环球英语 — 432：Bringing Families Back Together

　　Voice 1
Welcome to Spotlight¹. I’m Ryan Geertsma.
Voice 2
And I’m Ruby² Jones. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1
It was July, 2008. Irene and Wssewolod stood with their arms around one another. Tears filled their eyes as they held each other close. They were both crying, but they were also smiling. You see, Irene and Wssewolod are brother and sister. And they were extremely happy to see each other. This is because they had not seen each other in sixty six [66] years.
Voice 2
Today’s Spotlight program is on the story of Irene Famulak and Wssewolod Galezkij. Their story is one of tragic³ separation. But it is also a story of hope and great joy.
Voice 1
It was 1942 – the middle of World War II – and Nazi⁴ soldiers had invaded⁵ Ukraine. Irene was seventeen [17] years old. And Wssewolod, her younger brother, was only seven. They lived in Ukraine with their parents and five other brothers and sisters.
Voice 2
One night, Nazi soldiers arrived at their home. The soldiers came to take Irene away. They told her mother that Irene would be gone for six months. They said she would work in a German labor⁶ camp.
Voice 1
As the soldiers pulled Irene away, she tried to kiss Wssewolod good–bye. Irene shared her memories of this event with the news group CNN.
Voice 3
“I remember it well because I kissed him good–bye, and he pushed me away. I asked, ‘Why did you do that, Wssewolod?’ And he said that he does not like kisses.”
Voice 2
This is a normal thing for a seven year old boy to do. Little boys often do not like kisses. However, he did not know that it would be many years before he saw his sister again. Irene spent much longer than six months working in the labor camp. She worked for three years in the camp as a cook. And she was not released⁷ until the end of the war.
Voice 1
After the war, Irene did not know where to find any of her family. She was in Germany, far from her home country of Ukraine. After a few years, Irene married and moved to the United States. Soon, she had children of her own. But she still thought about her parents, brothers and sisters. She believed that they had all died in the war. However, she often dreamed of them. And she wondered if any of them could still be alive.
Voice 2
Wssewolod had also been taken to a Nazi labor camp during the war. He worked for three years and was released after the war was over. He returned to his home country of Ukraine and began to search for his family.
Voice 1
But at that time, he was only ten years old. Most family records had been lost, and there were few resources available. So Wssewolod could not find his family.
Voice 2
After many years, Wssewolod married and raised a family. He stayed in Ukraine and lived a happy life. But he still wondered about the family he had lost.
Voice 1
However, it was impossible to search for them. You see, during most of Wssewolod’s life, Ukraine was part of the Soviet⁸ Union. And the government of the Soviet Union did not let people see records about lost family members.
Voice 2
But in the 1990’s, the Soviet Union broke apart. People were finally able to search through family records!
Voice 1
So Wssewolod began to search for his family. But he did not search alone. Wssewolod worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross in Germany. The Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations have a long history of helping⁹ victims of war. Many people know of their work in health care. They help war time soldiers and innocent¹⁰ victims in need of medicine. They also help provide food and health care during natural disasters like floods, earthquakes and storms. However, the International Committee of the Red Cross, or ICRC, provides another service that many people do not know about. They help to reunite families separated by war and disasters.
Voice 2
The ICRC has an international tracing¹¹ center. This center investigates the movement of people during and after a war. They collect war time records for families and individual people. Then, they organize these records, so that people can search them. Many people use them to find information about family members.
Voice 1
But the ICRC cannot reunite separated family members by themselves. They work together with one hundred and sixty National Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations around the world. The national groups collect and communicate information between local people. They also take requests for missing¹² people, investigate addresses and help plan the first meeting of reunited family members. Together, the national and international centers make up the global system which helps reunite families.
Voice 2
For seventeen [17] years, the ICRC searched for Wssewolod’s family. Finally, they contacted the national American Red Cross Tracing Center. This national center learned¹³ that Irene lived in the United States. When the ICRC told Wssewolod that they had found Irene, he was very happy. He cried as he told CNN about it. He said,
Voice 4
“When the Red Cross told me they had found her in America, it was such a joy.”
Voice 1
Seventy three [73] year old Wssewolod was so emotional¹⁴ when he found out, that he had to go to the hospital! Irene, too, was emotional when she learned that Wssewolod was alive. And right away, she decided¹⁵ that she wanted to see Wssewolod again. At eighty three [83] years old, Irene began to plan a trip around the world to visit her brother. And finally, on July 11, 2008, Irene stepped off the airplane in Donetsk, Ukraine. In front of her stood her younger brother Wssewolod. The two immediately hugged. Tears filled their eyes as they held each other close.
Voice 2
Wssewolod told CNN,
Voice 4
“I don’t believe anyone has ever known such happiness. Now, I believe I can die satisfied.”
Voice 1
The story of Irene and Wssewolod began tragically¹⁶. They were separated by war, time and distance. But even with all of these barriers, their hope remained. And their hope produced great joy. After so many years, their love was still strong. And they can now enjoy life together again.
Voice 2
Have you or someone you know been separated from family because of war or natural disaster? If so, you can contact your local Red Cross or Red Crescent organization. Or you can find a link to the International Committee of the Red Cross family links website on the script¹⁷ page for this program.
 

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

3 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

4 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

5 invaded   

v.侵入，侵略( invade的过去式和过去分词 )；涌入；侵袭；侵犯

参考例句：

• Troops invaded on August 9th that year. 军队是在那年的8月9日入侵的。
• The diseased tissue can be easily invaded by these microorganisms. 有病的组织容易被微生物侵袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

7 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

8 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 innocent   

adj.无罪的，清白的；无害的；天真的，单纯的

参考例句：

• I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步。
• I was very young,and very innocent.我那时非常年轻，幼稚无知。

11 tracing   

追踪； 追查； 描摹； 摹图

参考例句：

• She is tracing laboriously now. 她正在费力地写。
• He knew they were tracing him. 他知道他们正在追踪他。

12 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

13 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

14 emotional   

adj.令人动情的；易动感情的；感情(上)的

参考例句：

• Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
• This is an emotional scene in the play.这是剧中动人的一幕。

15 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。

16 tragically   

adv. 悲剧地，悲惨地

参考例句：

• Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
• Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。

17 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。