时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2011年(二月)


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The United Nations refugee agency says it has begun work on a new camp for internally displaced people in western Ivory Coast. The UNHCR says it expects the current shortage of shelter for thousands of uprooted 1 people to get worse as their numbers continue to increase.

So far, the UN refugee agency has registered 38,600 uprooted individuals in western Ivory Coast. The UNHCR says there are not enough places to house all these people and humanitarian 2 conditions are deteriorating 3.

The new camp, which is located near Duekoue town, will accommodate up to 6,000 people. The UNHCR says this will relieve crowding at a nearby Catholic mission where thousands of displaced are living.

UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming says heavy rains last week destroyed a number of makeshift shelters in the mission compound. She says the agency has provided tents to some of the affected 4 families. But, this is only a stopgap measure.

"Right now, we are building one camp," Fleming said. "It is rather difficult for us – also, given the tension, the political environment and also the difficulties for, particularly, U.N. organizations to operate. This is the first site we have been able to identify and to be able to clear. That said we are, unfortunately, in anticipation 5 that there is going to be further displacement 6 and continued displacement. We are looking for other sites for new camps."

Most of the displaced in western Ivory Coast fled their homes in mid-December and early January as a result of ethnic 7 tension and violence. This followed the disputed presidential election in November, which has still not been resolved.

The incumbent 8 president, Laurent Gbagbo, refuses to give up his seat to the United Nations- recognized winner, Alassane Ouattara. This has ushered 9 in a period of fear and instability, which has displaced tens of thousands of people inside Ivory Coast and prompted more than 36,300 Ivorians to flee to neighboring Liberia.

Fleming says some of the displaced people say they cannot return to their homes because they have been burned down and their possessions looted. Others report physical and sexual violence, as well as arbitrary detention 10 by armed groups acting 11 with impunity 12.

"Civilians 13 do remain traumatized by the recent troubles, which many see as reminiscent of the civil conflict in 2002," she added. "And, they remember that very well. As a result, many families who we speak to say that they have left their homes in anticipation of a possible attack. They tell us they fear becoming trapped in case of renewed war and will only consider returning to their homes once the political deadlock 14 is resolved and their security is assured."

Fleming says the political deadlock is causing widespread fear. She warns failure to resolve this standoff could trigger displacement on a massive scale.



v.把(某物)连根拔起( uproot的过去式和过去分词 );根除;赶走;把…赶出家园
  • Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着,树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • 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。
恶化,变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )
  • The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
  • I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚,大家情绪低落,各个工厂越搞越坏。
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
n.预期,预料,期望
  • We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着,期待她的到来。
  • The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安,像是感到了地震即将发生。
n.移置,取代,位移,排水量
  • They said that time is the feeling of spatial displacement.他们说时间是空间位移的感觉。
  • The displacement of all my energy into caring for the baby.我所有精力都放在了照顾宝宝上。
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
  • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
  • It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The secretary ushered me into his office. 秘书把我领进他的办公室。
  • A round of parties ushered in the New Year. 一系列的晚会迎来了新年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
  • He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
  • He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除
  • You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
  • The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • 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。
n.僵局,僵持
  • The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后,谈判陷入了僵局。
  • The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。
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a sight of
ad dibdibah plain
Adelavin
angle of trajectory
astigmope
bergenite
blacksmith's daughter
bottled
Cape walnut
catalytic process
cell-based
Champex
closed-in drill-pipe pressure
complementation law
cortical sensibility
cross section leveling
ctenogobiops feroculus
cut-in relay
cylinder sheller
degree of lodging
deterministic schedule
diaminophenazine
dicaprin
diffugenin
Dithiazid
double banking width limit
dust the floor with someone
Elettaria
enside
eridanians
family mustelidaes
feevee
fettling knife
Filatov's disease
gastroduodenostomy
geometric optics model
goldplated
Granite Falls
hand on your heart
Heldai
hour-glass accentuated
in the way of
inlet compensator
input file code
interior drainage
Laurence-Moon syndrome
liquid globule
low foaming
marine pulley
matrix product
medial s's
metal catalyzer
metameconic
metasomatic pseudomorph
method of data capture
N'-tosyl-EDDA
netpreneur
nictitating membrance
noghri
noncapacitive
normal plate anemometer
Nuboai
off-normal dilution water flow
over-consolidated soil
pairwise uncorrelated
parquetage
Pennatae
personal flotation device
phomopsis terminaliae
pill tile
piqu? tourne en dehors
pontal flexure
prefix sign
Pretium Affectionis
progression cutting
psammites
QKt
quinarity
ratio of greater inequality
rear wall frame
recirculation operation
Rivinus's gland
round bottom flask
Sedum middendorffianum
shear stress gradient
side-loader
spherodizing
spicket
steam gauge stand
subinflammatory
tear out of
technical features
temeliyeh (temileh)
tifle
Tigrinispora
tow-levels
transcarbamoylase
undressings
variable star
volumetric stress
wowl
X.25 packet switched data network