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107 hospitalized after chlorine leak in SW China

文章来源：文章作者：发布时间：2007-07-16 02:41 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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July 14 - Altogether 107 workers were hospitalized after a leak of poisonous chlorine gas at a chemical plant in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday night, the local government said.

Eight of them need treatment for poisoning and the rest are under observation, the provincial¹ administration for workplace safety supervision² said on Saturday.

The accident happened at 10:40 p.m. at Xinyu Chemical Co. Ltd, a new plant that was inaugurated only on Thursday in the industrial city of Panzhihua. The leak was capped overnight and caused no evacuation.

Investigators³ have blamed the accident on equipment failure.

Huang Yanrong, vice⁴ governor of Sichuan, has demanded 24-hour monitoring of the local air quality.

Located in the hilly Sichuan province 2,100 kilometers southwest of Beijing, Panzhihua is home to one of China's largest steel makers⁵ and many mines and small factories.

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1 provincial
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

2 supervision
n.监督，管理
参考例句：
The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。 The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

3 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
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He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 makers
n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）
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The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。 The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。来自《简明英汉词典》

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