2006年VOA标准英语-Survivors Still at Risk a Year after Pakistan E
时间:2019-01-30 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(十月)
By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
06 October 2006
A Pakistani boy runs past the ruins near his family's refugee tent in Muzaffarabad in the Kashmir region of Pakistan, Sept. 23, 2006
International aid agencies say hundreds of thousands of people in northern Pakistan are facing a difficult winter, one year after a devastating 1 earthquake killed more than 73,000 people and made over 3.5 million homeless.
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On October 8, 2005, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, centered 95 kilometers northeast of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, struck in the early hours of the morning. Tremors 2 were felt across the region from the Afghan capital, Kabul, to the Indian capital of New Delhi.
Kashmiri earthquake survivor 3 Kuresha, 73, sits outside her tent in Kalas Chungry
In Pakistan, the worst affected 4 areas were the Northwest Frontier Province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Even though a year has passed, Red Cross spokeswoman Anna Nelson says people in the area still live in fear of further disasters.
"You see that they are still also in a state of shock. And, this anniversary is reminding them of all they lost. And, so they are not exactly even mentally in the right state or frame of mind to be facing such harsh conditions," she said.
Nelson is with the International Federation 5 of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. She says last year's winter was unusually mild, which made it easier for aid agencies to assist the victims. But this winter, she says, is expected to be severe.
She says the Red Cross is particularly worried about some 400,000 people who do not have permanent shelter.
"This area went through massive aftershocks for months and months, so they were scared to rebuild. That slowed down the process. Then a lot of them were hit by the flooding and the landslides 6 this summer. I visited a water storage tank that had just been completed - it was already to go. And part of a mountain just slid right down on top of it, covered it in rocks and mud. It almost looks as if a volcano erupted," she said.
Children were particularly hard hit by the earthquake. About 18,000 died, 10,000 were disabled and 70 percent of the schools in the area were destroyed.
A spokesman for the U.N. children's fund, Michael Bociurkiw, says many children are afraid to go back to school for fear the roof could collapse 7 on their heads.
"What we are doing is we are taking our time building schools," he said. "We pledged to build around 500 earthquake-resistant schools because we do not want the same thing to happen. We are being very careful in terms of developing very proper specifications 8 for schools. We are being very careful even picking the locations of schools."
International aid agencies say they are working with the government of Pakistan to identify gaps in assistance to make sure vulnerable communities make it through the winter.
They say those without permanent homes will have to be put into winterproof temporary shelters. They say people will have to be provided with food and health care and those who remain fearful of another earthquake will need counseling.
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- The story was so terrible that It'sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕,它使我不寒而栗。
- The story was so terrible that it sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕,它使我不寒而栗。
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
- 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。
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
- Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
- The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- Our work must answer the specifications laid down. 我们的工作应符合所定的规范。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This sketch does not conform with the specifications. 图文不符。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》