China suffering worst drought in 50 years 中國正歷經50年來最嚴重的乾旱 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. 中國北京報導(CNN) -- 中國正歷經其他的自然災害 -- 這次半個國家陷入了嚴重的乾旱。 地面上非常的炎熱，灌溉用的水壩則已經乾涸;而農作物與家畜正瀕臨死亡。 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. 中國在這個星期四把緊急乾旱戒備的層級從黃燈提高為紅燈並增撥4千4百萬美元，而其中 的1千3百萬美元則已發放作為緊急救援。 Since November northern and central China has had little rain. Many places have not had rainfall for more than 100 days. 從11月份以來，中國北部與中部只降下了很少的雨量，有些地區甚至超過100天以上已無 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." 在國營的CCTV電視台的一場訪問中一位預測者Zhang Peiqun表示"這次乾旱的範圍相當的 廣大，而(乾旱)產生的影響是巨大的" "平均降雨量比起去年足足減少了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. 中國去年已發生了一連串的自然災害，另外在這次的乾旱中，中國官方不得不與造成數以 百萬計難民滯留的殘酷的冬季以及數以萬計的人民死傷的地震對抗。 In the drought, more than 4.3 million residents face a shortage of drinking water, as do 2 million livestock. 在這場乾旱中有超過4千3百萬居民面臨了飲用水短缺的情況;而2百萬的牲畜也有同樣的情 況。 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). 這場乾旱已經襲擊了12個省份，包括作為小麥產地的河南、安徽和山東省。中國媒體表示 這場乾旱所影響的範圍總數已達到1370萬公頃(3385萬英畝)。 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. 透過電話訪問，河南抗旱總指揮部發言人表示影響最為嚴重的地區為黃河北部，包含鄭州 ，開封，焦作，洛陽等地。 "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"黃河的水位已經非常的低，政府已經開始實施救援行動"。小浪底水庫(??)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. 隨著緊急資金的到來，中國政府已派出專家小組來提供技術專長與救濟物資。安徽省農業 部告訴在受乾旱襲擊的村莊的農民將會做更有效的灌溉;再這同時，一些其他省份則訴諸 人工降雨的辦法。 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. 新華社星期四報導指出一些救援(手段/物資)已經上路，氣象學家預計在未來幾天內在某 些受乾旱的地區有機率降下些許的雨量或者下雪。 http://0rz.tw/TCJ43 -- 有些地方翻的有點差 請多多包含 -- -- 八卦板 21597篇 推 clkdtm32:感想就是還好住在三重 02/06 16:58 ↓ 21598 8 2/06 yabia1357 □ [問卦] 三重有騎車持刀的青少年出沒,有人被砍嗎? --

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