Beijing Launches Air Ambulance Service

　　Beijing is to establish an air emergency medical service network by the end of the year.

 

　　As well as that Beijing Red Cross 999 Emergency Center is planning to launch the first air rescue insurance by year end.

 

　　It is hoped it will help cut service expenses remarkably¹.

 

　　An Air ambulance service began in Beijing in 2011, it now costs some 30-thousand-yuan per hour.

 

　　Local residents in Beijing have mixed feeling towards the service.

 

　　"I think no matter how much it costs, I can never afford it. Maybe it's still too much for common people like us."

 

　　"30,000 per hour is too expensive for me. One or two thousand might be acceptable."

 

　　"Using helicopters to airlift patients must be a big trend, for it could help the patient get timely treatment. As for expenses, I think, with the support of insurance, it might be alright."

 

　　Tian Zhengbiao is President of Beijing Red Cross 999 Emergency Center:

 

　　"We have reached an initial agreement with China Life Insurance and Sunshine Insurance Group to launch an air rescue insurance by the end of the year. They only need to pay a small amount of money for it. In case of an emergency in a location that cannot be reached by an ambulance, the air ambulance can be dispatched immediately."

 

　　Prices of the air rescue insurance are still being finalized².

 

　　The rescue helicopter is able to cover a radius³ of some 300-kilometers.

 

　　It can reach anywhere in the city of Beijing within one hour.

 

　　The service is also expected to be able to cover Tianjin, Hebei, and Xi'an.

 

　　Now there are five aircraft parking areas in Beijing.

 

　　The emergency center says it's planning to build another fifteen aircraft aprons⁴ by the end of this year.

1 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。

2 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 radius   

n.半径，半径范围；有效航程，范围，界限

参考例句：

• He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
• We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。

4 aprons   

围裙( apron的名词复数 )； 停机坪，台口（舞台幕前的部份）

参考例句：

• Many people like to wear aprons while they are cooking. 许多人做饭时喜欢系一条围裙。
• The chambermaid in our corridor wears blue checked gingham aprons. 给我们扫走廊的清洁女工围蓝格围裙。