2017年CRI Chinese volunteers help refugees in Athens
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：2017CRI中国国际广播电台
Oushinet.com, an online news source dedicated 1 to overseas Chinese communities in Europe has just selected their 2016 top 10 news reports. One of the 10 stories features a group of Chinese volunteers in Greece helping 2 refugees over the past year.
The volunteer group was established in December 2015. Its members included vendors 3 from Chinatowns in Athens and Thessaloniki, and instructors 4 at the Business Confucius Institute in Athens.
During the past year, the group has provided aid to refugees at Lesbos, the largest landing spot for refugees entering Europe by sea. They have also expanded their services to parts of Athens.
Distributing food, medicine and clothes, the group also tries to persuade refugees to go to formal camps where they are guaranteed a proper living.
A Syrian refugee said the group's help was vital to him.
"The good thing about this organization is that it's not only for (one) thing exactly. If you knew that some organizations are only for children; some organizations are only for clothes; some organizations are only for food. But the different thing about this organization is that it is an organization for all things, for everything you need," said the refugee.
Chen Xueyan is one of the Chinese volunteers involved in the local newscasts. Her team once helped a Syrian family.
Chen says that she has been humbled 5 by the experience.
"I'm very happy. But we still are lacking in experience on handling some situations, some of the things we could have done better," said Chen.
Chen and her fellow volunteers once offered supplies to the family, helped them find job opportunities after they settled in a refugee camp, and bought them tickets to Athens when they were settled in an Athens neighborhood.
Another Chinese volunteer Wang Defeng says what they've done is more than just assistance.
"While we are offering our help, we became friends with refugees. I also brought my children here and they became friends with the refugee children. I brought them along because it teaches them to be tough on whatever life dishes out to them," said Wang Defeng.
The large influx 6 of Middle Eastern refugees and migrants reaching Greece from the sea has made several of the country's islands hubs for a vast network of NGOs and solidarity 7 groups involved in the effort. In Lesbos alone, more than 80 NGOs are currently operating, ranging from major international organizations like the UN's refugee agency, to groups of local residents and foreigners moved by the refugees' plight 8.
At a refugee summit at the United Nations a few months ago, Chinese Premier 9 Li Keqiang pledged an additional $100 million in assistance to help deal with the global refugee and migrant crisis.
He also said the country was considering setting aside a $1 billion fund for the purpose.
- He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
- His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
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- The instructors were slacking on the job. 教员们对工作松松垮垮。
- He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramural instructors. 他以校外辅导员身份，被邀请到主席台上。
- The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
- Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。
- They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
- The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。