THE Shanghai branch of the Red Cross Society of China sent 1 million yuan (US$148,000) and relief supplies worth 350,000 yuan to Gansu Province yesterday.

The supplies include 100 tents, 1,000 cotton quilts and 500 emergency kits containing more than 20 daily necessities, such as sleeping bags, bowls, chopsticks and flashlights.

Anyone wishing to help can get information via the branch's donation hotline, 52120999.

• relief [ri´li:f] n.救济；援救；减轻 (初中英语单词)
• province [´prɔvins] n.省；领域；范围 (初中英语单词)
• yesterday [´jestədi] n.&ad.昨天；前不久 (初中英语单词)
• sleeping [´sli:piŋ] n.&a.睡着(的) (初中英语单词)
• emergency [i´mə:dʒənsi] n.事变；紧急关头 (高中英语单词)