美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-10-24

 First step today we are heading to Australia where officials are worried that a wild fire outbreak could get worse. At least 56 fires are burning across Australia. On Sunday authority said 12 of them are out of control. A very dry winter in months without much rain set up conditions for wild fires. In this video you can see how strong the winds are. That's not helping¹ either. Those winds can spread the wild fires making it harder for firefighters to get the flames under control. Local news agencies are predicting hot, dry, and windy conditions over the next few days. 

 

Our next story takes us to Syria. International inspectors² are destroying the country's chemical weapons. Civil war is as blue as ever. Since the fighting started two and half years ago, more than two million people have fled from Syria. They might have gotten away from the violent. But live as a refugee comes with its own different challenges.

 

We talk a lot about the weapon that has been used in Syria. We talk a lot about the diplomacy³ that has been utilized⁴ to try to end the political crisis. It's important to remind people that there are now at least two million Syrian refugees. That's just a number of registered refugees. It's not getting any better. And the world needs to be reminded. When you go to any of these refugee communities, what you see is truly chilling. Because this has the potential to become a lost generation for Syrians. And the refugees that I've spoken with repeatedly say they don't know what's going to happen to them, they want more than anything to go home but they can't go home. They are so fearful for their lives back at home, but they are also fearful for their future in the countries they are now residing.

 

What we've seen in the past with refugees is if there is an opportunity to go back, if they think it safe in their hometown, they would go back. If they don't, they will stay out at whatever cost. Because they know it's better to be alive even to be hungry, even to be cold, even to be living in a tent in a desert, they would rather do that than face a possibility of death. So the future for the refugees is not a good one. It's when and where there is enough money coming in form international communities to support them. And it's when and where there are increasingly unwelcome in the places where they are. The outlook is not good and a history of this region is that refugees once displaced can sometimes spend even the rest of their lives outside away from their own countries.

 

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• 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。

2 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

4 utilized   

v.利用，使用( utilize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In the19th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity. 在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The empty building can be utilized for city storage. 可以利用那栋空建筑物作城市的仓库。 来自《简明英汉词典》