VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Refugees Seek Out Smugglers
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Syrian Refugees Seek Out Smugglers
Umm Shaker used to work at the Syrian Army base in Baba Amr in Homs. She said she saw how the army began to kill people protesting against the government after Friday prayers.
"We used to see the killing 2 in front of us. We saw how they used to shoot randomly 3 on demonstrators after Friday prayers. The army raided houses. If they couldn't steal from the house, they would burn it down or kill its owner," she said.
Desperate undertaking 4
So Shaker decided 5 she needed to get her four young children out of Homs, moving to another town for several months. But after one of her sons was hit by shrapnel last month, she decided to take the risk of being smuggled 6 into Lebanon.
"The Free Army helped me to flee. We fled through the fields and the Free Army helped to protect the kids," said Shaker.
Shaker said the rebels helped her for free, but others like Abu Skandar pay smugglers what is for them exorbitant 7 sums to move their families across the border. A loose network of activists 8, rebels and businessmen has been smuggling 9 refugees out of Syria.
"We bribed 10 the officers and I snuck my family through the border. Normally the road from Hama to Tripoli takes two-and-a-half hours, but because of the situation, it took my wife about 12 hours," said Skandar.
Skandar said he paid about $400 to smuggle 1 his family into Lebanon - the equivalent of nearly two months salary. Now they live in a cramped 12 one-room apartment in a poor section of town.
He said his life before the protests was good, but the Syrian government treated people poorly.
"My financial situation is good, thank God. I have a two-story home, a car, and a shop, and I had a job as a warehouse 13 supervisor 14, too. But I felt that there was so much injustice 15 from the government, and if you need to do anything you need to have a partner in the government," said Skandar.
As fighting rages in Syria, the United Nations refugee commissioner 16 predicts a "gigantic outflow" of Syrians, which is only likely to increase the smuggling stream.
- Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
- She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
- Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句
- He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
- He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。
- 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。
- The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网
- More competition should help to drive down exorbitant phone charges.更多的竞争有助于降低目前畸高的电话收费。
- The price of food here is exorbitant. 这儿的食物价格太高。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
- The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
- They bribed him with costly presents. 他们用贵重的礼物贿赂他。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He bribed himself onto the committee. 他暗通关节，钻营投机挤进了委员会。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
- This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。
- The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
- working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作
- We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
- The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
- Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
- He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
- They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
- All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。