VOA常速英语2007年-Congo Fighting Threatens 15,000 Displaced Civil
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2007年（十二月）
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
07 December 2007
Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are making military gains against rebel fighters in the east. But military victories are pushing combat north, towards displacement 1 camps that hold thousands of civilians 2. The U.N. is calling it an emergency situation, but no plan has yet been announced to protect the displaced people. Selah Hennessy reports for VOA from Goma.
General Babacar Gaye is the force commander of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the DRC.
He says government troops are pushing the rebels north, towards a town called Kirolirwe.
"There is a need for the Congolese authorities to warn the population that they need to leave this area as soon as possible because unfortunately there will be operation I'm afraid in Kirolirwe," said Gaye.
He says the military is still working with humanitarian 3 organizations, and the population itself, to decide where the civilians should go.
"It is not decided 4 yet where they are going to move but the best solution would be for them to have a safe haven 5 for them somewhere-maybe towards east or towards west or towards south, rather than towards north," said Gaye.
Around 40,000 civilians live in Kirolirwe, including around 15,000 internally displaced people.
U.N. spokesman Michel Bonnardeaux says the majority of the displaced are ethnic 6 Tutsis.
Rebel leader Nkunda says he is fighting to protect ethnic Tutsis from ethnic Hutu former rebels, who he says are supported by the Congolese government.
Bonnardeaux says displaced Tutsis are inclined to support Nkunda rather than the national army. He adds there have been reports of Nkunda's forces recruiting in displacement camps.
There have also been reports of the rebel leader using the population as a human shield.
Meanwhile, food delivery to displacement camps is suspended, after the UN World Food Program this week blocked aid delivery due to insecurity in the region.
Aya Shneerson, director of the World Food Program in the provinces of North and South Kivu, says she hopes some deliveries will begin again soon. But, she says, with displaced people again forced to flee their camps, delivering aid will be even harder.
- They said that time is the feeling of spatial displacement.他们说时间是空间位移的感觉。
- The displacement of all my energy into caring for the baby.我所有精力都放在了照顾宝宝上。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- 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。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
- The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。