德国奥地利开放边界接收难民

 　　BUDAPEST—Austria and Germany opened their borders Saturday to thousands of migrants traveling by bus or train or on foot to cross Austria and continue their journey to Germany.

　　However, Hungary’s police chief said that authorities there would no longer provide bus transportation for migrants to the Austrian border, specifying¹ that the service had been offered on a one-time-only basis.

　　The European Union member countries have been divided in the face of an uNPRecedented² migrant influx³. EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini warned that migrant inflow was “here to stay” and called for a unifying⁴ European approach to effectively respond to it.

　　Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said that the migrants’ plight⁵ and the growing human cost was a “wake-up call” for Europe to resolve its biggest refugee crisis since World War II.

　　Austria, Germany Open Borders to Thousands of Migrants

　　Trains filled with thousands of refugees arrived Saturday in Germany after days of delay at Hungary's Keleti train station in Budapest.

　　The first trains had left Austria for Germany just hours after the people were bused from Budapest to the Austrian border.

　　Hungary had been refusing to let the refugees board westward⁶ trains, in an effort to comply with European Union regulations that require they be registered in the first EU country they get to.  But the refugees refused to go to processing centers, hoping to move on and register somewhere else where the economy is stronger.

　　The movement of the trains was a breakthrough after a week of uncertainty⁷ about the status of refugees seeking asylum⁸ inside the borders of the European Union.

　　Austrian officials said Saturday that several thousand refugees had been given  aid packages and a place to sleep.

　　'Unhindered entry'

　　Austria’s chancellor⁹ said his country and Germany would grant the migrants unhindered entry.  Chancellor Werner Faymann announced the decision early Saturday after talking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

　　Faymann said the decision was prompted by the “present emergency situation on the Hungarian border.”

　　From the scene in Hungary

　　Just a few hundred migrants were left behind at the Keleti station Saturday when the buses stopped running. Some set out for the Austrian border on foot, while others — those with money — were hiring cars to take them to the border.

　　Hungarian authorities had put out portable toilets and faucets¹⁰ for washing and a screen for children to watch cartoons. The sanitary¹¹ facilities were removed while janitors¹² cleaned the station, then were returned.

　　But aid workers at the train station said they expected more refugees to come to Budapest from the Serbian border. It was not possible to say how many.

　　Earlier, when the station was still packed with people, it was a scene of desperation. Families were sprawled¹³ out across the floor, and young men were wondering what their next step was going to be. They spoke¹⁴ of their hopes of reaching Austria and Germany, where they would be safe.

　　Tariq's ordeal¹⁵

　　Tariq, a 25-year-old university student from a suburb of Damascus, said the ordeal was showing no signs of ending.

　　He made it to Austria several days ago, but the car he was in crashed when the driver fell asleep. Austrian police sent him to a hospital for treatment and then returned him to Hungary.  With his face and one arm in bandages, he said he was resting and had missed the last bus. And wth $278 left in his pocket, he was unable to pay the fares that taxi drivers were charging refugees to drive them to the border.

　　“Now I don’t know what I have to do," he said. "I can’t go via train, I can’t go via taxi. I can’t go. I’m very tired.”

　　After Hungarian leaders were initially¹⁶ reluctant to help the refugees, aid organizations and ordinary Hungarian citizens began showing up with bags of food. Volunteers turned out to help feed and comfort the refugees.

　　For some Hungarians, the memory of times when they had been refugees  influenced their decision to help.

　　“It can all happen to me, too. Just like it has happened to my relatives. They also had to flee, to be able to live their life,” said Miholy Kohut, an unemployed¹⁷ toxic¹⁸ waste technician who has been volunteering to read to the refugees.  “It’s an obligation for me to help if our government doesn’t do that.”

　　Refugees or migrants?

　　Many Hungarians agree their country should provide humanitarian¹⁹ assistance to the refugees, but some say allowing them to stay here is not an option.

　　“Refugees and migrants are two different things. The refugees are welcomed here, but the migrants are not,” said one Hungarian traveler, rushing to catch a train Saturday.

　　Tariq said he did not want to stay in Hungary and that his goal was to reach Germany, where he has a Syrian friend.

　　He hopes German social programs may enable him to continue his education, which was interrupted by war in his homeland. “Germany helps people if they need to study, if they need to make a new life,” he said. “Hungary does not give you money.”

　　Germany, he said, will be different. There, he said, “everything is easy.”

　　It is that hope that keeps him going on a journey that has been all but easy.

1 specifying   

v.指定( specify的现在分词 )；详述；提出…的条件；使具有特性

参考例句：

• When we describe what the action will affect, we are specifying the noun of the sentence. 当描述动作会影响到什么时，我们指定组成句子的名词。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Procurement section only lists opportunistic infection drugs without specifying which drugs. 采购部分只说明有治疗机会性感染的药物，但并没有说明是什么药物。 来自互联网

2 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

3 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

4 unifying   

使联合( unify的现在分词 )； 使相同； 使一致； 统一

参考例句：

• In addition, there were certain religious bonds of a unifying kind. 此外，他们还有某种具有一种统一性质的宗教上的结合。
• There is a unifying theme, and that is the theme of information flow within biological systems. 我们可以用一个总的命题，把生物学系统内的信息流来作为这一研究主题。

5 plight   

n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定

参考例句：

• The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
• She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。

6 westward   

n.西方，西部；adj.西方的，向西的；adv.向西

参考例句：

• We live on the westward slope of the hill.我们住在这座山的西山坡。
• Explore westward or wherever.向西或到什么别的地方去勘探。

7 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

8 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• 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。

9 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

10 faucets   

n.水龙头( faucet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Water faucets shall be chrome-plated type with ball valve. 水龙头外表为铬镀层。 来自互联网
• The plumber came that afternoon and fixed the faucets in some minutes. 当天下午，管子工来了，几分钟内便把水龙头安装好。 来自互联网

11 sanitary   

adj.卫生方面的，卫生的，清洁的，卫生的

参考例句：

• It's not sanitary to let flies come near food.让苍蝇接近食物是不卫生的。
• The sanitary conditions in this restaurant are abominable.这家饭馆的卫生状况糟透了。

12 janitors   

n.看门人( janitor的名词复数 )；看管房屋的人；锅炉工

参考例句：

• The janitors were always kicking us out. 守卫总是将～踢出去。 来自互联网
• My aim is to be one of the best janitors in the world. 我的目标是要成为全世界最好的守门人。 来自互联网

13 sprawled   

v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词)；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）

参考例句：

• He was sprawled full-length across the bed. 他手脚摊开横躺在床上。
• He was lying sprawled in an armchair, watching TV. 他四肢伸开正懒散地靠在扶手椅上看电视。

14 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

15 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

16 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

17 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

18 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

19 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。