Nowadays, we have a huge number of devices and gadgets around us thatare supposed to make our daily lives easier. It’s what we’re most focused on,our normal day-to day life-but what if something serious happens, one of thethings we’d rather not think about? A fire, a burglary, a child disappears?Some items that can save you in these situations you might own already, someyou maybe don’t know yet exist.

　　现如今，越来越多的小发明、小工具让我们的生活更加方便。那么如果某天突然发生一些紧急情况如火灾、家中遭窃、孩子失踪等，哪些日常必备用品可以用来应急呢?下面我们就来介绍一些必备应急用品，有的可能你家中已经有了，而有的可能你还从未听说过。不管怎样，有备无患吧。

　　1.flashlight

　　手电筒

　　Most of us have a flashlight at home. Somewhere. It can be of greathelp when there’s a power outage, for example. The problem is that most of usdon’t know where it’s hiding, and if we find it, the batteries are probablyempty.

　　很多人家中都有手电筒。它相当实用，比如在停电的时候。可问题是有时当我们需要它的时候会想不起它放在哪里，或者当我们用它的时候才发现它已经没电了。

　　See that you store one or several flashlights in a place you remember,and store batteries next to it.

　　所以，请在你不容易忘掉的地方备上一个或几个手电筒，并记得时常充电。

　　2.radio

　　收音机

　　In case of anatural disaster, a radio can be your line of communication when for exampletelephone nets break down. It might be your only way of receiving importantinformation and updates. Store a battery-driven radio together with bottledwater,non-perishable foods, clothes and other necessities you keep to beprepared.

　　如果碰到自然灾害，收音机能够在手机通讯网络中断的时候让你保持与外界的联络。它可能会是你获取外界重要信息的唯一方式。将一台装电池用的收音机与瓶装水、易存放的食物、几件衣服及其他必备品放在一起，以防备用。

　　3.burglar alarm

　　防盗报警器

　　A burglaralarm is an excellent device that makes your home more secure and lets you feelsafe. With one little code before you leave and after you come back, yourentire home will be secured. The entire neighbourhood will know if it's breached, not to mention the security firm who will call or come over on thespot.

　　家中装一个防盗报警器能让家里更安全，也能让你更有安全感。只需设置几个数字，它就可以在你离开家的这段时间里保证家中安全。一旦发生问题，不但邻居们会知道，安保公司也会得到通知并及时赶到。

　　Nowadays thereare a plethora of different systems available, many are less complicated toinstall and less expensive than you think.

　　现如今防盗报警器的种类非常多，而且大多数安装简单、价格低廉。

　　4.smoke detector

　　烟雾警报器

　　A smoke detector should be matter of course in every home. It’s easilyset up and doesn’t need any maintenance, except for occasional batterychanges.Smoke detectors have saved countless lives you think you’d wake up incase of a fire, but chances are you won’t.

　　烟雾警报器当然也是家家户户都应该必备的。它安装起来相当容易，而且不需要任何维护，只需偶尔换电池即可。烟雾警报器已经救过无数人的生命，你觉得发生火灾的时候你会正好醒着，可事实往往不是这样。

　　Install a detector on every level of your home and don’t forget totest them regularly.

　　最好在家里的每层都安装一个烟雾警报器，并且记得定期检查。

　　5.timers

　　定时器

　　There are several different kinds of timers on the market. With themost common ones, you simply enter the start and stop time and plug it into anoutlet. The device connected to it will then only be active between thosetimes.

　　市面上卖的定时器有好多种。最常用的是那种通过按键来定时或计时，并可以插在其他装置上的。这些装置插上定时器后，就会在设定以内的时间工作。

　　More advanced versions can be installed for example into your stove.After a certain time, these timers will turn off the stove automatically. Thesedevices can be live savers if you forget to turn the stove off, and arefrequently used when elderly persons live on their own.

　　更先进一些的定时器可以装在炉子上。某段时间之后，定时器可以使炉子自动关闭。如果你忘了关炉子，那么这个定时器就能救命了。一些独居的老人家中常备有这样的定时器。

　　6.safety plugs

　　安全插头

　　Houses tend to have more and more electrical outlets, and even thoughno one seems to know why, babies and toddlers seem to be drawn to them like amoth to the light. Buy and place a gang of these and save your kids fromserious injury.

　　现代人家里的插座越来越多，而且奇怪的是蹒跚学步的小孩子们尤其喜欢这些插座。所以买些安全插头，可以防止孩子们因此受伤。

　　7.landline

　　固定电话

　　This might seem really old fashioned to you, since so many peoplenowadays only use cell phones. What people tend to forget is that mobilenetworks are much more vulnerable than landlines in for example extremeweather. If you don’t have a landline, you may be without a line ofcommunication to the outside world, and you won’t be able to make emergencycalls.

　　这听起来好像很过时，毕竟现在大多数人使用的是手机。可是别忘了，相比固定电话网络，移动通讯网络更脆弱更容易受到外界因素比如极端天气的影响。此时，如果你没有固定电话，你可能就没法同外界联络，也没法拨打紧急求助电话了。