VOA标准英语2009-Australia Warns Boat People Heading to Its S
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(六月)
Australia has intercepted 1 a boat carrying almost 200 illegal migrants and is warning of a surge in displaced people heading to its shores from Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The vessel 2 is the largest of the 15 boats of unauthorized arrivals detained in Australian waters so far this year.
Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans (2007 file photo)
The Australian navy intercepted the boat carrying 194 people, believed to be Sri Lankan Tamils, about 40 kilometers from Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.
The suspected asylum 3 seekers have been transferred to an immigration center on Christmas Island, where they will undergo health and security checks.
The Christmas Island detention 4 facility can hold 800 inmates 5 and houses asylum-seekers while their claims for refugee status are processed.
In Canberra, officials say there has been a sharp increase in the number of displaced people moving through the region to escape conflicts in South Asia, and that many would attempt to reach Australia by boat.
Immigration Minister Chris Evans says the government is "very concerned" about the continued arrival of illegal boat people.
"We've got an awful lot of people moving through Southeast Asia at the moment; the worsening situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and of course the developments in Sri Lanka means that there's a lot of people seeking safe haven 6 throughout Southeast Asia, and many of them hoping to come to Australia," Evans said.
The arrival of more boat people has renewed accusations 7 by opposition 8 politicians that the government is too soft on immigration.
Critics say that Australia has become a more attractive destination for people traffickers and call for an independent inquiry 9 into why more boat people were trying to reach the country's northern waters.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has dismantled 10 some of the more controversial elements to Australia's asylum policy since coming to power in late 2007. Among other changes, the government closed offshore 11 processing camps in remote parts of the South Pacific.
Mr. Rudd also relaxed a policy of detaining all migrants who enter illegally, and has allowed full residency visas for those granted refugee status.
The Labor 12 government says that border protection remains 13 a priority and that about $524 million will be spent boosting surveillance and combating people smuggling 14.
Australia accepts about 13,000 refugees under official international humanitarian 15 programs every year.
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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》
- 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。
- 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 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。
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
- The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
- The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。
- 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。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
- The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
- 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。