2006年VOA标准英语-Rural Quake Victims Still Not Getting Aid in In

By Chad Bouchard
Sarian, Indonesia
31 May 2006

Some rural areas of Indonesia's central-Java earthquake zone are still not getting food and supplies, four days after the 6.3 magnitude temblor killed more than 5,800 people and left 200,000 homeless. As international aid workers say they are tackling storage and distribution problems, some locals are helping¹ in their own way.

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An earthquake survivor² who lost his wife in Saturday's earthquake wipes his face as he sits on the ruins of his house in Bantul, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 31, 2006   
  

A flatbed Toyota truck carrying food and medicine pulls up to Sarian, an earthquake decimated village in central Java.

The supplies are for its 350 residents, but the aid is not from the Indonesian government or from an established assistance group. Subardjo, a master furniture maker³, bought $100 worth of noodles, water, and medicines with his own money. He spent the day driving from town to town in his truck, delivering them. Subardjo says he wants to help.

"But I have many family in other village," he said. "All my family other village, all is very, very bad."

Sarian resident Pomidi, a schoolteacher, says when the quake struck Saturday, he was hit by falling debris⁴ as he ran from his house. He wears a motorcycle helmet to cover an open head wound that has yet to be treated. He says international aid has not yet arrived, but family members from outside the area have chipped in - some from Sumatra and other places in Java.

The U.N.'s World Food Program spokesperson Barry Came says his organization has delivered 165 metric tons of supplies to the local "poskos", or emergency centers - but things are still disorganized.

"And from there it just sort of sits - and either people come to the posko, and pick it up - if they know that it is there," said Came. "Or whoever is in charge of the posko, and this is kind of vague because sometimes there is no one in charge, will get it to who they think it is, so essentially⁵ the food disappears, we really do not know what happens - we cannot monitor it."

 
Earthquake survivors⁶ carry food dropped by the Indonesian air force at Pundon village in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 31, 2006
  
Came says these problems should be solved in the next day as the WFP introduces a supply tracking system and brings 10 portable warehouses⁷ from Aceh to store food safely.  He says this is a long-term process as the WFP expects it will need to feed 100,000 people for the next two months.

The Indonesian military is now using a half-dozen helicopters to distribute aid to outlying areas.

More than 20 countries have donated money, supplies or personnel to help. The Indonesian government has declared a three-month emergency and set aside more than $100 million for recovery.

1 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。

2 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。

3 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

4 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

5 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

6 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

7 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。