美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-08-31

 A few days going well...                                                    Europe is a continent facing a crisis¹. 3,000 men, women and children rescued in the Mediterrenean. Dozens of others found dead on boats, or other vehicles. This happened over two days just a week. Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing their homeland, hoping for asylum², a safer and securer place to live in Europe. They are leaving behind violence in Afghanistan, instability in Lybia, a years long civil war in Syria. And some of the European countries where they are headed are feeling a strain on their borders. Hungary, for instance, says the flow of migrants is creating an emergency. Its government says 1,500 people are illegally entering the country daily, it calls that unacceptable. Hungray is sending as many as 2,000 police officers to help to secure its borders. It is also building a temporary barrier, a type of fence along its border with Serbia. Walls had been built throughout history to protect countries or to keep certain certain groups of people apart. The great wall of China, may be the most famous example. There is also H's wall, intended to sheild Roman Briton from what the Romans called barbarians³. Peace wall in northern Ireland still seperate Catholic⁴ areas from productive⁵ ones. Spanish territory in Moroco was fenced in. A United Nations buffer⁶ zone stretches across the island of Syprus. The number of walls seperating different parts of the world seems to be increasing.     

1 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 barbarians   

n.野蛮人( barbarian的名词复数 )；外国人；粗野的人；无教养的人

参考例句：

• The ancient city of Rome fell under the iron hooves of the barbarians. 古罗马城在蛮族的铁蹄下沦陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It conquered its conquerors, the barbarians. 它战胜了征服者——蛮族。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

4 catholic   

adj.天主教的；n.天主教徒

参考例句：

• The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。
• She was a devoutly Catholic.她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。

5 productive   

adj.能生产的，有生产价值的，多产的

参考例句：

• We had a productive meeting that solved some problems.我们开了一个富有成效的会议，解决了一些问题。
• Science and technology are part of the productive forces.科学技术是生产力。

6 buffer   

n.起缓冲作用的人(或物)，缓冲器；vt.缓冲

参考例句：

• A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
• Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。