VOA标准英语2010年-Expectations High for Foreign Efforts

The new U.S. security agreement to help oversee¹ Haiti's main transportation links is an attempt to clearly define the role of the 18,000 American forces arriving in the coming days. While U.S. troops are still primarily focused on evacuating² the injured and securing key facilities, locals have higher expectations. 

Just outside the security fence of Port au Prince's international airport, scores of Haitians watch the 24-hour parade of cargo³ planes and helicopters.

For many, all of the activity is somewhat of a mystery.

Blanc Marielle lost two children, her home and her job as a seamstress. She now sleeps outside with the rest of her family. She says she came to the airport because that's where the foreigners are and she hoped to get some help. She says she is still waiting to hear their plan.

As a crowd gathers to air their grievances⁴ to a foreign reporter, they say they don't understand why so many planes have landed at the airport but so little aid has reached them.

Many say the Haitian government is stealing it. Some say the foreigners need better advice for reaching affected⁵ people.

International aid operations have fanned out into much of the capital, and heavy equipment is now clearing debris⁶ downtown. But many people remain in need. Sampan Junior is a 22 year-old aspiring⁷ accountant who worked in a bakery until last week. He lost his mother and his father when their house collapsed⁸. "I just want to work with the Americans so I can get some money so I can eat something," he said.

American soldiers' primary mission remains⁹ evacuating the wounded, but they are also patrolling streets and beginning to organize an employment program. On Saturday, soldiers set up a camp to register job seekers' skill sets. Despite almost no publicity¹⁰, hundreds of people lined up.

Before the earthquake an estimated 70 percent of Haitians lived on two dollars or less per day. Now, with scores of businesses shut down and many more people out of work, some say the relief effort should soon turn to jobs for the unemployed¹¹.

Eddie Noulsent is a former government worker and current resident of a tent city in the middle class suburb of Delmas. Speaking on a barren hillside where scores of locals are camping near their shattered homes, he says getting people back to work should be a priority. "So many young people would like to work. They dont have a job. There is plenty of crime in Haiti when there is no work for us. What can you do? Sit down, play cards, play dominoes and do crime," he said.

The Haitian government has said it must first relocate and register the hundreds of thousands of people now living in temporary shelters before starting a massive jobs program aimed at rebuilding the country.

1 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

2 evacuating   

撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空

参考例句：

• The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
• Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

3 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

4 grievances   

n.委屈( grievance的名词复数 )；苦衷；不满；牢骚

参考例句：

• The trade union leader spoke about the grievances of the workers. 工会领袖述说工人们的苦情。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He gave air to his grievances. 他申诉了他的冤情。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

6 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

7 aspiring   

adj.有志气的；有抱负的；高耸的v.渴望；追求

参考例句：

• Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。
• He came from an aspiring working-class background. 他出身于有抱负的工人阶级家庭。 来自辞典例句

8 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

9 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

10 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

11 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。