VOA慢速英语--新德里水骚乱后尝试恢复供水
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(二)月
AS IT IS 2016-02-24 New Delhi Tries to Restore Water After Protests 新德里水骚乱后尝试恢复供水
Engineers are working to restore water supplies in New Delhi.
Water was cut off to large portions of the Indian capital over the weekend. Protestors damaged a canal that supplies water to the city of 18 million.
The canal, in the neighboring Indian State of Haryana, provides about 60 percent of New Delhi’s water, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
Water returned to some northern and central parts of New Delhi on Tuesday, the AP said. The city’s water ministry 1 said it hoped to return service to western neighborhoods Tuesday night.
Indian government officials said they also sent 70 water tanks to western areas of New Delhi.
The protestors from the impoverished 2 Jat community damaged the Haryana canal during violent protests, according to the AP. Protestors are demanding more government jobs and admissions to leading Indian schools.
A battle between protestors and police over the last several days left 12 people dead. Jat leaders agreed to end the protests on Monday after negotiations 3 with government officials.
The damage of the Haryana canal demonstrated problems with New Delhi’s water supplies. Shortages are common in New Delhi during the dry season.
The shortages are worst in New Delhi’s riverside slums and shanties 4, according to the Future World Project. The project works on environmental issues related to climate change.
Words in This Story
restore – v. to put or bring something back into use
cut off – v. the act of stopping the movement or supply of something
impoverished – adj. very poor community
admission – n. the act of admitting or allowing something
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
- They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。