世界难民日

65 世界难民日

DATE=7-9-01
TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - World Refugee Day
BYLINE=Jill Moss¹

(Start at 1'01") This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Development Report.
The (1) United Nations (2) estimates that about twenty-two-million people in the world are (3) refugees.  To honor them, the (4) U-N celebrated² its first international "World Refugee Day" last month.  The day also marked the fiftieth anniversary of an international (5) agreement on the importance of refugees. 
The Nineteen-Fifty-One (6) Convention on the (7) Status of Refugees (8) defined the (9) legal rights of refugees.  The agreement also established international rules for the treatment of refugees. One-hundred-thirty-nine countries have signed the convention or a similar agreement (10) negotiated in Nineteen-Sixty-Seven. 
For World Refugee Day, U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan praised the (11) bravery of past and present refugees.  He said refugees are the greatest (12) survivors³ of our time because they survive even after losing everything but hope. 
The U-N (13) headquarters observed World Refugee Day with a ceremony at the (14) Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.  Events were also held at nearby Ellis Island.  This is where millions of people from other countries arrived in the United States during the first part of the twentieth century.  
Jeff Drumta is a policy expert with the (15) United States Committee for Refugees.  He says the U-N refugee agency is facing the worst (16) financial crisis in its history.   He says the (17) budget for the U-N agency has had a (18) deficit⁴ of more than one-hundred-million dollars in each of the past two years.   Mister Drumta says the deficit is largely because of (19) reductions in money given by European countries.  Refugee camps have been most severely⁵ affected⁶ by the lack of money.  Mister Drumta says food and medical supplies have been reduced and living conditions have (20) worsened.  
Another concern is the (21) safety of people living in refugee camps.  Bill Frelick is the policy director for the United States Committee for Refugees.  He says (22) rebels or (23) militias⁷ often attack people seeking safety in refugee camps. 
For example, Mister Frelick says about two-million refugees fled from areas of war in Africa last year.  Later they experienced (24) violence in refugee camps. He says the safety of (25) humanitarian⁸ workers is also an issue.  During the past nine years, nearly two-hundred U-N aid workers have been killed.  
This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss. This is Bill White.

(1) United Nations n.联合国
(2) estimate [ 5estimeit ] v.估计, 估价, 评估
(3) refugee [ 7refju(:)5dVi: ] n.难民, 流亡者
(4) UN= United Nations
(5) agreement [ E5^ri:mEnt ] n.同意, 一致, 协定, 协议
(6) convention [ kEn5venFEn ] n.大会
(7) status [ 5steitEs ] n.身份, 地位, 情形, 状况
(8) define [ di5fain ] vt.定义, 详细说明
(9) legal right n.合法权利
(10) negotiate [ ni5^EuFieit ] v.(与某人)商议, 谈判, 磋商
(11) bravery [ 5breivEri ] n.勇敢
(12) survivor [ sE5vaivE ] n.生还者
(13) headquarters [ 5hed7kwC:tEz ] n.司令部, 指挥部, 总部
(14) Statue of Liberty n.自由女神
(15) United States Committee for Refugees n.美国难民委员会
(16) financial crisis n.金融[财政]危机
(17) budget [ 5bQdVit ] n.预算
(18) deficit [ 5defisit ] n.赤字, 不足额
(19) reduction [ ri5dQkFEn ] n.减少, 缩影, 变形, 缩减量, 约简
(20) worsen [ 5wE:sn ] v.(使)变得更坏, 恶化, 损害
(21) safety [ 5seifti ] n.安全, 保险
(22) rebel [ 5rebEl ] n.造反者, 叛逆者, 反抗者, 叛乱者
(23) militia [ mi5liFE ] n.民兵
(24) violence [ 5vaiElEns ] n.猛烈, 强烈, 暴力
(25) humanitarian [ hju(:)7mAni5tZEriEn ] n.人道主义者

1 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。

2 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

3 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

4 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

5 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。

6 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

7 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

8 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。