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People in Turkey and Syria sleep in tents — afraid their homes could collapse¹

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Families endure an anxious life in makeshift tent encampments after the earthquakes in southern Turkey.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Now we turn to Syria and Turkey, where the earth is still quaking with frequent aftershocks since that original earthquake. Many people there sleep in tents, even if their walls are still standing³ because they're afraid their homes could collapse. NPR's Daniel Estrin met some of those survivors⁴ in southern Turkey.

DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE⁵: Eight families with eight tents sit in the shadow of apartment buildings in the center of Gaziantep. They're Syrian war refugees who built their lives here for a decade. Mustafa Qader invites us to peek⁶ into his tent.

MUSTAFA QADER: (Through interpreter) We stay here. Seven people - me, my wife and our five children. (Non-English language spoken).

ESTRIN: This is fabric⁷ from a carpet. This is from a carpet seller. And gave him these long strips of fabric that they've tied together to jerry rig this tiny tent made of blue tarp and duvet covers...

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: (Non-English language spoken).

ESTRIN: ...And a little furnace in the middle that comes up with a chimney, and they've cut a little hole at the top.

Turkey says more than 40,000 buildings are at risk of collapse and must be demolished⁸, making Turkey's sudden homelessness crisis even more profound. Qader's home is still standing but cracked enough to make them worry how it'll hold up. There have been daily aftershocks.

QADER: (Through interpreter) I just packed everything yesterday, thinking that we would go back to the house. I packed all my stuff. And then the children said, I'm scared to go back to the house. So we just unpacked⁹ everything, and we're still here.

EMINE: (Non-English language spoken).

ESTRIN: His 10-year-old daughter Emine says, "I don't like it here. Look at my face. Look at my hands." They're cracked from the winter cold. These families fled Syria's civil war and settled in Turkey. They never imagined they'd have to escape their home again. There's some hostility¹⁰ to Syrian war refugees here. A Turkish passerby¹¹ asks why we're focusing on these families scrounging by when there are organized government camps helping¹² those who actually lost their homes. These families want to camp out close to their homes where they can use the bathroom. I watch another Syrian man sweeping¹³ outside his tent. He calls me over.

This man, Yusef Naasan - he called me over, and he said, come film me. Come take a picture of me cleaning up. The Turks say that we Syrians are dirty, but we're not. Our kids are around here. They're playing around here. We have to keep a clean place.

(SOUNDBITE OF SWEEPING)

ESTRIN: Besides sweeping up, Naasan is the camp guard. He wears a security guard jacket he found somewhere and stays awake all night. There are rumors¹⁴ of looters amid the rubble¹⁵ and a sense of desperation. He says the other day, his neighbor cried because someone stole diapers from his tent - diapers. I wondered if it was a family from another tent. It's amazing. All of these tents are all connected by the same - by, like, a spider web of string. Ramis Jessi from another tent says...

RAMIS JESSI: (Through interpreter) They're all connected. Otherwise, they would just, you know, fall down. When you tie them all together, it's going to be warmer inside the tents.

ESTRIN: Eight families connected by a web of string, hoping it won't be long before the aftershocks stop and they feel safe to go back home.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Gaziantep, Turkey.

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 peek   

vi.偷看，窥视；n.偷偷的一看，一瞥

参考例句：

• Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
• Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。

7 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

8 demolished   

v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

9 unpacked   

v.从（包裹等）中取出（所装的东西），打开行李取出( unpack的过去式和过去分词 )；拆包；解除…的负担；吐露（心事等）

参考例句：

• I unpacked my bags as soon as I arrived. 我一到达就打开行李，整理衣物。
• Our guide unpacked a picnic of ham sandwiches and offered us tea. 我们的导游打开装着火腿三明治的野餐盒，并给我们倒了些茶水。 来自辞典例句

10 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

11 passerby   

n.过路人，行人

参考例句：

• We had our photo taken by a passerby.我们请了一个路人为我们照相。
• A passerby heard her screams and rushed to her aid.一个过路人听见她的尖叫，便冲过去帮助她。

12 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。

13 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

14 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。