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Next today, people in Venezuela need healthcare, medicines, water, electricity, education and access to food. That's what an internal United Nations draft report says about conditions in the South American country. Around 32 million people used to live there, but several million have fled in recent years as the economy crumbled¹ and political instability followed. The UN says it's trying to work with Venezuela's government to get help to its people, but the government says there is no crisis and it’s blocked or restricted aid deliveries.

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The alarming UN draft report says that up to 94 percent of Venezuelans are living in poverty — 94 percent for a country that has arguably the largest oil reserves on the planet. The report also says that almost 2 million people are expected to leave this country just this year because of the ongoing² crisis. Across Venezuela, there are still blackouts and also water shortages. We saw people here in Caracas on the mountainside collecting water for their daily needs. This is how one person saw the situation.

INTERPRETER: Us Venezuelans — we're very upset. Listen brother. We don't have power. We don't have water. Services work badly. It's — I don't even know how to explain. If it was for me, we would have forced this government out. Five people come forward, they get killed and nothing is achieved.

MCKENZIE: Schools have been closed and workers have been told to go home early. Here in the capital the subway system isn't working and people are having to cram³ on buses just to get to and from work. The president of the country, embattled Nicolas Maduro is standing⁴ by the promises to bring back the power and says schools will open next week. In a live television broadcast with cabinet members and other government officials, he blamed the power outages on the terrorist attacks, something he's done before even though experts say the main issue has been investment and allegations of corruption⁵ against the regime.

Despite anger on the street, the regime is trying to maintain its grip on power. The Loyalist Supreme⁶ Court saying that they want the opposition⁷ leader Juan Guaido's immunity⁸ to be stripped from him and so that they can move with potential allegations and even arrests in the coming days.

Guaido is calling for intervention⁹ from countries around the region and across the globe but at this stage, Maduro isn't going anywhere. David McKenzie, Caracas, Venezuela.

1 crumbled   

（把…）弄碎， （使）碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 衰落； 坍塌； 损坏

参考例句：

• He crumbled the bread in his fingers. 他用手指把面包捻碎。
• Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt. 商行破产了，我们的希望也破灭了。

2 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

3 cram   

v.填塞，塞满，临时抱佛脚，为考试而学习

参考例句：

• There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
• The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的，再也挤不进去人了。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• 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。

8 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。

9 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。