PBS高端访谈:关于欧洲移民危机的不确定性

 　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Roszke, Hungary sits right at this nation's border with Serbia. Here — one week ago — we wade¹ into the river of refugees flowing from the Middle East to Western Europe.

　　We meet our share of Iraqis, Afghans, North Africans, but most of the people here are Syrians, fleeing their nation's four and a half year old civil war.

　　People like the Halabi family — Said… His wife, Budal…two young sons, and 14-year-old Maria.

　　MARIA HALABI: We saw on the news that everyone is traveling this way. So we decided² to travel just like them. We've been traveling like two weeks ago. Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, and then we're here."

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Hungary, more so than almost any other European nation is doing everything it can to slow the arrival of these refugees. ?But the government just can't build fences fast enough.

　　The police seem overwhelmed by the task at hand. The camps they build quickly fill to capacity, and so this muddy field is where everyone else gets put.

　　The "rules" here are changing constantly. One day refugees can cross the path between the fields, the next day they can't.

　　REFUGEE: I just come to this place for the toilet here, now just I want to go this 100 meters only. They don't let me."

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: We hope to follow the route migrants take from here to points north — to the nations who welcome their arrival — but it's a confusing path.

　　The Halabi family tries hard to follow the rules…waiting patiently, doing what police ask, cleaning up the trash when they can. ?But Said is frustrated³.

　　SAID HALABI: ?We do respect the law, and we hope that they understand this. ?If there is a procedure, we will follow the procedure. But unfortunately nothing is clear for us.

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: They pack up and wait in line for hours for busses to take them farther north, but not necessarily where they want to go. They'll likely end up stuck in Hungarian processing centers, whose conditions have been described by human rights watch as "abysmal⁴."

　　But the busses don't come, so it'll be another night sleeping on the ground.

　　Either way, their goal of getting to Sweden — which they've heard has great schools for their kids — is put off for another day at least.

　　Others grow impatient with the conditions… and with being held by police. And they chose to break through police lines to set off on foot — maybe hoping for strength and safety in numbers.

　　After their breakout, the Kador family hides in a field, waiting for nightfall to make a more discreet⁵ escape.

　　In two more days, they'll make it into Austria… sending us photos of them in a refugee center run by the Red Cross.

　　Next, we leave Hungary's southern border, and drive north towards the capitol — ?Budapest — a main transit⁶ point for refugees. ?It's a 110-mile trip. ?But almost immediately, we find those not as lucky as the Kador family.

　　This is an Afghan family behind me that we were just talking to on the side of the road. They were heading in this direction, toward Szeged. But the police came by, stopped them, and told them now they can't go to the train station as they wanted. They have to be taken to a camp, from which — we've been told — some of these camps mean that you can be stuck for weeks. So they thought they were heading to a train station, eventually on their way to Germany. Now, it's not clear what's gonna happen with them.

　　Further along the highway to Budapest, we spot two young afghan men taking shelter underneath⁷ an overpass⁸. ?But traveling out in the open in Hungary without a proper visa or ID usually ends this way:

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: These men Do you know where they will be taken?

　　POLICE OFFICER: The first police station.

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: To the police station?

　　POLICE OFFICER: After that, the immigrant camp.

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: To an immigrant camp in Budapest? In Austria?

　　POLICE OFFICER: Sorry, but I can't give you a record. OK?

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: We've hear smugglers make a fortune plying⁹ these roads — picking up refugees at gas stations and rest stops, charging exorbitant¹⁰ rates, and promising¹¹ safe passage.

　　On the highway, we pass a few busses with refugees…shuttling them to their next, temporary stop.

　　I'm at the central train station here in Budapest, Hungary. ?Most of the refugees behind me have been bused here or sent on trains from elsewhere in southern Hungary. And now they've been waiting quite a while to take the next train to Vienna, and then further north.

　　QUESTION: How long have you been waiting here?

　　REFUGEE: I am from morning, from six morning.

　　Everyone's penned in close a volunteer shouts instructions in Arabic to move this way or that, to sit down or stand up.?But no one seems to pay her much attention.

　　Hungarians get moved to the front of the lines. They'll get their own carriages, separate from the migrants, once the trains finally do come.

　　Because of overcrowding, Austria stopped running trains into Hungary, so to make it to the border, there's another transfer, and a two mile walk to the checkpoint.

　　A few days earlier, this border crossing was barren. On this night, it's a sea of confusion. ?Refugees come up to us to ask — is this Austria? ?Where will the next bus take us? We're as confused as they are….

　　POLICE OFFICER: Go Back!

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Police shout instructions in languages most of the refugees don't speak.

　　Hameed Yakdi is?from Aleppo, Syria — a city assaulted from all sides — by rebels, by ISIS, by the Assad regime. ?He fled with his wife, two kids, brother-in-law, and best friend. ??And after what they've lived through, the chaos¹² here gets taken in stride.

　　HAMEED YADKI: Yeah, what we can do? ?We learn so many things on this journey. Here, we have, you know, more safety than where we are before. Before we don't know what will come.

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: The Yakdi's — like many of the refugees we meet — still retain their hospitality and warmth, offering us food and a spot on their blanket on the concrete floor where they'll end up sleeping tonight.

　　HAMEED YADKI: Before, when I am in Aleppo, I have money, but I don't have something to buy. The market, everything empty.

　　QUESTION: What do you hope for when you go to Germany?

　　HAMEED YADKI: Really, I don't know, I ?just want safe place to stay.

　　WILLIAM BRANGHAM: The next afternoon, we are in Vienna, and the exhausted¹³ Yakdi family makes it here by bus.

　　Hameed's brother, who's already living in Munich, Germany, has come to meet them. ?Thanks to a kind police officer, they'll be permitted to drive away with him, across the Austrian border and on into Germany.

　　Even on this uncertain road, there are turns of good luck.

1 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 abysmal   

adj.无底的，深不可测的，极深的；糟透的，极坏的；完全的

参考例句：

• The film was so abysmal that I fell asleep.电影太糟糕，看得我睡着了。
• There is a historic explanation for the abysmal state of Chinese cuisine in the United States.中餐在美国的糟糕状态可以从历史上找原因。

5 discreet   

adj.(言行)谨慎的；慎重的；有判断力的

参考例句：

• He is very discreet in giving his opinions.发表意见他十分慎重。
• It wasn't discreet of you to ring me up at the office.你打电话到我办公室真是太鲁莽了。

6 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

7 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

8 overpass   

n.天桥，立交桥

参考例句：

• I walked through an overpass over the road.我步行穿过那条公路上面的立交桥。
• We should take the overpass when crossing the road.我们过马路应走天桥。

9 plying   

v.使用（工具）( ply的现在分词 )；经常供应（食物、饮料）；固定往来；经营生意

参考例句：

• All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rather Mrs. Wang who led the conversation, plying Miss Liu with questions. 倒是汪太太谈锋甚健，向刘小姐问长问短。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

10 exorbitant   

adj.过分的；过度的

参考例句：

• More competition should help to drive down exorbitant phone charges.更多的竞争有助于降低目前畸高的电话收费。
• The price of food here is exorbitant. 这儿的食物价格太高。

11 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

12 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。

13 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。