2006年VOA标准英语-UN Investigating Ivory Coast Waste Spill
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By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
12 September 2006
United Nations disaster-management experts have gone to Ivory Coast to help with the investigation 1 of a toxic 2 waste dumping incident that has left at least six people dead and thousands ill.
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A man points to an open drain where toxic waste was dumped, in an industrial zone of Abidjan
U.N. officials in Geneva say the experts sent to Ivory Coast will help coordinate 3 the cleanup campaign and provide people with information on this hazardous 4 material.
The team includes health experts and chemical experts who will try to see what substances are present in the waste that was dumped from a cargo 5 ship at least two weeks ago.
A spokesman for the UN Environment Program, Michael Williams, says there is a lot of speculation 6 about the deadly dumping incident, but no concrete answers.
"There are many actors involved," he said. "You have a broker 7 in the Netherlands. You have various exporters and companies - the ship owner, the crew, the local company. So, it is a large cast of characters. The ship was in more than one port of call. It is a very chaotic 8 situation right now, politically, in the country. And, there is this whole issue of the residue 9 with claims that this hazardous waste came from the normal residue, which again is permissible 10 because it is inevitable 11. You have to have these toxic residues 12. But, of course, they have to be safely managed."
Williams says dumping hazardous waste is banned under the Basel Convention and disposing of a ship's residue in a dangerous manner is prohibited under International Maritime 13 Organization law.
"With the growth in global trade and the rising price of managing and disposing of hazardous waste, there are obviously growing opportunities and incentives 14 for illegal trade," he added. "So, this sort of event in Abidjan can easily happen again."
Williams says this kind of illegal dumping goes on all the time in African countries. It just does not usually get any attention.
He says the investigation will probably come up with some answers in the next couple of weeks. He says a trust fund set up under the Basel Convention will compensate 15 victims and pay for their long-term rehabilitation 16.
Ivorian officials last week said around 1,500 Abidjan residents had sought treatment mainly for respiratory and digestive problems believed to be linked to the dumping. Health workers say that figure has now topped 2,000.
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
- There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
- You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
- Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。
- These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
- Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。
- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
- Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
- There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
- He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
- I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。
- Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
- The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
- Mary scraped the residue of food from the plates before putting them under water.玛丽在把盘子放入水之前先刮去上面的食物残渣。
- Pesticide persistence beyond the critical period for control leads to residue problems.农药一旦超过控制的临界期，就会导致残留问题。
- Is smoking permissible in the theatre?在剧院里允许吸烟吗？
- Delay is not permissible,even for a single day.不得延误，即使一日亦不可。
- Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
- The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
- pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables 残留在水果和蔬菜中的杀虫剂
- All organic and metallic residues on the wafers must be removed. 片子上所有的有机和金属残留物均必须清除。 来自辞典例句
- Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
- The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
- tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
- Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
- Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。
- He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
- No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。