时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(四月)


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U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Sudan's government to let recently expelled humanitarian 1 aid groups return to the country. Mr. Obama is sending an envoy 2 to Khartoum this week to make his case.
 
President Barack Obama meets with the US Envoy for Sudan Major General J. Scott Gration, left, at the White House, 30 March 30, 2009


Despite the urgency of the global financial crisis and the failing U.S. auto 3 industry, President Obama says attention must be paid to the humanitarian disaster in Sudan's western region of Darfur.


"I wanted us to make sure that we were not losing sight of something that has been an ongoing 4 international crisis, and that is the situation in Darfur," he said.


The International Criminal Court recently issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of crimes against humanity in Darfur. Afterward 5, Mr. Bashir expelled 13 non-governmental organizations he accuses of plotting with the court.


Before leaving for Europe, Mr. Obama said Monday the Sudanese leader's actions have caused a crisis.


"We have an immediate 6 crisis prompted by the Khartoum government's expulsion of non-governmental organizations that are providing aid to displaced persons inside of Sudan," he said.


Mr. Obama said immediate action is needed to prevent the humanitarian situation from growing worse.


"We have to figure out a mechanism 7 to get those NGO's back in place, to reverse that decision, or to find some mechanism whereby we avert 8 an enormous humanitarian crisis," he said.


The president has appointed a special envoy, retired 9 Air Force Major General Scott Gration, and is sending him to Khartoum this week to urge the Sudanese government to allow the aid groups to return.


Mr. Obama discussed the issue in meetings with activists 10 and members of Congress.



n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • 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。
n.使节,使者,代表,公使
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
adv.后来;以后
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
n.机械装置;机构,结构
  • 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。
v.防止,避免;转移(目光、注意力等)
  • He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
  • I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • 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》
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after-parties
amplitude pulse
assign sb to sth
attorney's letter
award-winnings
ball point setscrew
Ban Wang Chai Pho
Bill of Lading Conventions
blastomas
blowing down
bretl
bush-ranging
Castries
chamber acid
claster
clonico-tonic
community radio
current tangible assets
cypraea felina
dark field line
data acquisition facility
denture base polymer
dindas
Dovhe
drill tip
earwear
electropaing bath
enskied
EO relief valve
excess pore pressure
favored
Fellozine
field amplifier
for a time
four drum revolving reel
free curve
grey forest soil
hand-cuffs
homogeneous broadening
Horigane
Indigofera szechuensis
inverse iteration method
ion selective electrode method
isochronous control
ixodes kuntzi
kilfoyle
laryngotomy
leaf analysis data
Lymphadenohypertrophy
make music together
marids
maximum likelihood decoding
metalloproteinases
microscopic work
Missourium
mode-independent parsing
monetain
moochas
morphophoneme
moving iron meter
mud box
multi-step control servo-mechanism
nece
noematical
non-destructive inspection
nonsurrealists
observed level of significance
Oum Ali
pepe bend with female thread
poincare cross section
primary wall
propositional logics
pubertal inflection
raciborz
reverse questions
rheniforming
rootholds
rugar
selection functions
selfship
semiamphibious
sicklist
slug type valve
Soliera
special coating
sui juris
tandem trunk
tenebrous
three-seeded mercury
torch welding
trip-wire
true continuous absorption
trumpetcreeper
tuning house
unbaptised
unconditional request
unmanned space probe
ventilated transport
what's your
wila
windlestrae
zhegucai