英闻天下——619 Relief Supplies Keep Pouring into Sichuan

 　　Additional relief supplies are being sent in to areas hit by Saturday's earthquake in Sichuan.

 

　　Authorities in Shanghai have been sending in raincoats, flashlights and batteries.

 

　　Other relief supplies from other parts of China are also finding their way in.

 

　　Local residents get relief supplies at a distribution site in quake-hit Lushan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, April 22, 2013. [Photo: Xinhua]

 

　　The Chinese government has so far turned away offers of international aid, saying it has enough relief supplies on-hand.

 

　　China's Foreign Ministry¹ spokesperson Hua Chunying says there is currently no need for the international community to send aid to China.

 

　　"We appreciate countries from the international community who have offered support and help in all forms for the rescue efforts and relief of China's earthquake. At the same time, we believe there is no need for international aid at the moment, considering that there are already plenty of rescue and medical resources, as well as plenty of relief supplies, especially given that traffic conditions within the disaster zone are not convenient for transport. We will ask for help at the right time if is needed."

 

　　The official death toll² from this weekend's earthquake stands at 192.

 

　　23-others are listed as missing.

 

　　The quake has left 12-thousand hurt.

 

　　Meantime, China's central government has put out a call, urging private volunteer groups to stop heading to the earthquake zone in Sichuan.

 

　　The Ministry of Transport has now imposed traffic controls in Lushan County, the epicenter of Saturday's earthquake, to let rescue and relief vehicles in first.

 

　　Roads connecting the most affected³ areas including Taiping, Longmen and Baosheng are reported to be completely backed up.

 

　　A number of military vehicles carrying relief supplies are also stranded⁴.

 

　　The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has dispatched a team to the quake zone to try to prevent disease outbreaks.

 

　　Wang Huaqing is the team leader.

 

　　"In general, the situation is not good because water and power have been disrupted. This affects the health situation. In the short term, intestinal⁵ problems may emerge because safe drinking water is in short supply. From a long-term point of view, respiratory infections cannot be excluded, because schools will reopen, and people live in shelters together."

 

　　Authorities are warning people in the disaster zone to be careful when it comes to their food and drinking water.

 

　　So far, there's no report of contamination at major drinking water resources at the region.

1 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。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 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。

4 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

5 intestinal   

adj.肠的；肠壁；肠道细菌

参考例句：

• A few other conditions are in high intestinal obstruction. 其它少数情况是高位肠梗阻。 来自辞典例句
• This complication has occasionally occurred following the use of intestinal antiseptics. 这种并发症偶而发生在使用肠道抗菌剂上。 来自辞典例句