灾区需用医药，急如星火。

Medical aid must be sent to the stricken area posthaste.

他于是将孩子打哭了，他们便急如星火地离开了这座城。

So he smote the child till it wept, and when he had done this they went hurriedly out of the city.

他于是取了那银杯，将它藏在袍子的褶缝里，急如星火地离了这座城。

So he took the cup and hid it in the fold of his tunic, and they went hurriedly out of the city.