CRI英语听力2012年07月合辑（文本＋翻译）：BEIJING-GETTING-PREPARED-FOR-MORE-RAIN.doc

1、Authorities here in Beijing have been taking precautionary measures as more rain is expected to soak the capital heading into the weekend.CRIs Shen Chengcheng has more.Beijing Meteorological authorities Wednesday night issued a warning about possible mud-slides, cave-ins and land subsidence in the h

2、illy areas of Beijing should more rains hit the capital.Although the expected 30 to 50 millimeters of heavy rains did not come last night, Beijing is bracing itself for more rains starting today.The Beijing Drainage Group has deployed some 13-hundred workers across the city to deal with the likely f

3、looding.Moreover, the control center will monitor the situation around the clock.Sandbags have been stockpiled on several low-lying roads and residential areas.The National Meteorological Center has lifted the heavy rain alert in Beijing.But rains ranging from 5 to 40 millimeters are still expected

4、in parts of the capital over the coming days.Beijing was hit by the heaviest rainfall in over 60 years over the weekend.The deluge in the capital has left a reported 37 people dead, most in the Fangshan District in southwest Beijing.We were right there in the pavilion. I was holding fast to this pil

5、lar and my husband the other one. We got trapped for five hours in the fierce flood.The downpour also caused the collapse of over 72-hundred homes.600 soldiers have been dispatched to clear up debris and rebuild roads in Fangshan.Meantime, in other parts of China, flood waters are still high.At Hohh

6、ot in Inner Mongolia, vehicles are still stranded.The western part of the city is in a low terrain with deeper water. We have to divert the traffic so as to guarantee intersections unimpeded.The bus got stuck here around 05:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.Up to 180 millimeters of rain is also expected to hit the southern parts of China later today.Across the country, some 110 people have died since rainstorms began to sweep the country last Friday.For CRI, Im Shen Chengcheng.