Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud, holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Soldiers fired at rocks to dislodge enough debris to speed the drainage of waters in Tangjiashan Lake in Sichuan Province. CCTV reported that the runoff channel was getting wider and deeper, helping to reduce the water level in the lake that was formed after last month's devastating earthquake.
中國士兵使用反坦克武器炸掉巖石和泥土，把水流阻擋在了地震形成的湖泊里，它威脅著下游100多萬老百姓的生存安全。士兵們向巖石開炮來除去足夠多的碎石，目的是加快四川省唐家山湖湖水的排干速度。中央電視臺報道，徑流渠道正變得越來越寬、越來越深，有助于減少上個月災難性地震發生后形成的湖泊的水位。
We fired at the rock from a closer distance to make sure that the water gets through the channel. Usually we shoot from about 100 meters away, but this time we did it from 50 meters, gives a better result than shooting from further away.
我們在更近的地方向巖石開炮來確保湖水流經渠道。通常我們是在一百米開外開炮，而這次在50米開外，得到的結果比從更遠處開炮要更好。
Other troops have been deepening the channel and digging on a second spillway. Officials fear that the so-called quake lake could burst its banks and cause catastrophic flooding if the water level is not brought down soon. Authorities were on alert both for increased rainfall and new aftershocks that could weaken the dam, or send more debris plunging into the lake.
其它部隊一直在挖深渠道并在挖掘第二條泄洪道。如果水位沒有很快下降，政府官員擔心這所謂的堰塞湖會決堤并引發災難性洪水。有關當局在警惕可能損壞水壩、或使更多碎石沖進湖中的不斷增加的降雨量和新的余震。
More than 250, 000 people downstream have been evacuated in recent weeks, adding to the turmoil created by last month's massive earthquake in Sichuan Province. Government officials have downplayed the threat of imminent flooding, though a variety of factors such as rain and aftershocks could set off a dam collapse.
最近幾周，已有二十五萬多名下游人民群眾撤離，加劇了上個月四川省大地震造成的混亂程度。政府官員對迫在眉睫的洪水威脅輕描淡寫，盡管種種因素如降雨和余震都可能會引發潰壩。
The Tangjiashan Lake is the largest of more than 30 created by last month's quake. The lake was formed when rubble from a massive landslide set off by the deadly May 12th earthquake, blocked the flow of the Tongkou River, also known as the Jianjiang.
唐家山湖是上個月地震產生的30多個湖里面最大的一個。5月12日，致命的地震引發了大規模山體滑坡，碎石堵住了通口河，又名湔江，從而形成了該湖泊。
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