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听力文本
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that an estimated 16 million children are "in urgent need of life-saving support" following the torrential monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding that have hit Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Up to a third of Bangladesh is currently under water. A total of 45 million people have been badly affected in the rains, which started several weeks ago. UNICEF said: "Millions of children have seen their lives swept away by these devastating floods. Children have lost their homes, schools and even friends and loved ones." It added: "There is a danger the worst could still be to come as rains continue and flood waters move south."
UNICEF said it is putting all its efforts into helping those who need it most. It said: "[We are] on the ground working in close coordination with respective governments and humanitarian partners in the South Asian countries to scale up our responses and respond to the immediate needs of affected children and their families." It added: "Massive damage to school infrastructure and supplies means hundreds of thousands of children may miss weeks or months of school. Getting children back into school is absolutely critical in establishing a sense of stability for children during times of crisis and provides a sense of normality when everything else is being turned upside down."
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词汇学习
1.currently adv.当前,目前;通常
30 percent of reptiles, birds, and fish are currently threatened with extinction.
目前,30%的爬行动物、鸟类和鱼类面临灭绝的危险 。
2.devastating adj.毁灭性的,灾难性的
I was devastating, if I do say so myself.
如果让我来说的话,我真是棒极了 。
3.respective adj.各自的,分别的
It is important that we dovetail our respective interests.
让我们各自的利益相吻合很重要 。
4.humanitarian adj.人道主义的
Even as a humanitarian mission it has been only a qualified success.
即便是作为一次人道主义行动,它也不过是取得了有限的成功 。
5.absolutely adv.绝对地;完全地
There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university.
肯定有成千上万的学生都渴望到这所大学念书 。
内容解析
1.The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that an estimated 16 million children are "in urgent need of life-saving support"
in urgent need of急需
He was in urgent need of money.
他急需钱 。
2.UNICEF said: Millions of children have seen their lives swept away by these devastating floods.
sweep away扫除;刮走
Newspaper editorials spoke of the need to sweep away corruption.
报纸社论论述了清除腐败的必要性 。
3.We are on the ground working in close coordination with respective governments and humanitarian partners in the South Asian countries to scale up [our] responses and respond to the immediate needs of affected children and their families."
scale up按比例增加
Unfortunately for us, psychology does not scale up to sociology.
对我们来说不幸的是, 心理学作用不能扩容至等于社会学效应 。
4.Getting children back into school is absolutely critical in establishing a sense of stability for children during times of crisis and provides a sense of normality when everything else is being turned upside down.
turn upside down完全颠倒
Whole sentences blur, shift. Words may even turn upside down.
整个句子看起来模糊漂移,单词甚至会上下颠倒 。
参考翻译
联合国儿童基金会(UNICEF)警告称,雨季暴雨和灾难性的洪水袭击孟加拉国,印度和尼泊尔之后,大约1600万儿童“亟需生命支持”
。孟加拉国三分之一的国土目前被洪水淹没 。几周前开始的暴雨导致4500万人受到影响 。UNICEF表示:“数百万儿童的生命受到灾难性的洪水威胁 。儿童失去了家园,学校,甚至朋友和亲人 。”此外,“由于暴雨仍在继续,洪水向南移动,情况可能会更加糟糕 。”UNICEF表示,他们正全力以赴帮助那些需求最迫切的人
。“我们正在南亚地区灾区与相关政府部门和人道主义机构一道努力,满足受灾儿童和家庭的迫切需求 。”另外,“学校基础设施和后勤设施受损导致数十万儿童可能要停课几周甚至几个月 。在危机时刻,在一切都乱七八糟的时候,让孩子们回到学校上课对于创造稳定感和正常感来说是至关重要的 。”