"We are short of equipment, " said Guoyang Zhaxi, a 42-year-old resident helping to free survivors. "So the speed of the rescue efforts is very slow.

正在帮助搜救生者的42岁居民果央扎西（音）说，我们缺少设备，所以救援速度非常缓慢。

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It is necessary to make a right decision in a short period of time, so workers always feel responsible for people and equipment that are in operational management.

在短时间做出正确的决定是有必要的，因此工人们始终觉得要对他们对人民和在维修中的设备负责。

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Medical equipment is in short supply and often out of date, and even such rudimentary medicines as aspirin are often unavailable.

医疗设备供应不足，多已过时，甚至像阿斯匹林这类最起码的药物，也常常短缺。

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They are not well trained in detection and they are short of forensic equipment.

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The police, for their part, are desperately short of equipment.

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