VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Refugee Camps in Turkey Strained, Over Crowded
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十月)
Syrian Refugee Camps in Turkey Strained, Over Crowded
Bab al-Salama Camp on Syria's border with Turkey. In the past month the number of Syrians waiting to cross into Turkey here has grown from a few hundred people to more than 6,000.
The Turkish government is already hosting some 100,000 Syrian refugees and is building more camps for them. But it cannot keep up as more and more people flee the increasingly brutal 1 conflict.
Sixty-five year-old Um Omar arrived six weeks ago from Aleppo with her extended family of 50. She says the situation had become unbearable 2. “A lot of our friends died because of the shooting and the shelling and the snipers. We spent most of the time inside our apartments fearing for our lives," he said.
Turkish authorities at the border block refugees until there is space in their camps. Officials say usually a few hundred are accepted each day. Most must wait up to 40 days for their turn and must stay in Syrian camps until then.
Those refugees who leave are quickly replaced by others who have been waiting deeper inside Syria. Often, more arrive than can be accommodated and are sent back.
Abu Mustafa, a painter from Azaz in northern Syria, said, “It's a bad situation. We don't have clean water. We don't have food. The tents can't stand up against the wind. We worry about winter coming.”
Syrian and Turkish relief workers struggle to provide food, water and shelter to people who still fear air attacks by Syrian government forces. A shell last week landed a few hundred meters from this camp.
Syrians say they want a no-fly zone at least around the camps. But this has not come. And everyday thousands more arrive, traumatized by the violence and doubtful that it will end anytime soon.
- 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。
- It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
- The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。