万花筒 2013-02-24&02-27 探秘伊朗：救命药品短缺

 We head now to Iran.

And

a new

defiant¹ challenge from that country,

a country filled with nuclear ambition. And once again, ABC's David Muir’s reporting live from Tehran tonight,

David.

Diane,

good evening again from Iran this evening and we began with that new UN report. The inspectors² who say they’ve discovered advanced centrifuges installed at one of Iran's main nuclear facilities.

They say it's proof that Iran can now speed up the process to a nuclear weapon.

Iran of course say it has no such ambition.

But the state department,

Diane,

reacting quickly tonight,

calling this further escalation,a provocative³ step just days before the U.S. and Iran are back at the negotiating table.

And today right here,

you’ll hear from the Iranian people we spoke⁴ with today,

many of whom say they are the ones caught in the middle.

Allowed rare access to the streets here,

today we went in search of one of the biggest pharmacies⁵ in central Tehran,

having heard life-breathing medicine is now running out.

Dr. Corula Glami runs the pharmacy⁶. “Right now we have shortage, almost of every category of the medicine.”

And he points straight to those tightening⁷ U.S. Sanctions, meant to force Iran’s leaders to change course on their nuclear program, now affecting everyone. Even patients buying medicine, all of it, he says, because money in and out of Iran is nearly frozen. 

--But because of that money flow, it has stopped some of the drugs from coming in?

--Yes, because you’re a manufacturer of drug, you want your money. When I can’t pay you, how can you send the medicine to me?

--And that’s all because of the sanctions?

--That’s right. 

Cameras are rarely allowed free reign⁸ in Iran, but we ask him to allow us inside the pharmacy and he takes us.

--Is this crowd typical, the size of this crowd?

Immediately we see the lines as we sneak⁹ our way behind the counter to the back, where not only are they low on many medications, they have run out of several cancer drugs. 

--Colon cancer.

--Then you don’t have. 

--That we don’t have, 

-And what do you give instead?

--We don’t have much.

And by mid-day alone.

--How many people have been asking for it?

--40 people.

--40 people today have asked for that one cancer drug alone? And on the other side of the counter, the urgency in their faces. This man shows us the prescription¹⁰ for a loved one with leukemia. He took a cab from 2 hours away. When we did the math, skyrocketing inflation here, that ride cost more than 500 dollars. 

--And you have gone to how many pharmacies?

--Over 20.

And while we were there, he finally made his way to the window ,where he is told there is none left. Come back Saturday.

--You will go home with no medicine? 

What can I do? He asks. 

And as the sun set in Tehran tonight, the sanctions meant to force the supreme¹¹ leader whose revered¹² image hovers¹³ over this city, into backing down any nuclear ambitions are now forcing the people here to pay the price too. 

We should point out that the government did not take us to that pharmacy

today.

In fact,

we had to push to get our cameras inside.

Police were waiting for us afterwards,

checking for our paper work to make sure not only we had been invited into and more importantly,

our camera,

Dianne.

And one another thing that struck me is that many the customers and patients who were there,

off camera. When we would ask them who is to blame,

often they would say we don't know who is to blame,

but we should point out that we are the ones feel as if we are trapped in the middle of this standoff.

1 defiant   

adj.无礼的，挑战的

参考例句：

• With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
• He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。

2 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

4 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。

5 pharmacies   

药店

参考例句：

• Still, 32 percent of the pharmacies filled the prescriptions. 但仍然有32%的药剂师配发了这两张药方。 来自互联网
• Chinese herbal pharmacies, and traditional massage therapists in the Vancouver telephone book. 中药店，和传统的按摩师在温哥华的电话簿里。 来自互联网

6 pharmacy   

n.药房，药剂学，制药业，配药业，一批备用药品

参考例句：

• She works at the pharmacy.她在药房工作。
• Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.现代制药学已经解决了失眠问题。

7 tightening   

上紧，固定，紧密

参考例句：

• Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
• It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。

8 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

9 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

10 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

11 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。

12 revered   

v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句

13 hovers   

鸟( hover的第三人称单数 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• A hawk hovers in the sky. 一只老鹰在天空盘旋。
• A hen hovers her chicks. 一只母鸡在孵小鸡。