281 美国保证继续对阿富汗难民施以援手

 

US Pledges Continued Support for Afghan Refugees

Ayaz Gul

Jalozai Camp, Pakistan

1 Aug 2001 18:45 UTC

 

A senior U.S official has pledged continuing American humanitarian¹ support for Afghan 1)refugees living in camps in Pakistan. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca made the pledge Wednesday while visiting the squalid Jalozai camp near Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan.

Since the middle of last year about 200,000 Afghan refugees have entered Pakistan, fleeing the worst 2)drought in memory and the civil war in their homeland. Many of them have ended up in the 3)squalid Jalozai camp on the 4)outskirts of Peshawar.

Christina Rocca is the first high-level U.S. official to visit the 5)makeshift 6)facility, where more than 70,000 Afghans are living in poor and unhealthy conditions. She reached out to several Afghan women at a medical 7)clinic in the camp and listened to their troubles.

Ms. Rocca told reporters at the camp that her country is 8)contributing more than $132 million this year to try to help the war and drought stricken people of Afghanistan. "The President Bush has just authorized² another $6.2 million for Afghan refugees, which we are happy about," she said. "And we are the largest 9)bilateral 10)donor. The American people are very happy to help the Afghan people in this time of crisis."

The United States has come under considerable 11)criticism by Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement for its role in initiating³ U.N. sanctions against the war torn country. The U.N. Security Council sanctions are meant to force the Taleban to surrender Saudi-militant Osama bin⁴ Laden⁵, who is wanted on terrorism charges in the United States.

U.S. officials maintain that the 12)sanctions are intended to target the Taleban leadership and not the people, but prices have significantly increased in Afghanistan since the tightening⁶ of the sanctions in January.

Ms. Rocca is due to meet with senior Taleban representatives Thursday in Pakistan. A U.N. Security Council decision to deploy⁷ sanctions monitors in countries bordering Afghanistan is expected to 13)dominate the discussions.

Ms. Rocca is in Pakistan on the last leg of a South Asian tour. She met Tuesday with senior Pakistani leaders, including military ruler General Pervez Musharraf.

Pakistan, a strong Taleban supporter, has also criticized the U.N. sanctions against Afghanistan. But a government statement released late Wednesday says Pakistan would extend cooperation with the international community in a monitoring effort.

 

 

(1)      refugee[refjJ:5dVi:; (?@) 5refjJdVi:]n.难民, 流亡者

(2)      drought[draJt]n.干旱, 缺乏

(3)      squalid[5skwRlId]adj.肮脏的

(4)      outskirts[5aJtsk:ts]n.边界, (尤指)市郊

(5)      makeshift[5meIkFIft]n.将就, 凑合, 权宜之计adj.权宜之计的, 凑合的

(6)      facility[fE5sIlItI]n. 便利, 敏捷, 设备, 工具

(7)      clinic[5klInIk]n.门诊部, 临床

(8)      contribution[kRn5trIbju:t]n.捐献, 贡献, 投稿

(9)      lateral[5lAtEr(E)l]n.侧部, 支线adj.横(向)的, 侧面的

(10)      donor[5dEJnE(r)]n.捐赠人

(11)      criticism[5krItIsIz(E)m]n.批评, 批判

(12)      sanction[5sANkF(E)n]n. v.批准, 同意, 支持, 制裁, 认可

(13)      dominate[5dRmIneIt]v.支配, 占优势

 

 

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 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

3 initiating   

v.开始( initiate的现在分词 )；传授；发起；接纳新成员

参考例句：

• He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything. 他善于创建项目，但难得坚持完成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Only the perchlorate shows marked sensitiveness and possibly initiating properties. 只有高氯酸盐表现有显著的感度和可能具有起爆性能。 来自辞典例句

4 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

5 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

6 tightening   

上紧，固定，紧密

参考例句：

• Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
• It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。

7 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。