VOA标准英语2013--人道主义组织警告中非暴力

 

人道主义组织警告中非暴力

Humanitarian¹ groups say the situation in the Central African Republic is worsening daily, with the violence in some areas reaching unprecedented² levels. France says it  is sending additional troops to help restore order in the country. The main victims of the fighting between the largely Muslim former rebels and militia³ groups set up  to protect Christian⁴ communities.

The northern town of Bouca is deserted⁵ following an attack last month by an alliance of rebel forces called Seleka. An estimated 400,000 people in the Central African  Republic have been displaced by violence. Sylvain Groulx of the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says its workers cannot reach all the people who fled their  homes and are now living in dire⁶ conditions.

"These people flee to their fields which are in a radius⁷ of their villages from one to thirty kilometers, so it's a very difficult situation for them," he said. "They  are living out there without their houses, so they are not covered, they are not protected from he rain, from the mosquitoes, they don't have access to safe-drinking  water or their normal food support. It's extremely difficult and we have a problem, as we cannot have a direct access to this population and therefore we don't know  exactly what is happening to them, how are they dying out there.

Christian Mukosa, a researcher for Amnesty International, says the situation is even worse for those not lucky enough to escape their attackers.

"Women are raped⁸, children are killed, children are recruited as soldiers, but also we are seeing killings⁹ of - a lot, a lot of killings of the populations not only in  the remote areas, but also in the capital Bangui. And the situation is really of great concern because the current authorities don't have the control of the country,"  he said.

Mukosa has warned that violence could spill over into neighboring countries and is urging the international community to act before it is too late.

France, which currently has 400 soldiers stationed in the CAR, said Tuesday it would send about 1,000 additional troops to its former colony to help restore order  after the United Nations warned that the country was descending¹⁰ into "complete chaos¹¹."A resident of the capital Bangui says people there want more French troops.

"If the West says we are in a pre-genocidal situation, according to me, it has already happened, and it is very important that France helps us out of this situation,"  he said. "Given that the former rebels are not controlled, I know that if the French arrive, the rebels will see that they have a superior force and then we can have  peace and people can move freely.

France is proposing a U.N. resolution that would strengthen an African stabilization¹² force of 2,500 troops which is already in the CAR but has been hampered¹³ by a lack  of funding. That force should increase to about 3,600 when it is taken over by the African Union in December.

The Central African Republic has been dogged by instability since gaining independence from France more than 50 years ago.

1 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。

2 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

3 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。

4 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

5 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

6 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

7 radius   

n.半径，半径范围；有效航程，范围，界限

参考例句：

• He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
• We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。

8 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

9 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

10 descending   

n. 下行 adj. 下降的

参考例句：

• The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
• The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。

11 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

12 Stabilization   

稳定化

参考例句：

• The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
• With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下，高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。

13 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。