VOA慢速英语2016 纪录片展现澳大利亚难民营的悲惨一面

AS IT IS 2016-05-09 Documentary Explores Conditions at Australian Detention¹ Camps 纪录片展现澳大利亚难民营的悲惨一面

A documentary film about Australia’s asylum² policy opened in Melbourne last Thursday. “Chasing Asylum” explores the tragedy found at detention centers that Australia operates on islands in the South Pacific Ocean. 

上周四于墨尔本，一个关于澳大利亚难民营的纪录片公开放映。这部名叫《追逐庇护》(Chasing Asylum)的纪录片展现了澳大利亚南太平洋岛屿上难民拘留中心的悲惨一面。

The media is barred from the camps on the island nation of Nauru and on Manus in Papua New Guinea. But filmmaker Eva Orner said she wanted to find a way to tell the truth about them.

瑙鲁岛(Nauru)和巴布亚新几内亚(Papua New Guinea)马努斯省上的难民拘留中心禁止媒体采访。但制片人伊娃·奥娜(Eva Orner)说她想找到一种可以告诉大家难民营实情的方法。

“It has been said that we are committing torture, that we are breaking all of our obligations under the Refugee Convention, and yet it continues,” Orner said. “So I set about to show audiences what it looks like and what their taxpayer³ dollar is paying for.”

“据说我们一直在折磨难民，违背了所有难民公约中的内容，而这种情况仍在继续。”奥娜说，“于是我开始向观众展示其原本面目，让纳税人看看他们的钱都花到了哪里。”

The movie includes secretly recorded footage from inside the centers. It documents the stories of some detainees.

该影片中有从中心内部秘密拍摄的内容，讲述了一些被关押着的故事。

Orner described the conditions at the centers as horrific.

奥娜展示了拘留中心中悲惨的一面。

“We are the only country in the world to detain children indefinitely. Women, men, children are there. Women and children have been sexually abused. Two men have died - actually, three men have died.”

“我们国家是世界上唯一一个扣押身份不明的孩子的国家。这里有男人、女人和小孩。女人和小孩都曾被性侵。两名男子死去，事实上已经有三名男子死去。”

On May first, a 21-year-old Somali refugee was severely⁴ injured when she set herself on fire at the center on Nauru.

在5月1号，一名21岁的索马里难民在瑙鲁拘留中心自焚时全身有多处受伤。

Orner described making “Chasing Asylum” as one of the hardest projects of her life. But she said it is important the world knows how Australia is treating detainees in the centers. Orner said she hopes her film will push Australians to demand an end to the camps.

奥娜表示拍摄该纪录片是她这辈子做的最艰难的事之一。但她表示，让世界了解澳大利亚是怎样对待难民的很重要。她希望她的电影可促使澳大利亚政府停止虐待难民。

Officials from Australia have defended the camps. They say the camps are deterrents⁶ to migrants. They say they also save lives because they stop refugees from risky⁷ ocean travel.

澳大利亚官员表示难民营并无此事。他们表示难民营可以阻止移民。官员们表示那些难民可避免高风险的海上冒险而保住性命。

Last month, Papua New Guinea’s Supreme⁸ Court declared the detention center at Manus Island unconstitutional and illegal. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said it will close.

上个月，巴布亚新几内亚的最高法院宣布马努斯岛的拘留中心是违宪且违法的。总理彼得·奥尼尔说该拘留中心将会关闭。

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documentary – n. a movie or television program that tells the facts about actual people and events

obligation – n. something that you must do because of a law, rule or promise

footage – n. scenes or action recorded on film or video

audience – n. the people who attend a performance

indefinite – adj. not certain in amount or length

deterrent⁵ – n. something that makes someone decide not to do something

1 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 taxpayer   

n.纳税人

参考例句：

• The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。
• The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。

4 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

5 deterrent   

n.阻碍物，制止物；adj.威慑的，遏制的

参考例句：

• Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
• I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网，免得鸟歇上去。

6 deterrents   

制止物( deterrent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Whereas attractants, repellents, and many incitants are olfactory substances, stimulants, and deterrents are usually gustatory. 引诱剂，排斥剂还是其他的兴奋剂都是嗅觉物质，但刺激剂和阻抑剂常常是味觉物质。
• A lack of empathy for and knowledge of foreign business practices are deterrents to one's success. 投入不够以及对对外商业惯例知识的不足会对一个人成功造成很大的威胁。

7 risky   

adj.有风险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
• He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。

8 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。