数千津巴布韦农场工人无家可归
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2001-国际风云（5）
Thousands of Zimbabwe Farm Workers Made Homeless
Martin Rushmere
Harare
5 Sep 2001
Zimbabwe commercial farmers say that more than 5,000 farm workers and their families have been made homeless in the past three days. Meanwhile, the government says that it accepts an offer of almost one million 1)hectares of land from commercial farmers for resettlement of poor people.
Militant 1 supporters of President Robert Mugabe have forced mostly white farm owners, along with black workers and their families, to leave 20 farms at Hwedza.
Hundreds of people, including babies and 2)pregnant women, are camped on 3)roadsides in the area because they have nowhere else to go.
The Commercial Farmers Union says 70,000 Zimbabwe workers have been forced off the land or have lost their jobs since the 4)invasions of mainly white-owned farms began 18 months ago. A farmers union spokesman says "it is a really big 5)disaster."
At least 15 farmers and workers have been killed and thousands of workers beaten in violence resulting from the invasions.
The Zimbabwe government says it wants to 6)seize without payment more than 8-million-hectares of commercial farms for 7)resettling poor people.
Vice 2 President Joseph Msika says the government is accepting an offer by commercial farmers to sell 900,000 hectares for resettlement. But the Zimbabwe vice president made it clear that the seizure 3 of the eight million hectares will continue.
He said that the government's acceptance of the offer means that the farmers are 8)withdrawing legal challenges concerning the 900,000 hectares. Commercial Farmers Union Vice President Malcolm Vowles says farmers still expect to be paid for the land they have offered.
Political analysts 4 say the Zimbabwe government's 9)acceptance of the offer, after a number of refusals, is an attempt to 10)soften 11)hostility by the Commonwealth 5, an association of former British colonies.
Eight Commonwealth countries are scheduled to meet in Abuja, Nigeria, beginning Thursday, to discuss the farm seizures 6 and Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis.
(1) hectare[5hektB:(r)]n.公顷（等于1万平方米）
(2) pregnant[5pre^nEnt]adj.怀孕的, 重要的
(3) roadside[5rEJdsaId]n.路旁adj.路旁的
(4) invasion[In5veIV(E)n]n.入侵
(5) disaster[dI5zB:stE(r); (?@) dIz5AstEr]n.灾难, 天灾, 灾祸
(6) seize[si:z]v.抓住, 逮住, 夺取vt.没收, 查封
(7) resettle[rI5set(E)l]v.(使)重新定居
(8) withdraw[wIT5drC:]vt.收回, 撤消vi.缩回, 退出v.撤退
(9) acceptance[Ek5septEns]n.接受, 承诺, 容忍, 赞同, 相信
(10) soften[5sRf(E)n; (?@) 5sC:fn]v.(使)变柔软, (使)变柔和
(11) hostility[hR5stIlItI]n.敌意, 恶意, 不友善, 敌对, 对抗, 反对
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
- The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
- Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。