World Food Program Urges Sudan to Cooperate to Avoid Darfur

 

Michael Drudge¹

The U.N. food agency says the government of Sudan must cooperate to avert² famine in the western region of Darfur, where factional fighting has driven one-million people from their homes.

The World Food Program director, James Morris, has just returned from leading a U.N. delegation³ to Sudan and Chad to assess effects from the Darfur conflict between black Sudanese rebels and government-backed Arab militiamen.

Mr. Morris told a London news conference Tuesday the Sudanese government bears what he called "an enormous responsibility" to provide protection to people who have been uprooted⁶. "This is a very, very serious humanitarian⁷ crisis. In fact a million people in the most violent way have been driven from their homes. About half of them are now in camps, and half of them are still wandering around in the hills and who knows where," he said.

Mr. Morris said that some burned out villages have only a few old men left in them, and most of the displaced people are afraid to go home. "They are frightened, very frightened. I mean. I cannot overstate that, and the government needs to behave in such a way that security comes back. But there is a great gap of trust and confidence between the population and the government, so the government's got a big job to do," he said.

Mr. Morris said U.N. agencies are prepared to help with food, shelter, clothing and other basic supplies, but the Sudanese government must cooperate. "For us to make progress on these issues, the government has to do its job, in terms of protection and security. The world won't tolerate a million people being at risk," he said.

Fighting in Darfur broke out a year ago, when two rebel groups took up arms, accusing the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum of ignoring the needs of the region's predominately black African population.

Human rights observers and people displaced by the fighting say an Arab militia⁴, called the janjaweed, has burned and raided villages across Darfur with air support from the Sudanese military.

The government denies there is a campaign of ethnic⁸ cleansing⁹, though it has acknowledged human rights violations¹⁰.
注释：
Sudan [su:5dAn] n. 苏丹，位于非洲东北部
avert [E5vE:t] v. 转移
famine [5fAmin] n. 饥荒，饥饿
Darfur [dB:5fJE(r)] 达尔福尔，苏丹西部一地区。
World Food Program 缩写为WFP，联合国粮食组织。
director [di5rektE] n. 专员
delegation [7deli5^eiFEn] n. 代表团
Chad [tFAd] （国名）乍得，位于非洲中北部
militiamen [mi5liFEmEn] n. 民兵
uproot⁵ [Qp5ru:t] vt. 连根拔起，根除
displaced [dis5pleis] adj. 被驱逐的
overstate [5EuvE5steit] vt. 夸大的叙述，夸张
shelter [5FeltE] n. 掩蔽处，身避处
security [si5kjuEriti] n. 安全
predominately [pri5dCmineitli] adv. 占统治地位的，处支配地位的
djanjaweed  阿拉伯骑兵
raid [reId] v. 奇袭
ethnic [5eWnik] adj. 种的，种族的

 

1 drudge   

n.劳碌的人；v.做苦工，操劳

参考例句：

• I feel like a real drudge--I've done nothing but clean all day!我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作！
• I'm a poor,miserable,forlorn drudge;I shall only drag you down with me.我是一个贫穷，倒运，走投无路的苦力，只会拖累你。

2 avert   

v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)

参考例句：

• He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
• I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

3 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

4 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

5 uproot   

v.连根拔起，拔除；根除，灭绝；赶出家园，被迫移开

参考例句：

• The family decided to uproot themselves and emigrate to Australia.他们全家决定离开故土，移居澳大利亚。
• The trunk of an elephant is powerful enough to uproot trees.大象的长鼻强壮得足以将树木连根拔起。

6 uprooted   

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

参考例句：

• 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》

7 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• 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。

8 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。

9 cleansing   

n. 净化(垃圾) adj. 清洁用的 动词cleanse的现在分词

参考例句：

• medicated cleansing pads for sensitive skin 敏感皮肤药物清洗棉
• Soap is not the only cleansing agent. 肥皂并不是唯一的清洁剂。

10 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。