新奇事件簿 无声的饥饿危机

A new report from the United¹ Nations says one in eight people around the world does not have enough food. The U.N. reports that 842 million people suffer from very serious hunger. This is about 12 per cent of the world population. This percentage has gone down. It was 17 per cent in 1992. The U.N. says many countries still cannot find ways to feed their people. Africa is the region² with the highest number of undernourished people. The U.N. says that one in five Africans is undernourished. In over 19 African nations, more than a quarter of the population goes hungry. The U.N. said 98 per cent of the world's hungry people live in developing³ countries.

联合国最新研究表明全球8个人中就有1人饿肚子。联合国报道称全球有8亿4200万人面临着严峻的饥饿问题。这大约是全球总人口的12%。而这一百分比有所下降。1992年，这一数字为17%。联合国称许多国家就饥饿问题还没有找到解决法。非洲是遭受营养不良问题最严重的地区。联合国称5名非洲人就有1人营养不良。在非洲许多国家，有超过四分之一的人口饿肚子，而这一国家数量超过了19个。联合国称全球98%的受灾群众生活在发展中国家。

The World Food Programme (WFP) explained that undernourishment is "not having enough food for an active and healthy life" and an inability to "meet dietary energy requirements⁴". The WFP said hunger is now the largest risk to people's health around the world. It is a more serious problem than AIDS, malaria⁵ and tuberculosis⁶ combined. One of the biggest reasons for people being hungry is war. The U.N. said developing countries that have experienced⁷ war in the past 20 years have bigger problems feeding their people. Scientists say this situation could get worse because of climate change. Hotter temperatures in more countries will mean farmers cannot grow enough food, leading to more hunger.

世界粮食计划署解释道营养不良的意思是因食物短缺而无法维持健康的身体状态，无法满足能量需求。世界粮食计划署称目前，饥饿是生命健康的最大威胁。饥饿比艾滋病、疟疾以及肺结核加起来的威胁还要大。而造成人们饿肚子的主要原因之一是战争。联合国称在过去20年经受过战争洗礼的发展中国家更容易受到饥饿的威胁。科学家称气候变化很有可能加剧这一情况。炙热的天气意味着农民无收成，并将进一步面临饥饿问题。

1 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

2 region   

n.地区，地带，区域；范围，幅度

参考例句：

• The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
• It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。

3 developing   

adj.发展中的

参考例句：

• Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。

4 Requirements   

n.所需的（或所要的）东西；必要条件，必备的条件；要求( requirement的名词复数 )；必要条件；需要；需要的东西

参考例句：

• the basic requirements of life 基本生活所需
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements. 这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。

6 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。

7 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。