欧洲迎来新的难民潮

 　　VIENNA—Europe is preparing for a new wave of refugees as word filters back to others that the passage through Hungary is now easier.

　　Hundreds arrived Sunday at Vienna’s Westbahnhof station aboard trains from the Hungarian border, after officials in Hungary decided¹ to allow thousands of refugees who had been stranded² in Budapest to travel by train to the border.

　　Trains carrying refugees from the Hungarian border town of Hegyeshalom were met by cheers and applause from Austrian onlookers³ waiting on the station platform.

　　It was a far cry from their experience in Hungary, where police last week tear gassed the migrants and prevented them from reaching Austria.

　　Europe Braces⁴ for New Wave of Refugees

　　Thousands had camped at Budapest’s Keleti station as trash built up and portable toilets overflowed⁵.  By Sunday morning, most of the refugees had left the terminal.

　　In Vienna, Austrian relief workers and other volunteers offered tea, cigarettes, candy, food, clothing and blankets to the migrants.

　　Abdulmalik al Khaled, a medical student fleeing Syria, said he could not believe the warm welcome he received when he got off the train.

　　“It is very, very, very good,“ he said, as he prepared to leave for Germany, where he hopes to get help from the German government to continue work on his medical degree. “If I don’t want to complete my studies, I want to stay here.

　　But Germany may be better than here to complete (my) studies, so I will travel to there.  But it’s better here, in my opinion. Look, everybody is welcome in this country.”

　　Biggest concerns

　　Some in Europe are expressing concerns that the massive influx⁶ of mostly Muslim refugees may dramatically change the demographics of their continent, where low birth rates suggest the native population is not due to replace itself in the next generation.

　　Denise Neuhauser, a 30-year-old Austrian volunteer handing out candy on the station platform, said those are not immediate⁷ concerns.

　　“I really don’t know what the bigger picture is, but right now, take care of the people, give them food, give them drink, give them shelter and let them pass through.”

　　For most refugees arriving at the station Sunday, the passage was remarkably⁸ efficient, with Austrian police and railway workers helping⁹ the migrants transfer directly to another platform where they immediately boarded trains for Germany.

　　Abdulmalik al Khaled and his cousins relaxed in a room next to the platform as they recharged their smart phones.  One of the first calls he planned to make was to his cousin, who is making the same journey and is now waiting in Macedonia before seeing whether it is possible to make the trek¹⁰ through Serbia and then to cross to Hungary.

　　“I (will) tell him when he arrives here, here is better than any country. I will tell him that.”

　　Hungarian leaders are expressing concern that the news of easier passage will encourage more migrants to make the journey and have been fortifying¹¹ the fence along the border with Syria, where most of the migrants have been entering illegally. Hundreds continued to cross the border from Serbia into Hungary on Sunday.

　　Emergency measures

　　Austria, meanwhile, said it planned to eventually phase out emergency measures that have made it possible for the migrants to cross the border from Hungary.

　　"We have always said this is an emergency situation in which we must act quickly and humanely," Austrian Chancellor¹² Werner Faymann said Sunday. "Now we have to move step-by-step away from emergency measures towards normality in conformity¹³ with the law and dignity."

　　Faymann spoke¹⁴ Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel -- who threw her country's doors wide open to the migrants -- and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose government is building a razor wire fence along the Serbian border to keep the migrants out.

　　Desire to go home

　　Syrian refugees interviewed in Vienna overwhelmingly expressed a desire to go home, but said that will not be possible as long as the war between the government of Bashir al Assad and rebel groups continues.

　　Abdulmalik al Khaled puts that responsibility on the United States. He had a message for U.S. President Barack Obama: “If you want to stop this problem, you have to stop the war. You can do that. I know that. You can.”

　　Those sentiments were echoed by Duried Bawadkji a Syrian-born resident of Hungary who turned out at the Hegyeshalom border crossing between Hungary and Austria on Sunday to volunteer and help direct the migrants. He said the Obama administration’s support for democratic change in Arab countries has gone wrong. In Syria, he said, the so-called Arab Spring has brought tragedy.

　　“They are the ones responsible of doing this. Because when you encourage people to go in the streets, either you go and help them and finish the story as you have done in too many countries, or don’t do anything like this.  Just leave people alone.  Leave it how it was.”

　　For thousands of Syrians, the only option for now is to flee.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

3 onlookers   

n.旁观者，观看者( onlooker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash. 在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。
• The onlookers stood at a respectful distance. 旁观者站在一定的距离之外，以示尊敬。

4 braces   

n.吊带，背带；托架( brace的名词复数 )；箍子；括弧；（儿童）牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人称单数 )；撑牢；使自己站稳；振作起来

参考例句：

• The table is shaky because the braces are loose. 这张桌子摇摇晃晃，因为支架全松了。
• You don't need braces if you're wearing a belt! 要系腰带，就用不着吊带了。

5 overflowed   

溢出的

参考例句：

• Plates overflowed with party food. 聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。
• A great throng packed out the theater and overflowed into the corridors. 一大群人坐满剧院并且还有人涌到了走廊上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

7 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

8 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。

9 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。

10 trek   

vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行

参考例句：

• We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
• It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。

11 fortifying   

筑防御工事于( fortify的现在分词 )； 筑堡于； 增强； 强化（食品）

参考例句：

• Fortifying executive function and restraining impulsivity are possible with active interventions. 积极干预可能有助加强执行功能和抑制冲动性。
• Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, fortifying himself against still another disappointment. 文戈不再张望，他绷紧脸，仿佛正在鼓足勇气准备迎接另一次失望似的。

12 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

13 conformity   

n.一致，遵从，顺从

参考例句：

• Was his action in conformity with the law?他的行动是否合法？
• The plan was made in conformity with his views.计划仍按他的意见制定。

14 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。