VOA慢速英語(yǔ):糧食危機(jī)逼近中非共和國(guó)

Agricultural Crisis Looms in CAR

From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.

這里是美國(guó)之音慢速英語(yǔ)農(nóng)業(yè)報(bào)道。

The United Nations says farmers in the Central African Republic need seeds and tools before the next planting season if the country is to avoid a food crisis.

聯(lián)合國(guó)表示，如果中非共和國(guó)要避免糧食危機(jī)，在下個(gè)播種季節(jié)之前該國(guó)農(nóng)民急需種子和農(nóng)具。

Two high-level UN officials were recently in Bangui -- the capital of the CAR. One of them: John Ging is the operations director of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

聯(lián)合國(guó)兩位高層官員最近在中非共和國(guó)首都班吉。其中之一的約翰·吉寧(John Ging)是聯(lián)合國(guó)人道主義事務(wù)協(xié)調(diào)辦公室的業(yè)務(wù)主管。

He told reporters the international community must help Central Africans displaced by fight to plant enough food for the next harvest - the next planting season begins in March.

他告訴記者，國(guó)際社會(huì)必須幫助因戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)流離失所的中非人民為下次收獲種植足夠多的食物，下個(gè)種植季將于三月份開(kāi)始。

"The most urgent needs are exactly what you would expect - assistance with the seeds and tools for helping themselves to recover their livelihoods. We've got to focus on helping people to help themselves," he said.

他說(shuō)，“最迫切的需要就是大家可以預(yù)計(jì)到的--援助種子和農(nóng)具幫助他們恢復(fù)生計(jì)。我們要著眼于幫助人們開(kāi)展自救。”

The United Nations says conflict within the CAR has displaced more than 800,000 people, most of them since September.

聯(lián)合國(guó)表示，中非共和國(guó)的戰(zhàn)亂使得80多萬(wàn)人流離失所，其中大部分從去年9月就開(kāi)始失去家園。

It says not enough land was planted because of the conflict throughout the country last year. Food supplies are now very low and there is a shortage of seeds.

聯(lián)合國(guó)稱，由于去年全國(guó)各地的戰(zhàn)亂，沒(méi)有足夠多的土地被種植。糧食供應(yīng)現(xiàn)在非常小，還存在種子短缺。

A complete breakdown of law and order last year meant that crime was a problem. In many areas, bandits stole seeds, farm animals, tools and other equipment, some villages were burned to the ground.

去年法律和秩序的徹底破壞意味著犯罪成為問(wèn)題。在很多地區(qū)，匪徒偷走了種子、農(nóng)畜、農(nóng)具和其它設(shè)備，一些村莊被夷為平地。

The group -- Human Rights Watch has been watching the situation in the country. It says the Seleka rebels who seized power last March destroyed many areas even after their leader had become president.

人權(quán)觀察組織一直密切關(guān)注著該國(guó)的局勢(shì)。該組織表示，去年3月奪權(quán)的塞雷卡(SELEKA)叛軍摧毀了很多地區(qū)，即使是在他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人已經(jīng)成為總統(tǒng)之后。

The Central African Republic is home to about 4.5 million people, but the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says more than one million of them lack a reliable, dependable food supply.

中非共和國(guó)是450萬(wàn)人的家園，但聯(lián)合股糧農(nóng)組織表示，其中超過(guò)1百萬(wàn)人缺乏可靠穩(wěn)定的糧食供應(yīng)。

Last month, Mr Ging called for more aid organizations to come to the CAR.

上個(gè)月，吉寧先生呼吁更多援助組織來(lái)中非共和國(guó)。

"We need more of the large international non-governmental organizations [NGOs] to come here - urgently. If you go to any of the countries where we have very large humanitarian operations, you will see all of the big international non-governmental organizations present in those countries. Many of those large international organizations are not present in this country," said Mr Ging.

吉寧先生表示，“我們非常迫切地需要更多大型的國(guó)際非政府組織來(lái)這里。如果你去到任何我們已經(jīng)開(kāi)展了大型人道主義行動(dòng)的國(guó)家，都能看到所有大型國(guó)際非政府組織在這些國(guó)家的存在。但這些大型國(guó)際組織中的大部分沒(méi)有出現(xiàn)在這個(gè)國(guó)家。”

He also asked for more money to meet the needs of the country. So far, he said, only $30 million had been received after groups asked for $247 million. He said the needs are increasing.

他還呼吁更多資金以滿足該國(guó)的需求。他說(shuō)，截至目前只收到了3千萬(wàn)美元，而各組織要求247億美元。他說(shuō)，需求一直在增加。