VOA标准英语2010年-Earthquake Puts Haiti's Orphans in Gre

An eight-month-old boy found in the ruins three days after the earthquake.  Doctors here at this Israeli field hospital in Port-au-Prince did what they could to avoid amputating his leg.  But his injuries were just too severe, his parents' whereabouts unknown. Dr. Ram¹ Sag² says he has treated many children without parents. 

"Many of the children who come here come without the parents.  It takes some time, it can be some hours, or it can be some days," he said.

What to do with Haiti's orphans³ is of great concern to aid organizations.  The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says before the quake, there were 380,000 children living in orphanages⁵ or group homes in this country of nine million people.  Estimates are that tens of thousands more children lost their parents in the quake.  We visited this orphanage⁴ in Port-au-Prince.  Unable to access funds in a bank account, it is running dangerously low on supplies and all of the children are sick.  Nadine Francique is one of the administrators⁶.

"We really need some food, water and money for medication because all the kids have diarrhea," she said.

International organizations are trying to speed up adoptions⁷ already in process and they're sending teams to evacuate⁸ newly adopted children to other countries. 

Michael Geilenfeld runs a home for former child slaves and street children in Port-au-Prince.  He managed to evacuate his children to a house outside of the city.  He told us the current environment is very dangerous for orphaned⁹ children.

"It was hard before this, you know," he said.  "And now, the assistance that was there before isn't there so they are struggling even more."

The United Nations is also sending in a team to protect children against kidnapping, sex predators¹⁰ and sex trafficking.  Officials say the best option is to get the children out of the country to safety.

 

1 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

2 sag   

v.下垂，下跌，消沉；n.下垂，下跌，凹陷，[航海]随风漂流

参考例句：

• The shelf was beginning to sag beneath the weight of the books upon it.书架在书的重压下渐渐下弯。
• We need to do something about the sag.我们须把下沉的地方修整一下。

3 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

4 orphanage   

n.孤儿院

参考例句：

• They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage.他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。
• They gave the proceeds of the sale to the orphanage.他们把销售的收入给了这家孤儿院。

5 orphanages   

孤儿院( orphanage的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It is Rotarians running orphanages for children who have no homes. 扶轮社员们为没有家的孩子办孤儿院。
• Through the years, she built churches, hospitals and orphanages. 许多年来，她盖了一间间的教堂、医院、育幼院。

6 administrators   

n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 )；有管理（或行政）才能的人；（由遗嘱检验法庭指定的）遗产管理人；奉派暂管主教教区的牧师

参考例句：

• He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员，但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
• Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

7 adoptions   

n.采用，收养( adoption的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Adoption agencies are always so open to alternative family adoptions. 领养中介机构永远都对领养家庭敞开。 来自电影对白
• The number of adoptions has grown in the past year. 去年，收养子女的数字增加了。 来自互联网

8 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

9 orphaned   

[计][修]孤立

参考例句：

• Orphaned children were consigned to institutions. 孤儿都打发到了福利院。
• He was orphaned at an early age. 他幼年时便成了孤儿。

10 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》