been conducting airdrops to deliver food and water to thousands of homeless survivors.

 

　　The initial 7.0-magnitude quake and its aftershocks severely³ damaged power and communications stations, cutting off electricity and phones services to many parts of the region.

 

　　However, Xiao Chunquan with the Ministry⁴ of Industry and Information Technology says most communications services have now been restored.

 

　　"The ministry has delivered a thousand tents, medical and lighting⁵ equipment as well as power generators⁶ to the area. We have also conducted operations to resume communications."

 

　　Martin Faller with the International Federation⁷ of Red Cross says their focus now is to maintain basic sanitation⁸ and help people recover psychologically.

 

　　"The next phase is consolidation⁹ of what has been created so far, and the consolidation should concentrate maybe on hygiene¹⁰ activities. I see this can never be how important it is to also be together and see affected people and look after them mental health and sometimes also called mental first aid."

 

　　So far no epidemics¹¹ or public health emergencies have been reported in the quake zone.

 

　　For CRI, this is Li Jing.

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• 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。

3 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

6 generators   

n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司

参考例句：

• The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
• Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

8 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

9 consolidation   

n.合并,巩固

参考例句：

• The denser population necessitates closer consolidation both for internal and external action. 住得日益稠密的居民，对内和对外都不得不更紧密地团结起来。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• The state ensures the consolidation and growth of the state economy. 国家保障国营经济的巩固和发展。 来自汉英非文学 - 中国宪法

10 hygiene   

n.健康法，卫生学 （a.hygienic）

参考例句：

• Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
• He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。

11 epidemics   

n．流行病

参考例句：

• Reliance upon natural epidemics may be both time-consuming and misleading. 依靠天然的流行既浪费时间，又会引入歧途。
• The antibiotic epidemics usually start stop when the summer rainy season begins. 传染病通常会在夏天的雨季停止传播。