美国国家公共电台 NPR As Thousands Flee South Sudan, Ugandan Refugee Camp Becomes World's Largest

 

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Uganda is now home to the largest refugee camp in the world. So what does that tell us? It's actually a sign that the situation in neighboring South Sudan is getting worse. Here's NPR's Eyder Peralta.

EYDER PERALTA, BYLINE¹: Back in March when I last visited Uganda, the country was opening refugee camps at a furious pace. The Bidi Bidi camp in northern Uganda had reached capacity. Amy Frost of Save the Children said then that some NGO staff couldn't rest.

AMY FROST: For the people working here, a day with a thousand people arriving is quite quiet.

PERALTA: Already, she said, the country and the U.N.'s refugee agency - UNHCR - were overwhelmed.

FROST: Uganda is now host to over a million refugees. UNHCR's worst case forecast for this year was 500,000 new arrivals from South Sudan. If the rate continues as it is now, then we're going to reach that figure in August.

PERALTA: Since then, the civil war in South Sudan has only gotten worse. What began as a dispute between the president and vice² president has turned into a brutal³ civil war fueled by ethnic⁴ tensions. A few days ago, the group in charge of monitoring a peace agreement in the country made public a damning report that government soldiers burnt down entire villages.

The chief of the Joint⁵ Monitoring and Evaluation⁶ Commission, Festus Mogwai, had already warned the U.N. Security Council that the situation in South Sudan was quickly, quote, "slipping out of control."

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FESTUS MOGAE: And all parties to the agreement are failing in their basic duty to protect the South Sudanese people.

PERALTA: As the fighting continues, the number of civilians⁷ fleeing to Uganda has steadily⁸ increased. Bidi Bidi, one of the first camps opened, is host to more than 270,000 refugees, making it the world's largest. It is now bigger than Dadaab in Kenya, which has taken Somali refugees for decades.

Yesterday, 3,000 more refugees crossed the border into Uganda. UNHCR is scrambling⁹ to open up yet another new camp. The refugees told reporters what's become a familiar story, that they fled a once-peaceful village as fellow civilians were indiscriminately massacred. Eyder Peralta, NPR News, Nairobi.

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1 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

4 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• 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。

5 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

6 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

7 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• 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。

8 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

9 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》