英闻天下——610 Mobile Emergency Unit Working in Lushan

　　Besides rescue workers, the mobile network emergency unit is working day and night, making their own contribution to the emergency rescue work in the quake hit area of Lushan.

 

　　For more, here's Wang Wei reporting from the quake zone.

 

　　In the early hours of the morning in Lushang, the rain sprinkles down turning the land to mud.

 

　　A China Mobile network emergency vehicle became stuck, and it took 5 people more than 10 minutes to push it out.

 

　　An eight member team of the China Mobile emergency group heads out to fix a mobile network base station after finishing work on another one.

 

　　The unit's captain, Xiao Yongkan, says his unit arrived in Lushan hours after the earthquake hit the town, and fixed¹ 9 communication base stations the first day.

 

　　Over the next two days he has slept for no more than 40 minutes.

 

　　However, Xiao insists sacrificing sleep is necessary since keeping communication open is pivotal for rescue and relief efforts in the area.

 

　　"Commanding emergency rescues and transportation need open mobile network. Civil administration department and all the other departments that you can think of need an open channel of communication. So keeping it work is very important."

 

　　When Xiao Yongkang and his team members arrived at the base station, the rain fell harder, but when they started work this morning the sky was clear.

 

　　Many of them didn't bring a raincoat that day, but once the rain started up again they continued their work with only a cap or helmet.

 

　　Wang Haodong is an engineer in charge of data maintenance², and says is it not a comfortable job.

 

　　"I've been working for a consecutive³ of 20 hours, without even taking a nap. Things have been like this since I arrived here right after the quake. We're so busy that we don't even have time for instant noodles, so we only eat biscuits and drink bottled water. There're free instant noodles at service stops, we just don't have time for it. A steamed bun is a dream for us now."

 

　　Team member Fu Xiaodong agrees.

 

　　"I went to bed in the morning yesterday. We can only sleep 1 to 3 hours a day."

 

　　Team leader Xiao Yongkang says they are used to terrible working conditions, considering they provided support following past earthquakes, which were much more dangerous.

 

　　"We had previous experiences in Wenchuan and Yushu earthquakes, so we're experienced in this. There was one time in Yushu, I was driving on mountain road covered with ice and snow, and it was too slippery that my car went out of control and took a u-turn, we almost fell of the cliff."

 

　　Xiao and his team yearned⁴ for good sleep after finishing their work around three in the morning. They don't know when they will head back home, but when they do they plan to fully⁵ take advantage of its comforts.

 

　　"When I get back home I will eat hotpot for as much as I can. All I want is having a good time eating hotpot and barbeque."

 

　　"I'll be good as long as I can get back home and see my baby. That's enough for me."

 

　　For CRI, I'm Wang Wei in Lushan.

1 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

2 maintenance   

n.维修，保养，扶养费，维持，保持

参考例句：

• His small farm provides maintenance,but not much more.他的小农场能使他们维持生活，但仅此而已。
• He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻赡养费。

3 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

4 yearned   

渴望，切盼，向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The people yearned for peace. 人民渴望和平。
• She yearned to go back to the south. 她渴望回到南方去。

5 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。