联合国对海地捐赠达100亿美元

　　The international community has pledged a total of $9.9bn (?6.5bn) in immediate¹ and long-term aid to earthquake-hit Haiti at a UN donor² conference.
The $5.3bn (?3.5bn) of support over the next two years exceeds the $4bn requested by the Haitian government to rebuild infrastructure³.
"This is the down-payment Haiti needs for wholesale(批发的，大规模的) national renewal," UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in New York.
The 12 January quake killed 200,000 and left one million more homeless.
AccountabilityThe biggest contributions came from the United States and the European Union, but more than 130 countries, as well as key international financial institutions, took part in the conference.
PLEDGES SO FAREU $1.7bnUS $1.15bnCanada $390mWorld Bank $250mFrance $243mBrazil $172mOrphans in race against timeHow can donors⁴ aid quake-hit Haiti?
Haiti aid: reconstruction⁵ costsHaiti action planUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, co-hosting the conference with Mr Ban, offered $1.15bn.
The EU meanwhile pledged an additional $1.7bn for food and to support the rebuilding of Haitian President Rene Preval's government.
International aid will be used to build hospitals, schools and government buildings, create jobs, and reform Haiti's key farming sector⁶.
Mr Ban said a "robust⁷" internet-based tracking system run by the UN would be used to "ensure accountability and transparency" of the aid distribution.
Ban Ki-moon: "Our goal is not just to rebuild"A commission co-chaired by President Preval and former US President Bill Clinton is supposed to ensure that the aid is well coordinated⁸ and well spent.
It is an attempt to let Haiti's government set the priorities for reconstruction while responding to donor concerns about its reputation for corruption⁹, says the BBC's Barbara Plett at the United Nations.
Delegates repeatedly stressed that the only way to product real and lasting¹⁰ results for Haitians was to strengthen and work with the government, not around it, as has been the case in the past, our correspondent adds.
Three-stage planThe Haitian government and international officials have spent weeks putting together a plan for the country.
The first part of the plan is an 18-month project focusing on rebuilding destroyed infrastructure, government buildings, hospitals and schools - which is expected to cost almost $4bn.
Officials estimate that a total of $11.5bn in aid will be needed for long-term reconstruction(复兴，改造，兴建), which will involve strengthening institutions and refocusing the economy.
Earlier in the conference, Mr Ban urged donor nations not to forget a separate appeal for $1.44bn for food aid and shelter launched by the UN last month. He said just half had so far been pledged.
Aid agencies have warned that thousands are vulnerable to April rains and the hurricane season in June.
The country was already the poorest country in the Western hemisphere before the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck.
Unemployment and illiteracy¹¹ were high among its nine million population, with about 80% living on less than $2 a day.
Both Haiti's government and donors are insisting that a strategy of decentralisation（地方分权，疏散) is at the heart of the reconstruction plan. They aim to increase development in parts of the country that are less vulnerable to natural disasters than the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The capital's population more than tripled to 2.5 million in the three decades before the quake.
Officials also hope to develop a rural agricultural strategy that would enable Haiti to become more self-sufficient. Haiti is dependent on food imports, yet about 80% of the population works in agriculture.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

3 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

4 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

6 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

7 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

8 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

9 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

10 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

11 illiteracy   

n.文盲

参考例句：

• It is encouraging to read that illiteracy is declining.从读报中了解文盲情况正在好转，这是令人鼓舞的。
• We must do away with illiteracy.我们必须扫除文盲。