VOA常速英语2008年-Somali PM Pledges Action in Face of Humanitaria
时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(三月)
Addis Ababa
26 March 2008
Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein is promising 1 to help speed delivery of relief to desperately 2 needy 3 citizens, as humanitarian 4 agencies warn of an impending 5 humanitarian catastrophe 6 in the war-ravaged nation. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports the Somali leader made the comment in Addis Ababa, where he was discussing security issues with African Union officials.
Prime Minister Hussein says he fully 7 agrees with the assessment 8 of 40 aid agencies that urgent action is needed to avoid a catastrophe in a country where one million people are displaced, two million need daily assistance, and half a million are totally reliant on humanitarian aid.
He gave no details, but pledged to appoint what he called a certain "mechanism 9" to speed aid deliveries hampered 10 by security failures and coordination 11 breakdowns 12.
"We definitely agree there are difficulties in relation to access," he said. "We will appoint focal point for humanitarian contacts, humanitarian assistance. Operations will be facilitated by a mechanism we will put in place, and agreement with the humanitarian operators."
The Somali prime minister acknowledged news reports that heavily-armed Islamic insurgents 13 briefly 14 seized control of the southern agricultural town of Jowhar in a surprise attack. The insurgents killed several soldiers before retreating.
Mr. Hussein said order has been restored.
"This morning there was a hit and run attack on Jowhar by a group opposing the government admin of Jowhar authority," he added. "They attacked, hit and run operations. The administration in Jowhar is there, and law and order was re-established and everything is going smoothly 15 right now."
Prime Minister Hussein was in Addis to discuss security issues with AU officials on the eve of a U.N. Security Council meeting on Somalia. The African Union has a 2,300-member peacekeeping mission, known as AMISOM, supporting Somalia's transitional government, along with a slightly larger force of Ethiopian troops.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said last week it is unlikely U.N. peacekeepers will be sent to Somalia to support the strained African Union force already in place.
Prime Minister Hussein says he remains 16 hopeful the Security Council will see progress that would bolster 17 the case for establishing a U.N. mission in the near future.
"We are eagerly expecting to have these U.N. peacekeeping forces," he added. "Definitely. We are very happy that our AMISOM troops are providing security services, and Ethiopian troops are also helping 18 us. Somali institutional security forces are being formed, trained and with the support of some friendly countries, Italy, we are trying to re-establish our security institutions and capacity."
During his visit, the prime minister accepted an Italian contribution of more than $50 million to train and equip Somali security forces. In presenting the contribution, senior Italian diplomat 19 Armando Sanguini spoke 20 hopefully of "light at the end of the tunnel" in efforts to establish security in Somalia. But he acknowledged that the transitional government in Mogadishu needs "substantial help" to establish an effective police force.
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
- He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
- Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷,但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
- They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
- 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。
- Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时,严重的战乱爆发了。
- The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。
- I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
- This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何?
- The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
- The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
- The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
- So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。
- Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
- The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好,使演出更具魅力。
- Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns. 她的旧车老不听使唤,一路上总是出故障。 来自辞典例句
- How do we prevent these continual breakdowns? 我们如何防止这些一再出现的故障? 来自辞典例句
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
- The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作,所以工作进展顺利。
- Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
- He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。