VOA常速英语2007-Ogaden Rights Group Says Refugees in Somalia Fac
时间：2019-02-06 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
17 October 2007
A group concerned with human rights in Ethiopia's eastern Ogaden region says refugees fleeing to neighboring Somalia are being rounded up by Somali authorities and handed over to Ethiopian troops. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports Ethiopia's government rejects the allegation.
A news release received at the VOA bureau in Nairobi says ethnic 1 Somalis escaping an Ethiopian government crackdown in Ogaden face arrest and deportation 2. The release, issued by the Ogaden Human Rights Committee, alleges 3 that Somali authorities are trading captured refugees in return for ammunition 4 and materials or simply to prove loyalty 5 and friendship to Ethiopia.
Senior Ethiopian government official Bereket Simon denied the allegation in a VOA telephone interview. Bereket says those arrested were terrorists.
"We have detained terrorists. We have detained members of terrorist groups. That is normal," he said. "And, we will do it again if we get the chance. I do not think we should be denied the right to defend ourselves. That is what we have been doing and if anybody translates this into human rights abuse, that is his problem, not ours."
Conflict has been raging in the eastern region of Ethiopia since April, when fighters of the Ogaden National Liberation Front attacked a Chinese-run oil exploration team. Seventy-four people were reported killed in the attack.
The impoverished 6 region had been virtually closed to foreigners, including journalists and aid agencies, for months. But aid officials told VOA this week that food shipments have resumed and that fresh supplies are enough to feed needy 7 people in the region for six months.
The cutoff of supplies had prompted human rights and aid groups to accuse the government of creating a humanitarian 8 crisis. But Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi defended the action. Meles described the ONLF rebels as "cold-blooded murderers" bankrolled by neighboring Eritrea, and vows 9 they will be crushed.
The ONLF says it is fighting for greater autonomy for the mostly ethnic Somali people of the region.
The Ogaden region is considered the poorest in Ethiopia. It is home mostly to Somali nomads 10. The predominantly Muslim area has kept its own distinctive 11 identity, doing most of its trading with Somalia and the Middle East, rather than with the rest of Ethiopia.
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
- Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。
- The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
- Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。
- A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
- They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
- She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
- His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。
- the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
- They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
- They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
- 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。
- Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
- The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
- For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America. 她在北美游牧民中生活了十年。
- Nomads have inhabited this region for thousands of years. 游牧民族在这地区居住已有数千年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
- This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。