2006年VOA标准英语-Iranian Exiles Find New Home In Kurdistan

By Brian Padden
Irbil, Iraq
25 August 2006
 
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More than 10,000 Iranian Kurds living near the Iraq border were forced into exile in Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war.  They eventually were relocated to a refugee camp near the southern Iraqi city of Ramadi.   Over the years many have quietly moved back to Iran.  Today 214 families remain.  Last year they were moved again, this time north to the Kurdish region of Iraq.  VOA's Brian Padden recently visited the camp and reports that the group's long journey home is still not over.

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The families in the Kawa transit¹ camp have little to do and much time on their hands  
  
Since fleeing Iran in 1979, these Iranian Kurds have been a people set apart.  They now live in the Kawa transit camp in the Kurdish region of Iraq.

Jangir Ahamdi is one of the group's leaders. He says Iran has abandoned them, in part because of their opposition² to the government there.  And the Iraqis here will not fully³ accept them either.   

 
Jangir Ahamdi 
  
"Our hearts have been broken," says Ahamdi.  "We feel that we as a people lost everything.  There is great pain in our heart.   For that we lost all feeling about everything."

The Kawa camp has more than 200 families living in temporary shelters  
  
These Iranian Kurds left the southern Iraqi city of Ramadi last year after insurgents⁴ targeted their group.  Conditions in this camp are sparse⁵ but there is hope that some of their long-term problems will be resolved.  The Kurdish government is building permanent housing for the refugees.  Many of the men are employed building these homes.  And many of the women work for a local poultry⁶ producer.  The children do not remember Iran.  

 
Aras Sulieman lives in the tent city with a few possessions and her children
  
Aras Sulieman lost her husband in a car-bomb explosion last November. She was a girl when she left Iran.  She says she now prefers the security being offered in this camp. "My kids are very young.   They lost their father.  I'd like to stay here until the kids grow up and God opens a new door for us."

Mohammed Rahim and many older people rely on the support given in the camp. "I ask God to help me here in Kurdistan.   I have no one, no job back in Iran.  Here is better."

Some of the men in the camp are helping⁷ to build homes for the refugees   
  
But Jangir Ahmadi holds on to the dream of one day going home to Iran, after the current government changes. "I need a government that believes in human rights and democracy.  I am not ready to go home with this government still controlling the country."

Until then, their long exile continues. 

1 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

2 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。

3 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

5 sparse   

adj.稀疏的，稀稀落落的，薄的

参考例句：

• The teacher's house is in the suburb where the houses are sparse.老师的家在郊区，那里稀稀拉拉有几处房子。
• The sparse vegetation will only feed a small population of animals.稀疏的植物只够喂养少量的动物。

6 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。