VOA标准英语2013--Career Dreams Deferred by Gaza Blockade
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2013年(十月)
Career Dreams Deferred 1 by Gaza Blockade
BEACH REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA — Amir Arafat is shopping for his family. He has nothing better to do. Since he returned to Gaza 18 months ago with a degree in computer science from a U.S. university, he has not been able to find a job.
“The economy is pretty tough around here. There’s no room for new innovations, technologies, because you don’t know what tomorrow’s going to bring," Arafat said. "There could be no electricity and, especially in the technology industry, you need electricity.”
Fuel is in short supply and expensive when available. There are frequent power blackouts and people can afford only basic necessities.
The crisis worsened recently after Egyptian security forces destroyed hundreds of smuggling 2 tunnels as part of a crackdown on militant 3 attacks in the Sinai Peninsula.
Unemployment was already 40 percent in Gaza, 50 percent for young people. Hamas, which governs Gaza, says the tunnel closures have thrown 20,000 more people out of work and cost the economy $400 million.
“This is only the beginning," Arafat says. "Everything [the tunnels]has been closed for a couple of months now. So, who knows, six months down the road if everything stays the same, everything [prices] will keep going up.”
Arafat hopes conditions eventually will improve. After all, he says, what goes down must eventually come up.
- The department deferred the decision for six months. 这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
- a tax-deferred savings plan 延税储蓄计划
- Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
- The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。