China suffering worst drought in 50 years 中国正历经50年来最严重的乾旱 BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China is suffering another natural disaster -- this time, the worst drought in half a century. The land is parched and the irrigation dams have dried up. Crops and livestock are dying. 中国北京报导(CNN) -- 中国正历经其他的自然灾害 -- 这次半个国家陷入了严重的乾旱。 地面上非常的炎热，灌溉用的水坝则已经乾涸;而农作物与家畜正濒临死亡。 China on Thursday raised the drought-emergency-alert level from orange to red and allocated an additional $44 million dollars on top of the $13 million in emergency aid already released. 中国在这个星期四把紧急乾旱戒备的层级从黄灯提高为红灯并增拨4千4百万美元，而其中 的1千3百万美元则已发放作为紧急救援。 Since November northern and central China has had little rain. Many places have not had rainfall for more than 100 days. 从11月份以来，中国北部与中部只降下了很少的雨量，有些地区甚至超过100天以上已无 降雨。 "The extent of drought is quite extensive, the impact is quite great," forecaster Zhang Peiqun said in an interview with state television CCTV. "Rainfall on average has been 50 to 80 percent less than that of last year." 在国营的CCTV电视台的一场访问中一位预测者Zhang Peiqun表示"这次乾旱的范围相当的 广大，而(乾旱)产生的影响是巨大的" "平均降雨量比起去年足足减少了50~80%"。 China has been hit by a string of natural disasters in the last year. In addition to the drought, Chinese officials have had to battle back against a brutal winter that stranded millions and a deadly earthquake that killed tens of thousands. 中国去年已发生了一连串的自然灾害，另外在这次的乾旱中，中国官方不得不与造成数以 百万计难民滞留的残酷的冬季以及数以万计的人民死伤的地震对抗。 In the drought, more than 4.3 million residents face a shortage of drinking water, as do 2 million livestock. 在这场乾旱中有超过4千3百万居民面临了饮用水短缺的情况;而2百万的牲畜也有同样的情 况。 The drought has hit 12 provinces, including the wheat-producing areas in Henan, Anhui, and Shandong provinces. Chinese media says the total area affected has reached 1,370 million hectares (3,385 million acres). 这场乾旱已经袭击了12个省份，包括作为小麦产地的河南、安徽和山东省。中国媒体表示 这场乾旱所影响的范围总数已达到1370万公顷(3385万英亩)。 Reached by telephone, a spokesman of the Henan Drought Relief Headquarters told CNN that the worst affected areas were north of the Yellow River, including the cities of Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Jiaozuo and Luoyang. 透过电话访问，河南抗旱总指挥部发言人表示影响最为严重的地区为黄河北部，包含郑州 ，开封，焦作，洛阳等地。 "The water level of the Yellow River is very low at this moment and the government is doing relief operations," he said. The water level at the Xiao Langdi reservoir is only half of last year's. 他表示"黄河的水位已经非常的低，政府已经开始实施救援行动"。小浪底水库(??)的水位 目前只有去年的一半。 With the emergency funding, teams of specialists have been dispatched to deliver technical expertise and relief supplies. The Anhui Agriculture Department is telling farmers in drought-hit villages to irrigate more efficiently, while other provinces have resorted to cloud seeding to induce rainfall. 随着紧急资金的到来，中国政府已派出专家小组来提供技术专长与救济物资。安徽省农业 部告诉在受乾旱袭击的村庄的农民将会做更有效的灌溉;再这同时，一些其他省份则诉诸 人工降雨的办法。 Some relief may be on the way. Xinhua reported Thursday that meteorologists expect light to moderate rainfall or snow in some drought-hit areas over the next couple of days. 新华社星期四报导指出一些救援(手段/物资)已经上路，气象学家预计在未来几天内在某 些受乾旱的地区有机率降下些许的雨量或者下雪。 http://0rz.tw/TCJ43 -- 有些地方翻的有点差 请多多包含 -- -- 八卦板 21597篇 推 clkdtm32:感想就是还好住在三重 02/06 16:58 ↓ 21598 8 2/06 yabia1357 □ [问卦] 三重有骑车持刀的青少年出没,有人被砍吗? --

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