时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2017年(三月)


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ERIGAVO, SOMALILAND — 


As the breakaway republic of Somaliland grapples with a severe drought, medical workers are struggling to aid people left weakened by malnourishment and hunger.


A 70-year-old hospital in Erigavo, the capital of the Sanaag region, is operating beyond full capacity to treat people affected 1 by the drought. And it's the only hospital in the region.


The drought has left tens of thousands of children acutely malnourished. In desperate need of treatment, they are checked as they lie on the beds in this stabilization 2 center ward 3.


Ismail Saleban Bowkah, the hospital's director, said most of the children admitted for care come from rural areas.


"The drought forced most pastoralists to move from one area into another.Some came to the cities. But most of the malnourished children admitted here, are from the rural area," Bowkah said.


Aydarus Salah, a 14-month-old boy, weighed just over six kilograms (13 pounds) when he was brought to the hospital from the Darar IDP camp. His mother, fighting back tears, said her son was suffering from severe diarrhea and malnutrition 4.


Dr. Abdishakur Saleban Warsame said Aydarus is improving and now weighs 7.2 kg (15.8 pounds).


"He was very weak when he was referred here. His weight and height were too low, we put him in the stabilization center as he was in the severely 5 malnourished cafeteria," Warsame said. "The initial phase, he could not take the feeding or the milk, so we inserted the NG tube to increase his feeding, now he still has the NG tube."


Medical officials said some families in the drought-stricken area cannot afford to bring their children to local medical centers. But doctors encourage parents to make the trip if they can.


"In rural areas, sometimes families with malnourished children are not able to bring them to hospitals," Bowkah said. "So, for example, if a mother has 10 kids, and five of them are malnourished, we beg her to bring the sick children to a hospital."


The United Nations has said more than 6 million people across Somalia and Somaliland are in need of help due to the extended drought, which shows no signs of ending.



1 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • 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。
2 Stabilization
稳定化
  • The position of barycentre on plane directly impacts the stabilization and manipulation of plane. 飞机重心位置直接影响飞机的稳定和操纵特性。
  • With the higher olefins, stabilization of the energetic intermediates occurs more easily. 在较高的烯烃情况下,高能的中间物稳定作用更易出现。
3 ward
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开
  • The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
  • During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时,我要点根火把,抵挡蚊虫。
4 malnutrition
n.营养不良
  • In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
  • It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。
5 severely
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
学英语单词
a-homered
acute bacillary dysentery
alentejoes
aPKCs
Auerbach im Vogtland
bakhet
bigrid valve
blackened fish
bottles up
bowet
brymen
carbamidobenzoic acid
ceramic laser
chassidic
combined tap and drill
constant relative risk averse (crra) utility function
continuous cropping
continuous system channel
control instruction counter
converted starch
cycloneuralians
Descargamaria
desulfurizing
deuterophlebiids
dipaths
duns-man
effectiveness of operation
ejector pin
eogyrinids
eponychium
finnerty
foveolae trochlearis
Geltabs
Goha Hills
Haco
Hartia yunnanensis
hearthrug
heavy liquid residuum
houkel
Icterus galbula
Ilirneyskiy Kryazh
infant phenomenon
kinematical seal
knuths
lead(plumbum)monoxide
lufyllin
marine database
Marquess of Queensbery rules
Mazus gracilis
Melodinus morsei
multiple robot
non divisi
normal type
nychthemer
open loop series circuit
operating system theory
orifice spacing
oxide electrode
pampuro
Pembroke
penright
per kilogram
periclimenes
plane component
poststall
procoelous vertebrae
property investment
proton-recoil method
pseudoscutum
pulmonary ascariasis
pump oil can
remote control rack
ricca
RNAnucleotidyl transferase
Rosellen
roughhouses
rubee
rutile nelsonite
salient cue
sand saltation
saturation steam
semi-active
sisfs-s
sodium alkyl-sulfinate
spoofers
starch hyacinth
strain burst
suction overfall
supplementary relay
surely not
swirl skirt
televoter
teretous
tielt (thielt)
time-stretched
tonsillocentesis
travel agencies
underbuys
vasodilatative
wallwood
Wasit
wererats