时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(十二月)


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By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
12 December 2006


 
Paralyzed woman crawls out of a tent at a shelter for internally displaced people in Baghdad's Shi'ite neighborhood Kazimiyah, 6 Oct 2006
The International Organization for Migration 1 reports thousands of people who fled violence in central Iraq for the relative safety of a poor southern region are barely managing to survive. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from IOM headquarters in Geneva.


These vulnerable people are among some 300,000 who have fled the violence in Iraq.


The International Organization for Migration says the thousands of Iraqis who have arrived in the southern region of Missan since February are living in relative peace. But, it says nearly 30 percent of those surveyed say they do not have regular access to clean water. In addition, many of the displaced Iraqis say food assistance is irregular and not sufficient.


IOM spokesman Jean-Philippe Chauzy says another problem is fuel, which is expensive or unavailable. He expects many people will have difficulty in the winter when fuel is essential for heating and cooking.


He says the situation is particularly bleak 2 for female-headed households.


"Women do not have access to work. The social networks that existed in the past to 
Iraqi boy holds a portrait of a killed relative during a protest by displaced Sunnis in Baghdad's al-Adil neighborhood, 10 Dec 2006
assist single-headed households, widows, have broken down," he said. "We also know that a lot of those, particularly vulnerable who were taken in by families or the extended family, that those family bonds are breaking down under the pressure."


The U.N. Children's Fund notes female-headed households are increasing throughout the country as a consequence of the escalating 3 violence. Spokesman Michael Bociurkiw says 11 percent of Iraqi households are headed by women.


He says that number is sure to climb as more and more men get killed.


"The Iraq Red Crescent and other NGO's [non-governmental organizations] have reported a significant increase since mid-2006 in the number of women seeking help to feed their children after being widowed, particularly in Baghdad and the south-central zone," explained Bociurkiw. "We are also seeing as a result of increasing poverty, in urban Iraq especially, street children are an increasingly a visible phenomenon."


Bociurkiw says education also is severely 4 hit, especially for girls. He says one-fifth of Iraqi girls were not enrolled 5 in primary school in 2004 and that number continues to go up. He says schools are affected 6 by sectarian violence and girls' schools often are singled out for special threats.



n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙
  • Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
  • He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的
  • They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
  • The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
v.(使)逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 );(使)逐步扩大;(使)更高;(使)更大
  • The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起
  • They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起,他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • 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。
学英语单词
active trade
adwatch
aerodynamic model
andhi
archaeocyathids
atomic fuel
bacteridia
be taken in the toils
bgi
breets
Brinsworth
bronchial adenocarcinoma
bronchiogenic
brush arm
business-to-business ec
cachectic aphthae
carbon-break switch
chart of standardization
chlorbutamide
coeducational colleges and universities
collision diagram
colysis wrightii
condensing rate
conidiomata
connection cable
consecrater
coquetter
cyc-
DAA
deines
dertouzos
detector heater
devens
dielectric absorption
diethyleneglycol diethyl ether
dive bombers
divertingness
double triode
dropped in
drunk tanks
dual-diffused MOS
eosinophilic granuloma of bone
Eurysiphonata(Nautiloidea)
expanding earth theory
face men
field general court-martial
fine glass rod
Gavilán, Pta.
geolinguist
greinke
heavy current feedthrough
hilve
house dust mite
ill afford
image contrast
isthmuss of tehuantepec
Jiaoliao old land
Le Sen
linearrization
loading and dischanging rate
long-legged fly
lymphochoriomeningitis
machine pistols
matrix of domination
micro bearing
microprocessor instrument
mobile educational service
mothproofs
multisync monitor
neocytheretta weimingella
Neuenrade
neutron embrittlement
open ... head
operational statement
Osaka
output limiting facility
Palcopsychology
panel vibration
place of erection
politicial
rate-sensitive
rattlebrained
register of writs
senologist
shearest
SOED
someone walking over my grave
speical purpose telephone
sturnus
superpremiums
tape resident system
taxiway lighting system
tea-leaf steaming machine
telemechanisation
thaw(ing)
thrash something out
underfeatured
unslashed
variable cost dynamics
viggers
walk-though
white light holography