时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2015年(三月)


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In Jordan, Tensions, Prices Rise as Refugee Aid Drops Off 局势紧张和价格上涨影响约旦难民援助


AMMAN—


As the war in Syria enters its fifth year, half the population has been displaced and 4 million people have left the country. With no end to the conflict in sight, however, it is not just Syria that is reeling. Resources in neighboring countries are stretched to the limit and in the Jordanian capital, workers say prices and tensions are rising quickly as international aid becomes harder to attain 1.


There are no bombs going off these days in Jordan, but families say since the Syria war began, everything has changed.


Saleh Awad is a taxi driver and the father of nine children. As he eats lunch with his family off a large cloth on the floor, he says rent has gone up by 75 percent in recent years.


And as refugees pour out of Iraq as well as Syria, he says, competition from laborers 2 who will work for almost nothing makes its almost impossible to make enough money to pay the bills.


Ten percent of the people in Jordan are now refugees from Syria; but, international aid is dwindling 3 along with the patience of host countries, says Andrew Walker, who heads the United Nations refugee agency in Jordan.


"Over time the welcome mat gets thinner and thinner. I think the security situation in the region magnifies the concerns of Jordanians of what impact the refugees have," he said.


The impact, he says, includes sharing the limited resources of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, the countries where most Syrian refugees now live. The United Nations is seeking $3 billion for Jordan alone, but so far has raised only 5 percent of the money.


"On top of that you see the fighting that is going on inside Iraq and the displacement 4 that is going on inside there," said Walker. "One of the challenges is: when does this stop? How long do we have to try to provide a humanitarian 5 response to the political failures?"


These political failures, he adds, could also spread the security crisis into neighboring countries.


Outside Saleh’s house, his 15-year-old son Zaid entertains his younger siblings 6. He says no one expects the nearby wars to end soon and he plans to join the military after he finishes school.


He says he plans to defend the homeland, but his father says fears the war could expand are not nearly as troubling as fears the economy will further deteriorate 7, driving Jordanians from their homes and adding to the millions of displaced in the region.


Saleh adds, after four years of war, he is increasingly anxious because every day it becomes more difficult to feed his children. 



vt.达到,获得,完成
  • I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科学的方法来达到这一目的。
  • His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他为实现人生目标所下的苦功是值得称赞的。
n.体力劳动者,工人( laborer的名词复数 );(熟练工人的)辅助工
  • Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )
  • The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句
n.移置,取代,位移,排水量
  • They said that time is the feeling of spatial displacement.他们说时间是空间位移的感觉。
  • The displacement of all my energy into caring for the baby.我所有精力都放在了照顾宝宝上。
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.兄弟,姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )
  • A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分
v.变坏;恶化;退化
  • Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗?
  • He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为,这只会使局势更加恶化。
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4-hydroxy-1-naphthylamine
animal protein factor
arithmetic routine
at your pleasure
attention whored
automatic extracting
background reaction
bin floor
box-compound
by all manner of means
C/E system
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channel mix
coiler can
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death warrant
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give a definition for
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Greenville Valley
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hallex
heavy with child
hydroxyprogesterones
imagestudios
involation
ircam
kneetop
leppla
let along
levas
linear reactor
lipocorticotrophic
Lsxmus
lubrication oil test for tightness
main metering system
manual interpretation
mitochondrial matrix
multi-block bidding
Naturon
network access pricing
new task
nitrometer tube
non return rate
nonalarm
nonzero temperature
Normabrain
oikonym
P'yǒnganch'ǒn
parastacine
Pellionia crispulihirtella
Peňarrubia
phage lysozyme
pharmaceutical care
pin dot matrix
post office savings deposits
prezygotically
PRNTRITOL
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program counter addressing
psychological novel
Recife(Pernambuco)
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regio clavicularis
relative film speed
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rossum
sample cutter
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self-constitution
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session ID
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square up to
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the cutting edge
the Yellow Book
ultrasonic imaging diagnosis
underidentified relaltion
upender
Valle Nacional
Vidar
Voluntary Euthanasia Society
waddlingly
whoore
wonder-struck