VOA常速英语2020--阿富汗难民仅有和平是不够的

Trucks, cars, wagons¹, full of household goods parks, pans, beds, and the clothes they could carry,

war forced millions to flee Afghanistan over the last four decades.

95 percent moved to neighboring Iran and Pakistan.

None intended to stay long.

Now a third generation of Afghans is living outside their homeland.

Host countries are struggling for resources and international donor² aid is scarce.

Emergencies coming up elsewhere even in this own region that we have the Rohingyas situation, for example,

so donor communities, the donor governments tend to look at the most compelling emergencies,

and the protracted³ refugee situations tend to lose out.

Many Rohingya fled violence in Myanmar.

The United States and Taliban are close to signing a peace deal in Doha,

soon after the Taliban will begin formal negotiations⁴ with a group representing other Afghan factions⁵.

If all goes well, it could mean an end to the long running conflict and an opportunity for the refugees to go back home.

I cautiously optimistic that we’ve made progress,

it’s very complicated problem no doubt.

Twice before Afghan refugees returned home in large numbers.

Once after the fall of the Soviet⁶ Union and again after the fall of the Taliban,

both times conditions on the ground forced them to leave their homeland again.

A successful refugee repatriation⁷ will require a lot more than an end to the war says the head of the UN refugee agency.

Immediately after peace if peace comes, there needs to be massive investment in economic opportunities in infrastructure⁸ in other areas of development.

Without such investment the fate of the refugees and of Afghanistan itself remain uncertain.

1 wagons   

n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 )；铁路货车；小手推车

参考例句：

• The wagons were hauled by horses. 那些货车是马拉的。
• They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp. 他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。

2 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

3 protracted   

adj.拖延的；延长的v.拖延“protract”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The war was protracted for four years. 战争拖延了四年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We won victory through protracted struggle. 经过长期的斗争，我们取得了胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

5 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

6 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

7 repatriation   

n.遣送回国，归国

参考例句：

• The Volrep programme is the preferred means of repatriation. 政府认为自愿遣返计划的遣返方法较为可取。 来自互联网
• Arrange the cargo claiming and maritime affairs,crews repatriation,medical treatment,traveling so on. （六）洽办货物理赔，船舶海事处理，办理船员遣返，就医，旅游等。 来自互联网

8 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。