148 国际红十字会对乔治亚恶劣状况表示担忧

148 国际红十字会对乔治亚恶劣状况表示担忧

Red Cross Warns of Humanitarian¹ Crisis in Georgia
Lisa Schlein
Geneva
11 Jul 2001 20:21 UTC

The International Red Cross is warning that the former Soviet² Republic of Georgia is a country in danger. The Red Cross calls Georgia a forgotten 1)humanitarian crisis. It says high-profile crises in the Balkans and Africa have 2)diverted attention from this former Soviet Republic. As a 3)consequence, it says the Red Cross has received only 10 percent of the $15 million it needs to fund critical assistance programs in the country.
The Red Cross' deputy chief of delegation³ in Georgia, Mary Werntz, says the country is battling a 4)tuberculosis 5)epidemic and is in urgent need of food and medicine. She says years of 6)conflict between Georgia and its 7)breakaway region of Abkhazia are having a 8)devastating impact on the country as a whole.
In a bid to set up a separate state, Abkhazian rebels fought two wars against Georgia in 1993 and 1998. Ms. Werntz says more than one-third of the 22,000 people the Red Cross helps in Abkhazia would 9)starve without its assistance.
But the Georgian government has many other problems besides Abkhazia. The Red Cross says high unemployment, an energy crisis and a large 10)displaced population is causing 11)tensions to rise.
Ms. Werntz says souring political relations between Georgia and Russia are creating problems for Georgia. For instance, toward the end of last year, she says Russia enacted⁴ new visa requirements on Georgia. "This has put a particularly heavy burden on the Georgian economy because there are several hundred thousand Georgians who are living in Russia and the monies that they are bringing in from Russia for the work they are doing there is, of course, very important," Ms. Werntz said. "So, those people are now required to have a visa in their passport in order to work and stay in Russia".
Ms. Werntz says Georgia is also facing an energy crisis. In the capital, Tblisi, people only have electricity for three or four hours a day. And the energy situation is worse in other parts of the country.

(1) humanitarian[hju:mAnI5teErIEn]n.人道主义者
(2) divert[daI5v:t]v.转移, 转向, 使高兴
(3) consequence[5kRnsIkwEns; (?@) 5kRnsIkwens]n.结果, [逻]推理
(4) tuberculosis[tju:b:kjJ5lEJsIs; (?@) 5tu:-]n.肺结核
(5) epidemic[epI5demIk]adj.流行的, 传染的, 流行性n.疫疾流行
(6) conflict[5kRnflIkt]n.斗争, 冲突vi.抵触, 冲突
(7) breakaway n.分离, 脱逃
(8) devastating[5devEsteItIN]adj.破坏性的, 全然的
(9) starve[stB:v]vt.使饿死vi.饿得要死
(10) displace[dIs5pleIs]vt.移置, 转移, 取代, 置换v.转移
(11) tension[5tenF(E)n]n.紧张(状态), 不安, 拉紧vt.拉紧, 使紧张

 

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 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。

3 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

4 enacted   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
• Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹