2007年VOA标准英语-Mozambique Relief Agency, World Food Program Ai

By Scott Bobb
Mozambique
19 March 2007
 
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In central Mozambique, the waters from the worst floods in six years have crested¹ for now but relief workers are scrambling² to support villagers who have lost their homes and crops. Providing food for more than 140,000 people in nearly 90 camps scattered³ across four provinces is a logistical nightmare. VOA's Scott Bobb visited Mfumo Benguela Camp, in Sofala province, and has this report.

 
Each family gets a 15 day measure of food
It is food distribution day at Mfumo Benguela -- a camp of several hundred displaced people 30 kilometers north of Caia in central Mozambique.

The people fled here to higher ground after heavy rains along the Zambezi River flooded their villages and destroyed their crops.

Each family gets 15 days of rations⁴ consisting of maize⁵ flour -- the local staple⁶ -- lentil beans, and cooking oil. It is not much, but it allows them to survive.

A Mozambican relief agency is distributing the food. The process is carefully monitored by the government and the World Food Program, which is donating the goods.

The distribution will take most of the morning. At the same time, more displaced people arrive at the camps. The government expects their total number to double before the rains end in a few months. These people have lost everything. They need help until the next harvest six months from now.

The WFP shoulders the task of maintaining the flow of food from its stocks in-country and abroad. The aid goes to thousands of people scattered across the region. Some parts are cut off by the high waters.

 
Peter Rodrigues
Coordinator⁷ Peter Rodrigues says his group is doubling the amount of food to be distributed during the next two weeks because of the rising population in the camps.

"The people keep trickling⁸ in and the number basically increases on almost a daily basis. And they are so widespread. People are there in four different provinces, all affected⁹ by these floods and there are almost 90 different centers," says the World Food Program coordinator.

Rodrigues plans to distribute 1,000 tons of food over the next two weeks. But to achieve that goal, a dozen loads on trucks must go out each day.

In Mfumo Benguela Camp, the distribution goes well. The government wants to avoid such emergencies and resettle these people permanently¹⁰ on higher ground. But some of the displaced say they must return to their ancestral land. Relief officials diplomatically say their goal is just to keep these people fed and alive.

1 crested   

adj.有顶饰的，有纹章的，有冠毛的v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的过去式和过去分词 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点

参考例句：

• a great crested grebe 凤头䴙䴘
• The stately mansion crested the hill. 庄严的大厦位于山顶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

4 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。

5 maize   

n.玉米

参考例句：

• There's a field planted with maize behind the house.房子后面有一块玉米地。
• We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot.这块地可以种高粱或玉米。

6 staple   

n.主要产物，常用品，主要要素，原料，订书钉，钩环；adj.主要的，重要的；vt.分类

参考例句：

• Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
• Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。

7 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

8 trickling   

n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Tears were trickling down her cheeks. 眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
• The engine was trickling oil. 发动机在滴油。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 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。

10 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。