VOA标准英语2012--Congolese Displaced on the Move Again
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)
Congolese Displaced on the Move Again
Many civilians 1 displaced by the fighting in the eastern DRC are on the move again. The U.N. refugee agency describes the situation as fluid and unstable 2, making it harder for humanitarian 3 agencies to provide assistance.
When M23 rebels moved on Goma, thousands of people fled the capital of North Kivu Province. Many traveled to the Sake area, some 20 kilometers away. However, Sake itself is now a battle zone.
“Because of the fighting in Sake, west of Goma, between the M23 and the Congolese armed forces, we saw people actually moving towards Goma looking for safety. But it’s a fluid situation because you also have people who are trying to leave Goma and go back to other areas they came from where they feel more secure,” said Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba, spokesperson for the UNHCR.
With M23 in control of Goma, some feel its safe enough to return to the Rutshuru territory northeast of the town.
Lejeune-Kaba said it remains 4 very difficult for aid agencies to help the displaced.
“Even normally in North Kivu. UNHCR oversees 5 31displaced camps that were hosting 108,000 people. But because of the fighting neither us nor our partners are able to really access most of these. Actually only one of the camps, Mugunga III, is the one that we visited recently and that we can access. So it means that the situation is really bad for the displaced because there hasn’t been any aid for most of these camps since about last week,” she said.
There are only rough estimates as to how many people were displaced during the M23 offensive on Goma. They range from 100,000 to 140,000 people. She says that is a lot for just a few days.
“If we compare that, for example, to the figures we had for July through September, according to estimates there were 285,000 newly displaced people. And here within just a few days you have up to 140,000 displaced. So it shows the magnitude of the displacement,” said Lejeune-Kaba.
Some of the displaced have been victims of violence or have gotten caught in the crossfire 6. UNHCR monitors said in Goma alone there were 60 assaults reported against civilians. Eight people have been killed. Houses and shops have been looted. Sixteen children have been reported wounded by gunfire. UNHCR says several hundred unaccompanied children that were in Goma are either newly displaced or refugees in Rwanda.
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
- The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网