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China bracing up for fight against possible floods

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Chinanews, Wuhan, May 25 – As the chance for Yangtze River to experience big floods keeps rising, people residing in various provinces and municipalities along the Yangtze River have begun to take substantial measures to prepare against the possible floods, the Yangtze River Flood Control Committee said on Friday.

The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) predicted earlier that the Yangtze River might encounter big floods this year. In light of this information, flood prevention work has been kicked off along the Yangtze River recently. Member of the Yangtze River Flood Control Committee recently went to inspect the flood prevention work in Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shanghai. Officials from these places have started to implement¹ a job responsibility system and work out flood prevention schemes. In addition, more flood prevention materials have been put in place. Anti-flood teams have also been formed ready for their task. Improperly² placed devices and equipment have been removed to clear the river channel.

Meanwhile, damaged dykes⁴, reservoirs and other water conservancy projects have been repaired or reinforced. The Yangtze River Flood Control Committee estimates that the people in the aforementioned areas have repaired about 307,000 damaged water conservancy projects, reinforced dykes amounting to 2,200 kilometers in length, dredged river channels measuring 5,000 kilometers long, and solidified⁵ 2,800 reserviors.

It is reported that the Three Gorges⁶ Dam will make room to store some 6 billion cubic meters of flood waters. As a result of this change, the flood prevention capacity of the Yangtze River Jingjiang Section is substantially raised. Officials from Hubei Province have begun to do some renovation⁷ work in over 40 reservoirs that should no longer be used. They have also allocated⁸ 30 million yuan to reinforce some fragile parts of the river dyke³. It can be said that the flood emergency prevention work has been completed in the Jingjiang section. In Yueyang, Hunan Province, many major dykes along the Yangtze River trunk line have been reinforced, and the dangerous parts of some 160 projects repaired. In Shanghai, the seawalls and dykes have been extended. Flood prevention work duty has been assigned to authorities at district and township levels. With these efforts, Shanghai people are fully⁹ prepared meet the challenges of floods and typhoons in their city.

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1 implement
n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行
参考例句：
Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。 The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

2 improperly
不正确地，不适当地
参考例句：
Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛！ He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。

3 dyke
n.堤，水坝，排水沟
参考例句：
If one sheep leap over the dyke,all the rest will follow.一只羊跳过沟，其余的羊也跟着跳。 One ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke.千里长堤，溃于蚁穴。

4 dykes
abbr.diagonal wire cutters 斜线切割机n.堤( dyke的名词复数 )；坝；堰；沟
参考例句：
They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters. 他们修筑了堤坝来阻挡上涨的洪水。来自《简明英汉词典》 The dykes were built as a protection against the sea. 建筑堤坝是为了防止海水泛滥。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 solidified
（使）成为固体，（使）变硬，（使）变得坚固( solidify的过去式和过去分词 )；使团结一致；充实，巩固；具体化
参考例句：
Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit. 由于特权和习惯使然，她的看法变得越来越难以改变。 When threatened, he fires spheres of solidified air from his launcher! 当危险来临，他就会发射它的弹药！

6 gorges
n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕
参考例句：
The explorers were confronted with gorges(that were)almost impassable and rivers(that were)often unfordable. 探险人员面临着几乎是无路可通的峡谷和常常是无法渡过的河流。来自辞典例句 We visited the Yangtse Gorges last summer. 去年夏天我们游历了长江三峡。来自辞典例句

7 renovation
n.革新，整修
参考例句：
The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。 The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。

8 allocated
adj. 分配的动词allocate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。 More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。

9 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

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