VOA标准英语2012--As Rebels Exit Goma, New Concerns Arise Over Insecurity
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
As Rebels Exit Goma, New Concerns Arise Over Insecurity
Just over a week after taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels are pulling out.
But even though the fighting has ended, and the dead have been buried, insecurity is expected to remain a challenge.
When M23 took control of Goma, DRC security forces fled, including the guards at a men's prison.
In the chaos 1 that followed, more than 1,500 men, criminals, escaped from the prison, many of them through a hole in the wall.
With the rebels gone, it's up to the Congolese army to now restore order.
But the army, known as the FARDC, also fled the city as M23 approached, leaving behind soldiers' wives and children.
Sipha, whose husband is in the army, says she has not heard from him since the troops fled the city.
“I don't know if I'll see my husband again. For now, I'm living like a widow," she said.
Thousands of people displaced 2 by the conflict have been left vulnerable 3. Many at the Murunga IDP camp outside Goma have had to relocate two or three times in the past year. They worry that conflict could break out again.
Sirie Nafanjala is one of those starting over. He's weatherproofing his new home. His last home was ransacked 4 by retreating FARDC soldiers.
“Life was hard here before, but then later some came in and started helping 5 us, and we started living nicely. But then the war came, and things changed again. So that's how we are living here," he said.
Aid workers are concerned that if the conflict returns, conditions could become even worse and access to those in need impossible.
“We're able to provide basic medical care, but, on a longer term basis, this isn't sustainable, and we're very concerned about the situation for people," said
Grace Tang, who is with the medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders.
While M23's future plans are uncertain, many hope their exit will bring a moment of peace for those tired of war.
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
- Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines. 工厂的工人已逐渐被机器取代。
- He was displaced by another young man. 他已被另一个年轻人顶替。
- He volunteered to protect her as she looked so vulnerable.她看上去很脆弱，他就主动去保护她。
- The company is in an economically vulnerable position.该公司目前经济状况不稳定。
- The house had been ransacked by burglars. 这房子遭到了盗贼的洗劫。
- The house had been ransacked of all that was worth anything. 屋子里所有值钱的东西都被抢去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》