1 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

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 Meanwhile, the city government announced a series of new measures to ensure smoother traffic flow. Meanwhile (adv) 同時 Announced (v) 發佈 Measures (n) 措施 Smooth (adj) 流暢的 traffic flow. 交通流動

8 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

9 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

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