VOA慢速英语2019 英国卡车死亡事件后，越南遇害人家庭还在等待消息

After British Truck Deaths, Vietnamese Families Wait for News

British officials have accused a 25-year-old man of causing the deaths of 39 people found in a truck near London last week.

英国官员指控一名25岁男子造成上周在伦敦附近一辆卡车上发现的39人死亡。 

The British man also was charged with taking part in an international human trafficking group.

这位英国男子还被控参加一个国际人口贩运集团。 

British Prime¹ Minister Boris Johnson wrote a note of support for the victims,

英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊写了封对受害者的支持信， 

saying: “The whole nation and indeed the world has been shocked by this tragedy,

信中写道：“这个悲剧震惊了全国，乃至全世界， 

and the cruelty of the fate² that has been suffered by innocent³ people who were hoping for a better life in this country.”

那些遭受了命运残酷对待的人是想要在这里过上好生活的无辜人民。 

In Vietnam, VNExpress reported that 24 families from Ha Tinh and Nghe An provinces in north-central Vietnam do not yet know whether their children are among the dead.

越南VNExpress报道说，越南中北部的河静省和义安省的24个家庭尚不知道他们的孩子是否已死亡。

Some of the family members have sent pictures of the missing⁴ people to relatives and friends in Britain to ask for help.

一些家庭成员将失踪者的照片发给在英国的亲友，以寻求帮助。 

Pham Van Thin’s 26-year-old daughter, Pham Thi Tra My, is likely among the 39 people who died in the truck.

范文辛26岁的女儿范提拉麦很可能在卡车上丧生的39人中。 

Pham said his daughter had sent her mother a text message saying,

范说，他的女儿给母亲发了一条短信，说 

I’m sorry Mum. My journey abroad hasn’t succeeded.

“对不起妈妈。我的出国之行没有成功。 

Mum, I love you so much! I’m dying⁵ because I can’t breathe ... I am sorry, Mum."

妈妈，我是如此爱你！我快要死了，因为我无法呼吸……对不起，妈妈。” 

Bui Thac’s nephew is among those feared to be dead.

布塔克的侄子恐怕也死亡了。 

Bui told the Reuters news agency⁶, “Almost all households have someone going abroad.

布告诉路透社，“几乎所有家庭都有人出国。 

Old people stay but young people must find ways to work abroad because it’s difficult to work at home.”

老年人留下来，但年轻人必须去国外找出路，因为在家工作很困难。” 

Without jobs, thousands of Vietnamese from poor areas like Nghe An seek a better life overseas each year.

因为没有工作，每年有成千上万的越南人从像义安省这样的贫困地区到海外寻求更好的生活。 

A major chemical leak three years ago at the Formosa steel factory there only worsened conditions.

三年前福尔摩沙钢铁厂发生的一起重大化学物质泄漏事件，只会使情况进一步恶化。 

“We decided⁷ to let my husband work abroad in 2016 when the Formosa incident happened,” said Anna Nguyen.

阮安娜说：“2016年福尔摩沙事件发生时，我们决定让我的丈夫去国外工作。” 

Her husband went to Ukraine, France and then Britain to find work in a nail salon⁸.

她的丈夫先后去乌克兰、法国和英国找一份美甲店的工作。 

Ha Tinh’s state-run newspaper said last month that over 40,000 people leave the province each year in search of jobs.

河静省的官方报纸上个月称，每年有4万多人离开该省寻找工作。 

“People from these provinces have a long history of going overseas to earn money to send back home,” said Mimi Vu, an anti-trafficking activist⁹ based in Ho Chi Minh City.

胡志明市的反人口贩运活动人士吴米米说：“这些省份的人去海外赚钱再寄回家的现象由来已久。” 

Experts believe human traffickers charge Vietnamese families thousands of dollars to send a relative overseas.

专家认为，人贩子向越南家庭收取数千美元，才会将他们的一个亲戚送到海外。 

Last month, Britain’s Ambassador¹⁰ to Vietnam, Gareth Ward¹¹, warned of the dangers of trusting human traffickers.

上个月，英国驻越南大使加雷斯·沃德警告说，相信人贩子，是危险的行为。 

“They are not friends. They are criminals,” he said.

“他们不是朋友。他们是罪犯，”他说。 

On the website VNExpress, one person commented, “No matter what the country is, this is sad and depressing…

在VNExpress网站上，有人评论道：“无论遇难者来自哪个国家，这都是令人悲伤和沮丧的…… 

I think the current life in Vietnam is not too difficult.

我认为目前在越南的生活并不太难。 

Instead of spending hundreds of millions to go abroad, that amount of money in Vietnam could create many jobs.”

与其花上一大笔钱到国外去，还不如拿这笔钱在越南创造更多的就业机会。” 

1 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

2 fate   

n.命运；结局，结果；将来，前景

参考例句：

• The Titanic met her fate by crashing into a huge iceberg.泰坦尼克号客轮因撞上一个大冰山而沉没。
• Your future is bound up with the fate of your motherland.你的前途同祖国的命运紧密相联。

3 innocent   

adj.无罪的，清白的；无害的；天真的，单纯的

参考例句：

• I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步。
• I was very young,and very innocent.我那时非常年轻，幼稚无知。

4 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

5 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。

6 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

9 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

10 ambassador   

n.大使，特使，（派驻国际组织的）代表

参考例句：

• He took up office as an ambassador for ten years continuously.他连任十年大使。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

11 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。