VOA标准英语2009年-In Aceh, Indonesia Foreign Aid Creates Ten
时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(八月)
The 2004 tsunami 1 that ravaged 2 Indonesia's Aceh province helped convince Acehnese separatists and the central government in Jakarta to work together to end 30 years of war and rebuild the province. August 15 marks the fourth anniversary of the peace settlement. While today the peace still holds, the tsunami recovery no longer unites the people of Aceh.
Fishing boat carried by killer 3 tsunami in 2004 remains 4 on top of house in Banda Aceh, 16 Apr 2009
In the Aceh village of Lam Thoe children play in the streets and farmers plant rice in the fields. But in 2004 the tsunami that inundated 5 coastal 6 communities in 11 countries destroyed this village.
Village leader Arachman Yusuf and most of the people of Lam Thoe fled to hills before the tsunami hit.
He says he thought it was the end of the world.
But what followed one of the greatest natural disasters in history was one of the greatest humanitarian 7 relief efforts in history.
International aid helped rebuild the village and clear the farmland.
Reconstruction 8 and peace
The rebuilding effort also helped bring peace as Aceh independence fighters and the central government chose compromise over confrontation 9. With the peace settlement came new requests for aid to rebuild an economy that was battered 10 by 30 years of separatist fighting.
Many areas of Aceh affected 11 by the tsunami received aid that not only helped them rebuild, but also helped people recover from years of war.
The village of Lam Thoe received funds to build a new school where today children practice verses from the Koran.
And villagers were given a number of goats to produce milk and meat, creating new sustainable sources of income.
Areas being left behind
But because much of the international assistance was targeted just at tsunami victims, areas that were only affected by the conflict have not been eligible 12 for aid.
Bobby Anderson works on post-conflict programs with the International Office for Migration 13. He says areas not affected by the tsunami are being left behind.
"There is almost this perception that there are two Acehs," said Anderson.
The village of Lam Durian was not hit by the tsunami but some of its victims were relocated here. Village leader Ali Endi says helping 14 the tsunami victims was the right thing to do.
He says they have to put first the ones who got into trouble by accident.
But he says his village's development was stifled 15 because of the war. As its name suggest the village of Lam Durian relies on growing and selling the durian fruit. Endi says villagers would like to build a school and dig a well to expand their opportunities. And he says his village is entitled to some assistance.
He says he is going to feel a bit desperate because at the moment they can see the tsunami victims are getting very good housing and they would like the same kind of housing.
Anderson says the generous tsunami aid is creating unrealistic expectations for victims of the separatist war.
"A lot of time at the grassroots level, if you don't have adequate socialization of what the government is going to deliver, then people just talk themselves up into a frenzy 16 of how much they are going to get, and frankly 17 it is not that much," he said.
Anderson says the international community is starting to address the discrepancy 18. But he says the dramatic images of the devastation 19 caused by the tsunami elicited 20 unprecedented 21 levels of donations while Aceh's post conflict needs are not well known or well funded.
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
- The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
- 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。
- We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
- We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- 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。
- The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后,该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
- In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期,技术决定一切。
- We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
- After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
- He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
- The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
- Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
- Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
- He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
- 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 gas stifled them. 煤气使他们窒息。
- The rebellion was stifled. 叛乱被镇压了。
- He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
- They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。
- To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
- Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
- The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
- There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.关于那次事故的两则报道有不一致之处。
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Threats to reinstate the tax elicited jeer from the Opposition. 恢复此项征税的威胁引起了反对党的嘲笑。
- The comedian's joke elicited applause and laughter from the audience. 那位滑稽演员的笑话博得观众的掌声和笑声。
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。