NBC晚间新闻 台风幸存者:不要让我们像这样死掉

Typhoon survivor¹: ‘Don’t let us die like this’

台风幸存者：不要让我们像这样死掉

Those who have survived the devastating² typhoon in the Philippines are left with meager³ rice rations⁵, lost family members and not nearly enough aid. NBC’s Harry⁶ Smith reports from Tacloban.

菲律宾从毁灭性台风中活下来的人只有很少的口粮，失去了家人，没有足够的援助。NBC的Harry Smith从塔克洛班发回报道。

reporter: This is Harry Smith in tacloban. Friday morning under a withering⁷ sun the line to receive a meager ration⁴ of rice stretches for blocks. How much will you get?

Two kilos of rice.

reporter: Is that enough to feed a family?

No.

reporter: But it's food therefore, anger in this heat would be a waste of energy. When the food showed up, all hell broke loose. Crews still roam the neighborhoods, collecting and trying to identify bodies. The workers are dutiful, respectful.

reporter: Their work is nowhere near done. Still here under the most cruel circumstances, you see many people repeating the rituals of daily life. A woman bathes her child. a mother nurses her baby. Why would you wash clothes unless you knew you would need them tomorrow? This is what hope looks like. Its supply, though, is not limitless. This afternoon we went back to check on Mecon Santos. You love this place?

Yes, I love this place.

reporter: We met Mecon last monday. She and her extended family are still where we left them -- alive, but not well.

Dead bodies there.

reporter: Still? Mecon and the 50 people she lives with cleared space to sleep. While they have received some aid, it's rarely enough.

God gave us a second chance to live. To do things. God gave us the courage to live, to fight. I don't want to end my life because I don't want to die like this.

reporter: Mecon and her group are sick and tired. They tried joining the line at the airport and concluded it's no use. A week ago she was praying to survive the typhoon. Now, her prayers have changed.

Lord, please, don't do this to us. Don't let us die like this.

reporter: Harry Smith, NBC News, Tacloban.

1 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

2 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

3 meager   

adj.缺乏的，不足的，瘦的

参考例句：

• He could not support his family on his meager salary.他靠微薄的工资无法养家。
• The two men and the woman grouped about the fire and began their meager meal.两个男人同一个女人围着火，开始吃起少得可怜的午饭。

4 ration   

n.定量(pl.)给养，口粮；vt.定量供应

参考例句：

• The country cut the bread ration last year.那个国家去年削减面包配给量。
• We have to ration the water.我们必须限量用水。

5 rations   

定量( ration的名词复数 )； 配给量； 正常量； 合理的量

参考例句：

• They are provisioned with seven days' rations. 他们得到了7天的给养。
• The soldiers complained that they were getting short rations. 士兵们抱怨他们得到的配给不够数。

6 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

7 withering   

使人畏缩的，使人害羞的，使人难堪的

参考例句：

• She gave him a withering look. 她极其蔑视地看了他一眼。
• The grass is gradually dried-up and withering and pallen leaves. 草渐渐干枯、枯萎并落叶。