联合国呼吁各国帮助处理巴基斯坦洪灾_时事要闻

联合国呼吁各国帮助处理巴基斯坦洪灾

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2010-08-10 05:44 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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The UN is to launch an appeal to help Pakistan tackle the country's worst flooding in 80 years.

联合国将呼吁世界各国帮助巴基斯坦处理其80年以来最严重的洪灾。

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Pakistan says an urgent relief effort is needed to help those affected by the floods

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued an urgent plea for donors² to "generously support Pakistan at this difficult time".

A UN official said the disaster had now affected nearly 14 million people - eclipsing（重叠） the scale of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami³.

At least 1,600 people are known to have died so far in Pakistan.

"We will soon issue an... appeal for several hundred million dollars to respond to immediate⁴ needs," Mr Ban told a news conference.

UN officials and the Pakistani government have appealed for more international help as the monsoon⁵ rains（季风雨） show little sign of abating⁶（减少，缓和） .

The flood waters which devastated⁷ the north-west of the country have moved south to the agricultural heartland of Punjab and on to Sindh.

The torrents⁸（激流，奔流） are battering⁹（混合，打碎） the key Sukkur Barrage¹⁰, threatening to further inundate¹¹（淹没，泛滥） large areas of Sindh.

Upper Sindh is already under water, and two million people have fled the province as the Indus river threatens to burst its banks.

Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian¹² Affairs, told the AFP news agency the disaster was affecting more people than the 2004 tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake or January's Haiti earthquake.

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1 affected
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
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 donors
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者
参考例句：
Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。 About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 tsunami
n.海啸
参考例句：
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。

4 immediate
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。 We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

5 monsoon
n.季雨，季风，大雨
参考例句：
The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。 The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。

6 abating
减少( abate的现在分词 )；减去；降价；撤消（诉讼）
参考例句：
The storm showed no signs of abating. 暴风雨没有减弱的迹象。 The recent public anxiety about this issue may now be abating. 近来公众对这个问题的焦虑心情现在也许正在缓和下来。

7 devastated
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的
参考例句：
The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。 His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

8 torrents
n.倾注；奔流( torrent的名词复数 )；急流；爆发；连续不断
参考例句：
The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 Sudden rainstorms would bring the mountain torrents rushing down. 突然的暴雨会使山洪暴发。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 battering
n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )
参考例句：
The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。 He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。来自《简明英汉词典》

10 barrage
n.火力网，弹幕
参考例句：
The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage.进攻在炮火的掩护下开始了。 The fierce artillery barrage destroyed the most part of the city in a few minutes.猛烈的炮火几分钟内便毁灭了这座城市的大部分地区。

11 inundate
vt.淹没，泛滥，压倒
参考例句：
If the dam breaks,it will inundate large parts of the town.如果水坝坍塌，该城的大部分将被淹没。 The course changes frequently,and the area is so flat that a small change in the level of the river may inundate a considerable area.河道变化多端，下游地区却很平坦，水位少许上涨河流就会淹没一大片土地。

12 humanitarian
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
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。

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