2006年VOA标准英语-East Timor Violence Eases
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（五月）
By Nancy-Amelia Collins
Dili
29 May 2006
Leaders of East Timor's fractured leadership agreed to continue talks Tuesday on stopping a wave of violence between rival gangs and factions 1 of the armed forces. The violence appears to be easing, as international peacekeepers spread out across the capital to restore order.
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Xanana Gusmao talks to supporters as he is escorted by East Timorese police outside Presidential palace in Dili, Monday
East Timor's popular president and independence leader, Xanana Gusmao, made a public appeal for an end to the violence that has pitted those from the east of the country against those from the west.
Hundreds of Mr. Gusmao's supporters waited for hours in the scorching 2 sun, some singing songs urging unity 3 among East Timorese, some demanding that the unpopular prime minister, Mari Alkatiri, step down.
Mr. Alkatiri is at loggerheads with Mr. Gusmao over how to handle this tiny country's worst crisis since independence in 2002.
Many people blame the prime minister for mishandling a military mutiny that led to days of violence, with rival gangs fighting in the streets, torching houses, and terrorizing the general population.
The violence has exposed old wounds, pitting those from the west of the country, who are perceived to have supported Indonesia's brutal 4 24-year rule of East Timor, against those from the east, who are perceived to have supported independence.
Christopher Henry Samson, who was among Mr. Gusmao's supporters Monday, says the leadership of the government must change in order to stop the bloodshed.
"This is the problem from the high," he said. "And then what we demand? Demand the resignation of the prime minister. That is all. And then let every system continue. That is the wish of the people."
The violence has caused an estimated 70,000 people to flee their homes, 50,000 in Dili. Thousands have crammed 5 into instant tent cities with no sanitation 6 and little food, water or medicine.
The East Timor representative for the U.N. Children's Fund, Shui-meng Ng, says a lack of security has hampered 7 the distribution of aid.
"Right now some supplies have been able to get out to the camps, mainly water. Not a lot of food," Ng said. "The government is still trying to distribute food, but the warehouses 8 have to secured."
Foreign peacekeepers from Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand have deployed 9 in the country after the government appealed last week for international help.
The commander of the Australian forces, Brigadier Mick Slater, says the violence decreased considerably 10 after troops confiscated 11 arms from the gangs.
"We have collected in the vicinity. ... I think it was about 260 odd rifles, shotguns, handguns and grenades," he said.
But most people here say it is too soon to tell if the easing of violence was due to the visible presence of the peacekeepers, or if people are merely biding 12 their time to see if the government can solve the crisis.
- 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
- a scorching, pitiless sun 灼热的骄阳
- a scorching critique of the government's economic policy 对政府经济政策的严厉批评
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
- They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
- He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
- All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。
- The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
- Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
- 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。
- The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
- Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
- The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
- Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
- The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。