Chinese traffic police gear up for lingering cold snap
BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry 1 of Public Security (MPS)(公安处) on Sunday ordered traffic police nationwide to prepare for possible traffic disruptions（破坏） caused by a lingering cold snap.
The cold weather that has stopped traffic on national highways in several central and southern provinces since New Year's Day is likely to last ten more days.
At a national meeting on coping with traffic disruptions during the cold snap, vice 2 public security minister Huang Ming said local traffic police should be prepared to control and solve traffic problems that icy weather and sleet 3 might cause.
Further, local traffic police should make realistic emergency plans, prepare emergency supplies and equipment for de-icing and removing snow, and quickly handle traffic accidents, he said.
He added that road closures should be the last choice in handling poor road conditions caused by freezing weather. Additionally, local traffic police should take other measures such as temporarily opening roads to ensure traffic flows.
The recent inclement 4 weather is a reminder 5 of the disastrous 6 freezing winter at the beginning of 2008, which stopped traffic, damaged power grids 7, and disrupted lives of millions in southern China.
However, experts believe China is unlikely to suffer similar conditions this winter because of inadequate 8 moisture.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- 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。
- There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
- When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。
- The inclement weather brought forth a host of diseases.恶劣的天气引起了种种疾病。
- They kept on going,even through the inclement weather.即使天气恶劣，他们还是执意要去。
- I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
- It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。
- The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
- Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。
- Typical framed structures are beams, grids, plane and space frames or trusses. 典型构架结构为梁、格栅、平面的和空间的框架或桁架。 来自辞典例句
- The machines deliver trimmed grids for use or stock. 这种机器铸出修整过的板栅，以供使用或储存。 来自辞典例句
- The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
- She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。