VOA标准英语2009年-Indonesian Tsunami Survivors Arrive to Hel
时间：2019-02-20 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十月)
By Brian Padden
Jakatra
12 October 2009
Victims of the recent earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra are getting help from their neighbors to the north, survivors 1 of the 2004 tsunami 2. In addition to providing material support, these groups bring experience in coping with disaster.
A woman amid the rubble 3 of her house which was badly damaged by an earthquake in isolated 4 Limo Koto Timur village, Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra, Indonesia, 04 Oct 2009
Victims of last month's earthquake in southwestern Sumatra are getting help from more than 30 countries.
And from countrymen who only five years ago survived the worst natural disaster to hit the world in decades, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Volunteers from Indonesia's Aceh province have headed to Padang, the hardest-hit city in the September 30 quake, which killed hundreds and destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings.
A coalition 5 called the Aceh Humanitarian 6 Axis 7 is raising money, collecting donations and sending volunteers.
So far the group has sent 40 volunteers, some of whom are specialists like doctors and disaster management experts.
Lilianne Fan, an advisor 8 to the governor of Aceh, says the volunteers bring something to Padang that other volunteers may not have.
"These organizations are made up of people who are directly affected 9 by the terrible disaster of 2004," Fan said. "So they have themselves experienced what it is like to be survivors of a devastating 10 natural disaster."
More than 200,000 people died in the 2004 tsunami, the vast majority of them in Aceh. Since then, the people of Aceh, with the help of the Indonesian government and international aid organizations, have rebuilt their communities.
She says the Aceh tsunami survivors can relate to the Padang earthquake victims on a personal level and help them deal with their loss and grief. The Aceh survivors can share practical knowledge on the process of setting up camps and clinics, and cleaning up debris 11. And they can provide contacts and procedures for securing aid from the government and international organizations.
Fan says the Aceh relief effort is motivated in part by gratitude 12 for all the help Aceh received after the tsunami.
"It is saying thank you by showing solidarity 13 themselves. It is kind of giving back the good will that was given to them," she said.
She says by helping 14 the victims of the Padang earthquake, the tsunami survivors of Aceh are paying the debt they owe.
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
- After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
- 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 several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- 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 earth's axis is the line between the North and South Poles.地轴是南北极之间的线。
- The axis of a circle is its diameter.圆的轴线是其直径。
- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
- 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。
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
- I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
- She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
- They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
- The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。