2007年VOA标准英语-Peru Quake Assistance Starting to Focus on Reco

By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
24 August 2007

United Nations aid agencies say the situation in Peru's earthquake affected¹ areas is moving rapidly from one of emergency to rehabilitation² and reconstruction³.  But the agencies say there is still a great need of aid, especially in some of the remote areas.  Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.

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A cross remains standing in the middle of a partially destroyed cemetery in Pisco, 240 km south of Lima, Peru, 22 Aug. 2007

The United Nations has released $9.5 million from its emergency fund to help Peru's earthquake survivors⁸.  A total of 27 staff members from 10 international aid agencies are coordinating⁹ their relief operations with the Peruvian National Institute of Civil Defense¹⁰. 

Officials say at least 513 people were killed in last week's earthquake, with more than 1,000 injured.

A U.N. spokeswoman, Elizabeth Byrs, says the situation in Lima and Pisco is getting under control and attention now is turning toward rehabilitation and reconstruction.  Nevertheless, she says urgent needs remain to be addressed. 

"We are focusing and the government is focusing on shelter and also on these rural communities which are difficult to be accessed," she said.  "It is in the district of Guadaloupe, where you have these remote area, more isolated¹¹ area which has not received yet the assistance they could expect from the authorities and the U.N.  Now, the priority is to give assistance to these people."

Preliminary assessments¹³ show over 37,000 houses were destroyed in the quake, as well as 14 hospitals and hundreds of schools.

A man unloads a bag of rice from helicopter delivering relief aid in village of Palto, Peru, 20 Aug 2007

The World Food Program reports it has received $500,000 in food assistance from the European Commission's Humanitarian¹⁴ Aid department.  It says this will help feed $80,000 of the most vulnerable victims during the next nine months.

WFP spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume says some people whose homes were destroyed are unwilling¹⁵ to go to distribution centers because they fear their possessions will be looted if they leave them.  But she says more and more people are coming to the centers to get registered. 

"Those distributions have to be done in an orderly manner," she said.  "People need to be registered.  But, it is going better.  In the rural areas we are doing an assessment¹² mission right now, trying to reach those people and it is after those evaluations¹⁶ that we will have a better idea of the needs and what needs to be done."

The Geneva-based International Organization for Migration¹⁷ is taking the lead in establishing and managing temporary camps for people made homeless by the earthquake.  It is assisting those who sought refuge in three camps located in the most affected provinces of Chincha, Pisco and Ica, south of the capital, Lima. 

The agency says it is prepared to help as many as 60,000 people in the camps during the next six months.

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

3 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 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。

6 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

7 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

8 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

9 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

10 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

11 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

12 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

13 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

14 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。

15 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

16 evaluations   

估价( evaluation的名词复数 )； 赋值； 估计价值； [医学]诊断

参考例句：

• In fact, our moral evaluations are merely expressions of our desires. 事实上，我们的道德评价只是我们欲望的表达形式。 来自哲学部分
• Properly speaking, however, these evaluations and insights are not within the concept of official notice. 但准确地讲，这些评估和深远见识并未包括在官方通知概念里。

17 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。