VOA常速英语2019--热带气旋“伊代”重创莫桑比克

Buzi resident Sabe Magamboa buried her elderly mother Saturday, but she has no time to mourn. I am alone. I have no one to look up to. I have nothing to do and no strength to work. I have a sick person at home. The only thing to do now is to walk around looking for food. If I get a cup of rice, I go home cook and eat with my family. Hundreds of people died here when cyclone¹ Idai hit Central Mozambique in mid-March.

布济居民萨布周六为年迈的母亲下了葬，不过她现在还没有时间沉浸于悲痛中。我现在孤家寡人了，我没有人可以依靠，我没有工作可以做，重体力活又做不了。我家里还有一位病人。现在我唯一能做的就是到处寻找食物。如果能找到一碗米，我就会回家做饭给家人吃。上百人在这里死去，因为热带气旋伊代于3月中旬袭击了莫桑比克中部。

The cyclone swamped² the entire town of Buzi, cutting it off from the rest of the country. Staying above water, residents say, was not easy. We got out of our home and headed to a nearby school. Then water came into the school. We moved to the police station which was on higher ground. Then water came in. We finally moved to a one-story building and stayed on the rooftop. With the roads destroyed, aid groups can only access the town by sea and air. Food and medicine are finally getting in and reaching some cyclone victims for the first time. I was not able to get help before when the flood came. I got sick, suffering from malaria³. I could not go out to get assistance. Some business owners lost everything. I feel injured and disgraced⁴. I have nothing. Even getting food is a problem. I have nothing to sell. I’m left with nothing.

这场热带气旋席卷了整个布济，切断了这座城市与莫桑比克其他地方的联系。当地居民表示，在水上生活非常艰难。我们离开家，去往附近的学校，然后水就漫到学校里来了。于是我们又迁移到了警察局，因为这里地势更高。但随后，还是有水漫进来。最后，我们来到了一座一层的建筑里，待在屋顶上。由于多条道路遭毁，所以援助组织只能通过海路和空运方式进入布济。就这样，粮食和药物终于送到了遭受热带气旋重创的人们手上。洪水冲击时，我无法获得援助。我还生了病，染上了疟疾。我没法出去求助。一些商人也倾家荡产。我感到很受伤，灰头土脸。我什么都没有了，就连食物来源都成了问题。连典当的东西都没有，真的是身无长物。

While the town recovers from cyclone Idai, its 150 thousand residents expect to depend on humanitarian⁵ aid to survive for some months to come.

虽然这座城镇已经从热带气旋伊代中喘过气来，但这里的15万民众未来数月将依靠人道主义援助才能度日。

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 swamped   

泥沼状的

参考例句：

• The department was swamped with job applications. 面对纷至沓来的求职申请，这个部门疲于应对。
• Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments. 请战书像雪片似地飞向指挥部。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 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。

4 disgraced   

（人）丢脸的，耻辱的，不光彩的

参考例句：

• They have disgraced the whole school. 他们给整个学校都丢了脸。
• She was disgraced at court. 她在宫廷中失宠。

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。