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Sandbags, provisions popular as Lekima near 利奇瑪颱風接近沙包、備糧受歡迎. Sep 25-27, 2001 Edited by Yu Yuhua ( 游玉華 ) Dictionary 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Aside from moon cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival next week, sandbags are selling like hot cakes too. Aside from 除 ... 以外 Festival(n) 節日.
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Sandbags, provisions popular as Lekima near利奇瑪颱風接近沙包、備糧受歡迎 Sep 25-27, 2001 Edited by Yu Yuhua (游玉華) Dictionary 1234567 8 9 10
Aside from moon cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival next week, sandbags are selling like hot cakes too. • Aside from 除...以外 • Festival(n)節日 1234567 8 9 10
The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) warned people to expect continuous heavy rains for the next few days before the slow-moving Lekima moves westward from the sea off southern Taiwan. • The Central Weather Bureau中央氣象局 • Westward(adv)向西 1234567 8 9 10
Officials also taught residents the right way to stack the sandbags: double rows with one-third of the bags overlapping each level. • Officials官員 • Stack (v)堆 • Overlap(v)重疊 • Rows(n)列 1234567 8 9 10
According to the official, 1,543 residents have been relocated to nearby elementary schools or community activities center. • According to根據 • Official(n)官員 • elementary schools小學 • community activities cent 社區活動中心 1234567 8 9 10
The Taipei City Council agreed to the city government's request for a fund of NT$4 billion budget to repair the mass rapid transit (MRT) system that was also flooded and paralyzed by heavy rains. • The Taipei City Council臺北市議會 • Fund(n)資金 • Budget (n)預算 • Paralyze (v)癱瘓 1234567 8 9 10
Meanwhile, the city governmentannounced a series of new measures to ensure smoothertraffic flow. • Meanwhile (adv) 同時 • Announced (v) 發佈 • Measures (n) 措施 • Smooth (adj)流暢的 • traffic flow.交通流動 1234567 8 9 10
As a precaution, many hydrophobic people battered by the floods last week said they have packed and are ready to make quick retreats whenever necessary. • Pack(v)包 • Retreats(v)撤退 1234567 8 9 10
Consumers also started hoarding food, mineral water and other daily necessities at home. • Consumers消費者 • hoarding (v)貯藏 • mineral water礦泉水 1234567 8 9 10
The government has mapped out a comprehensive anti-flooding project to tame the water in the Keelung River and floods triggered by typhoons. • anti-flooding project 防洪計劃 • Tame(v)制服 • Trigger(v)引起 1234567 8 9 10