2006年VOA标准英语-Stranded Burmese Migrants to Leave Indones

By Nancy-Amelia Collins
Jakarta
26 April 2006
 
Indonesian immigration officials say 77 men from Burma who washed up on Indonesian shores after bad weather blew their boat off course will leave the country as soon as weather permits.

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The men, all ethnic¹ Rohingyas, say they were heading to Malaysia to find work as illegal migrants when rains and strong winds threw their boat of course, landing them in Aceh, just off the northern tip of Sumatra island.

Immigration officials say they are satisfied the men are not seeking asylum² in Indonesia.

Septiawan, from the immigration office in the provincial³ capital of Banda Aceh, says the men want to leave Indonesia as soon as the stormy weather clears up.

He says the Rohingyas carry no documents and are now in Indonesia as illegal immigrants.

The Rohingyas, who are Muslims in predominately Buddhist⁴ Burma, have fled their country by droves in recent years, claiming persecution⁵ by the military government.

Indonesian officials are giving the stranded⁶ men shelter and food until they are able to leave the country.

Septiawan, the immigration official, says there is no damage to the refugee's boat so they should be able to safely leave when the weather clears up.

He says the men have run out of gasoline and oil for their boat but the local government will help them restock.

Burma has been run by the military for more than four decades and has been accused by many nations, including the United States and the European Union, of committing grave human rights violations⁷ against its citizens.

Thousands of Burmese have fled the country seeking sanctuary⁸ and work in nearby countries such as Thailand and Malaysia.

1 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

2 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。

3 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

4 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

5 persecution   

n. 迫害,烦扰

参考例句：

• He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
• Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。

6 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

7 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

8 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。