VOA常速英语2007-Rights Groups Call for Strong Support for AU/UN
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Washington
04 October 2007
The U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus 1 held a hearing Thursday on the joint 2 African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force to be deployed 4 to Sudan's Darfur region. Several members of Congress and a number of human rights activists 5 called on the United States and European governments to make sure the peacekeepers have the equipment and firepower they need to protect Sudanese civilians 6. VOA's Cindy Saine reports from Washington.
U.S. Congressmen Donald Payne, a Democrat 7 from New Jersey 8 and Alabama Republican Robert Aderholt hosted a discussion on Darfur with a group of humanitarian 9 workers who have been active in the Sudan's war torn region. They all said they hope the joint AU-UN peacekeeping force will be able to end four years of the rape 10 and slaughter 11 of civilians in Darfur.
John Prendergast represents the new ENOUGH campaign to prevent mass atrocities 12.
"Well if they deploy 3 in the sufficient numbers, which is, you know, 26,000, you got to go the outer edge of the numbers [full strength] and they've got to be sufficiently 13 provisioned with attack helicopters, with armed personal carriers and with the kind of firepower on the ground that they are going to need to act as a deterrent," said John Prendergast.
Prendergast called on the Bush administration and European governments to provide sufficient funds to equip the forces, and praised the U.S. Congress for its leadership on the Darfur situation.
The U.N. Security Council has approved a 26,000-strong force. If it is fully 14 deployed, it would be the world's largest peacekeeping operation to date. The force would absorb the under-equipped and under-financed African Union forces of 7,000 currently deployed in Darfur.
A rebel attack Saturday killed 10 African Union peacekeepers and wounded 10 others.
Ethiopia has said it will offer as many as 5,000 soldiers to the joint force. Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria and Egypt have also pledged to contribute troops. Among other countries who have said they will contribute troops or logistical support are France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Indonesia. Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia are among those currently participating in the AU force.
Scott Stedjan is a senior policy advisor 15 for the humanitarian organization Oxfam. He praised the strong U.N. mandate 16 for the force, but said its effectiveness will depend on its commanders.
"The question is now is whether the commanders on the ground interpret the mandate in a way that they actually will provide this protection," said Scott Stedjan. "Will they be doing the patrols around the camps and helping 17 women to go get firewood or will they just stay in their bases as we have seen in the past?"
Stedjan said the peacekeepers should focus on military operations and protecting civilians, and leave humanitarian projects, such as building roads, to humanitarian groups. He said when peacekeeping troops participate in reconstruction 18 projects, it blurs 19 the lines between aid workers and international forces for some combatants, making relief workers more vulnerable to attacks.
- This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
- It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
- The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- 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》
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- 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 rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
- I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
- Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。
- They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
- The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
- 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 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。