VOA标准英语10月-UN Appeals to Taliban to Allow Afghan Food Aid
时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(十月)
With millions of Afghans expected to confront hunger this coming winter, the United Nations' top representative in Kabul is calling for food aid from the international community not to be impeded 5 by the Taliban.
Kai Eide, the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General to Afghanistan
Kai Eide, the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General to Afghanistan, says insurgents 6 in the country should understand the food shipments are purely 7 humanitarian, not a political effort "to win hearts and minds."
"I will take this opportunity to appeal to the Taliban and to the appeal to its leaders to ensure access for food distribution," he said. "There are disagreements on so many things but let us demonstrate that we can share this humanitarian agenda."
Drought and a poor harvest have led some international experts to warn of a possible humanitarian disaster. Estimates of the number of Afghans facing an acute shortage of food in the months ahead go as high as nine million - one-quarter of the population.
The International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday issued a warning that 200,000 people in northern Afghanistan this winter could be forced to leave their homes in the face of drought, insecurity and rising food prices.
Afghans already confront a worsening security situation, partly due to a resurgent Taliban. And there are complaints that corruption 8 within the government is seriously impeding 9 reconstruction 10 of the war-torn country. All this despite a seven-year-old military and humanitarian effort, with tens of billions of dollars pledged to rebuild Afghanistan.
In recent weeks, diplomats 11, generals and other prominent voices in the international community have issued increasingly pessimistic statements about the country's fate. Some predict failure to defeat the Taliban militarily and worry openly about the collapse of democracy.
The U.N. chief representative here, clearly exasperated 13, told reporters in the capital he is "sick and tired" of hearing such negative comments.
"I address those particularly in the international community who've almost made it a hobby to be pessimistic and to talk in terms of gloom and doom 3. I think that is incorrect and is dangerous with regard to our ability to move forward." he added.
But Eide agreed with those contending that the insurgents cannot be defeated solely 14 by force. Asked to comment on President Hamid Karzai's hopes for a Saudi-brokered attempt to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table, the U.N. official said there must be political engagement with relevant parties - a clear reference to the resurgent Taliban.
- The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
- The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
- The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。
- The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
- A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
- Work on the building was impeded by severe weather. 楼房的施工因天气恶劣而停了下来。
- He was impeded in his work. 他的工作受阻。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
- This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- Fallen rock is impeding the progress of rescue workers. 坠落的石头阻滞了救援人员的救援进程。
- Is there sufficient room for the kiosk and kiosk traffic without impeding other user traffic? 该环境下是否有足够的空间来摆放信息亭?信息亭是否会妨碍交通或者行走? 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后,该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
- In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期,技术决定一切。
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
- Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。