VOA标准英语2010年-On the Scene: VOA's Brian Wagner Descr

Distribution of food and relief supplies to the victims of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti has run into trouble by blocked roads and limited resources. The best way to reach people in and out of Port-au-Prince is by helicopter. VOA Correspondent Brian Wagner was on board one of these helicopters and sent this report.

WAGNER:  "I just stepped off a helicopter from the USS Vinson, an aircraft carrier that has been deployed¹ to the region. Larger helicopters from the ship are bringing food and water supplies on to land where smaller helicopters are distributing throughout the city.

Our trip took us along the port, and out over the water where we circled back and dropped supplies in a field right in front of one neighborhood. As soon as the helicopter approached, young men ran towards us in the hopes of getting something for themselves.

The helicopter hovered² several meters in the air and the crewmen dropped the supplies on to the ground. In spite of the intense wind from the helicopter's rotors a group of young men ran under the helicopter and gathered the supplies. The crewmen on the helicopter tell me that they cannot land in  situations like this because they run the risk of having someone run towards the helicopter right into the helicopter's rotors.

Today there seems to be a definitive³ shift in the international aid effort here at the airport. We've seen fewer aircraft arriving, and fewer rescue and emergency teams here at the airport. That means many of the supplies and the emergency personnel are out in the field. One of the military guards here at the airport overnight told us that there was some tension with a crowd of young men who had gathered at the airport gates. The hope is that as aid gets out into the city into people's hands there will be less fear of confrontation⁴."

1 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

2 hovered   

鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• A hawk hovered over the hill. 一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。
• A hawk hovered in the blue sky. 一只老鹰在蓝色的天空中翱翔。

3 definitive   

adj.确切的，权威性的；最后的，决定性的

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样，还没有人给出明确的答复。

4 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。