VOA标准英语2009年-Controversial Australian Detention Cam
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)
Detainees at Australia's controversial offshore 1 immigration center on Christmas Island are now being housed in tents after a flood of new arrivals overwhelmed the facility's capacity. More than 50 boatloads of suspected asylum 2 seekers have now been intercepted 3 this year in Australia's northern waters.
Phil Mercer | Sydney 12 December 2009
Australia's Immigration department has confirmed that facilities at the Christmas Island detention 4 center have been stretched beyond their limits.
There are more than 1,400 detainees in the camp that lies in the Indian Ocean 2,600 kilometers northwest of Perth, Australia.
The latest arrivals sailed in by boat Thursday after avoiding interception 5 by Australian border protection authorities.
It is the 54th vessel 6 carrying asylum seekers to be found in Australia's remote northern waters this year.
Some inmates 7 on Christmas Island are now being housed in large tents, a move which has prompted the conservative opposition 8 to renew its call on the government to send back the boats to relieve the crisis.
Opposition lawmaker, Scott Morrison, says conditions at the isolated 9 center will only get worse.
"We are now going to have a tent city on Christmas Island," he said. "Christmas Island is now overcapacity and these desperate people will be spending the hot summer months on Christmas Island under tents."
Refugee groups are calling on the government to close the camp and bring the detainees to the Australian mainland for processing.
Additional temporary buildings are being shipped to the Christmas Island facility to alleviate 10 the accommodation crisis and in anticipation 11 of more arrivals.
Australia's deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has rejected accusations 12 that the government has lost control of Australia's borders.
"Under the previous government from time to time there are boats that made it through," she said. "That will happen but we have stepped up our border security presence."
Australia blames unrest in Sri Lanka, Iraq and Afghanistan for a surge in unauthorized arrivals trying to reach its shores by boat.
The vast majority of asylum seekers who arrive by sea are eventually deemed to be in need of Australia's protection and are allowed to settle permanently 13 in the country.
Canberra grants visas to about 13,000 refugees every year under official humanitarian 14 policies.
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- Aerial photography can provide valuable information on precipitation, evapotraspiration, interception, and runoff. 航空摄影可提供有关降水量、蒸发蒸腾量、入渗和径流量的有价值的资料。
- Light interception and distribution in hedgerow orchards with different alleyway widths is indicated in Fig. 56. 图56显示篱壁果园不同行间宽度的光能截取和分配的情况。
- The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
- You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
- One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
- Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
- The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。
- Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
- We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
- The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
- The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
- 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。