新闻英语Unit 9 Disasters.ppt

Unit 9 Disasters Word bank landslide 山崩 running 连续 middle reaches 中游 warning mark 警戒线 torrential downpour 暴雨 Civil Affairs Bureau 民政局 parachute 空投；空降 stricken area 灾区 township 镇（行政区划） Ministry of Commerce 商务部 commercial grain 商品粮 supply and purchase department 供销部门 Unit 9 Disasters Disastrous Flooding Kills 88 as Heavy Rains Hit S.W. Heavy rain and landslides have killed 88 people in the past two weeks in Southwest China. It is the second year running that the region has been hit by disastrous floods. And water levels in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River were reported to have topped the warning marks in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, and Wuhan, Hubei Province. People around the two cities have got the alarm to cope with possible flooding, according to the Beijing-based State Flood Control Headquarters. Torrential downpours have hit western and southern Guizhou since June 12, dumping up to 300 millimetres of rain, destroying 8,700 houses, killing 88 and injuring another 300, said Hu Jianping, an official with the province’s Civil Affairs Bureau, by telephone yesterday. Unit 9 Disasters Disastrous Flooding Kills 88 as Heavy Rains Hit S.W. Reports say that more than 5,500 people were left homeless with over13,000 houses collapsed, according to the provincial Flood and Drought Combating Headquarters. In another development, landslides cut the four main rail lines linking the province with neighbouring Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and Hunan provinces. Normal rail services have now resumed after emergency repairs, Hu said. Total economic loss caused by the floods has topped 350 million yuan (US$63.64million). The region has already spent 3 million yuan (US$550,000) on emergency relief. It was also reported that local army units started to parachute food yesterday afternoon for the people isolated in the area and an airlift of five to ten tons of food and other relief supplie